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Trail of Death RambleSometimes you stumble across the coolest places when you're rambling ... I've been seeing signs marking the "Trail of Death", but I didn't know what it was all ...
Franklin County Rough Roads TourSoutheastern Franklin County, Kansas boasts a good number of minimum-maintenance roads. I've ridden them all before, but never all on the same ride. It's been a...
Tour of Rural FencesA "Tour of Rural Fences" seemed like a fun theme for a bike ride -- fences are easy to overlook, but it turns out that a lot of people take great pride in their...
ShakedownIn preparation for my upcoming mini-tour (Flint Hills Bike Tour On Tap) I wanted to get in a good test ride, fully loaded, just to make sure there weren't any m...
Wiener Dog Rescue ServiceOn Labor Day, I hooked up with Bill Poindexter (carfree American) for a ride on the Flint Hills Nature Trail. We started the ride off in Osawatomie, at John Bro...
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Farm Bike Resurrection
Posted on September 25, 2010 | 3 CommentsFor fun, I decided to refurb an old bike from my parent's farm, a single-speed coaster-brake Western Flyer that I'd worked on and ridden when I was a teenager. The project turned out to take a little more time and effort than I'd hoped, but I like the result! -
Flint Hills Bike Tour On Tap
Posted on August 26, 2010 | 5 CommentsI'm excited: In just a couple weeks, I'll be setting off on a little five-day self-supported bicycle tour! I'll get about 325 miles in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas, and hopefully have some adventures along the way. -
Catching Up After The Heat Wave
Posted on August 25, 2010 | No CommentsIt's been hot! But good riding weather regardless. No really big rides for me recently, but here are some photos and stories from the last month or so. -
June 2010 Photo Dump
Posted on July 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsPhotos and stories from a number of rides I took this June. Hot days, night rides, flowers and fountains... -
Winter Ride Invitation
Posted on January 12, 2010 | No CommentsAn open invitation to a gravel road ride on January 17th out of Paola, Kansas, featuring scenic sights, historic locations, and a winter ride on the Flint Hills Nature Trail. -
2010 Goals
Posted on January 10, 2010 | No CommentsGoal-setting for 2010, and one big, audacious, am-I-crazy-to-even-consider-it goal. Am I nuts? -
2009 Wrap-Up
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsHere's a look back at my 2009 bicycling year, with a quick summary of my stats and some thoughts on the year. -
Back in the Saddle
Posted on December 31, 2008 | 3 CommentsWhen I hurt my shoulder on December 7th, I figured my year was done for, and I’d finish up just short of 6000 miles for the year. Not so fast there. The shoulder’s getting better. I have good range of movement, and it doesn’t hurt much at all, except for... -
Dirt Bumbler
Posted on December 9, 2008 | No CommentsLooks like my cycling season has reached a premature end. Sunday afternoon I drove to Lawrence, KS to ride the Clinton Lake Trails with 9Toes. Neither of us had ridden these trails, so we didn’t really know our way around. I lead out, and right away we hit some rather... -
Stupid Sign
Posted on October 29, 2008 | No CommentsSome days are just too nice to pay attention to stupid signs.