Rambling Different Trails: A Death In The Cycling Family.
It’s been a terrible week for Lincoln’s cycling community. It saw broken bones and death, as well as at least two more “accidents,” one hurt badly, involving motorists and cyclists. …
Rambling Different Trails: It’s Time To Mask Up.
Last Monday’s beautiful ride through the countryside had the unfortunate consequence of knocking me down for most of the week due to the lack of a mask. If I lived …
Rambling Different Trails: Getting Lost And Getting Flats, Just Like Before.
I’ve managed a few rides around the rain this week. Some roads are improved, I’m happy to see, while others are not. With so much traffic I’m sure it’s hard …
Rambling Different Trails: Waiting For The Skies To Clear
I thought by this time I’d have been out to re-visit some of my favorite bike haunts. My plans have been thwarted by the fact that it’s been raining every …
Trail Ramblings: One More Time
This time next week I’ll be back to teaching English and riding my bike around Zhoukou for another ten months. That was not originally the plan, but there was no …
Rambling Different Trails: The Takeaway, Part Two.
Tomorrow we begin the lengthy trip back to Lincoln with an overnight in Beijing. When I read the accounts of the bike touring and bike packing trips so many others …
Rambling Different Trails: The Takeaway.
There is a possibility that one week from today we could be on our way back to the U.S. Final exams have been given and now I’m in the middle …
Rambling Different Trails: It’s Hit Or Miss With Maps.
I have a complicated relationship with the maps on my phones. Between my two phones I have four maps, each good for particular things at different times. Some things no …
Rambling Different Trails: There’s Always Something New.
Have you ever had a route you thought you knew, only to find that you had no idea what was only a few blocks away? That happened to me last …
Rambling Different Trails: Harvest Road Hazards, Zhoukou Style.
Around Lincoln when you think of riding gravel during harvest time you may think of combines and corn pickers on the roads in the fall. They probably take up most …