Looks like the Winter weather is over and Spring is in full swing. Rode in short sleeves for the last couple weekends.
Don’t you love it when you get to shed the clothes that bind you and feel the warm sun on your arms and legs!? Me too…
Wind and Water
April 22, 2013 By 5 Comments
It warmed up enough on Sunday to go for a ride. Decided to head South, so the wind would be at my back on the way home. Springtime in Iowa is all about wind and water. The whole “circle of life” type thing, I guess. The rain gives water to the plants and the wind [...]
[Continue reading...]Track Stand
April 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
What a great weekend for a couple of rides. For the first time this year the temps were the 60′s the entire weekend. Saturday was windy, but it died down by Sunday morning. Sunday’s ride was filled with nothing but birds chirping, the grass getting greener, flowers peeking out of the ground to see what’s [...]
[Continue reading...]Spring Makeover
March 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It’s just about Springtime and we are getting ready to ride. It’s been below 40 degrees most every day, so this guy hasn’t been riding, but I have been making a few changes to Midge to help us get some good quality miles under us in 2013. Here’s what we did: We switch over to [...]
[Continue reading...]Meh
May 20, 2012 By 2 Comments
Frankly, I’ve been feeling down in the dumps for the last couple weeks. I’ve gotten away from my regular bike rides and haven’t exercised much at all. Let’s not even talk about what I’ve been eating since the Miami trip. Something has to give…I feel “meh”. So, trying to break this trend, I set out [...]
[Continue reading...]Looking Good, Midge!
April 23, 2012 By 2 Comments
Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce to you: “The New Midge!” After years of riding with wide, heavy, tread laden tires, Midge has a new look. It’s been quite the process trying to figure out the right replacement tires. In the end, we decided to go with the Schwalbe Marathon Supreme. A smoother, [...]
[Continue reading...]DaveOnAnIsland
April 1, 2012 By 4 Comments
Last week was Spring Break Family Fun Time in Florida. We stayed on Key Biscayne, just a few miles from Miami. On Thursday morning, my last full day of vacation, I took a fantastic bike ride. Home base was at my sister Diane’s house in the center of the island. From there, I went North [...]
[Continue reading...]Luck of the Irish
March 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
Ok, I’m not Irish, but I took advantage of the weather today, the warmest St Patrick’s Day on record, and went out for a SaPaDa ride. Since the likelihood of meeting a green beer drinking driver on the highway was fairly high, I decided to stick to riding the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. A 20 [...]
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