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Extreme Sports
Last weekend I bicycled 200 miles as part of the Courage Classic, a fund raising event for the Colorado Children’s Hospital. It was my fourth year participating in the three-day ride that traverses four major passes, crosses the Continental Divide, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicyling, Courage Classic, cycling, Double Triple Bypass, extreme sports, Iron Man, marathon, off-road races, Rocky Mountains
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Route 6A Brewster
Bicycling to Cape Cod is becoming an annual tradition. This week I rode to Eastham to visit Jan and Mike Golan, pedaled to Falmouth to see my son, and then returned to Cambridge. Cape Cod Baseball League game each night, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Brewster, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Baseball League, Cape Cod Rail Trail, cycling, Eastham, Route 6A
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Wishing me Gone
Cambridge is a great bicycle city. We have more bicycle lanes per square mile than neighboring communities. We have protected cycling lanes, Hubway bike stations, designated parking areas, public repair stations, even a bicycle jug handle in Harvard Square. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen Ave, Bicycling, bike lanes, Cambridge, cycling, Huron Ave
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Singing and Riding in the Rain
One of the hidden pleasures of being a cyclist is singing as I ride. True, it’s possible to sing in my car, but the sound comes back at me instead of adding to the vibration of the universe. I can … Continue reading
End of Summer Travelogue
I ended my summer doing two of my favorite things – riding my bicycle and connecting with the friends I have made through my work in Haiti. Len and Cheryl Ann Gengel invited me to their beach house in Wells, … Continue reading
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Tagged Be Like Brit, Beverly, Bicycling, Cambridge, cycling, Danvers, Gengel, Hampton Beach, Ipswich, Kiettery, Labor Day, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newbury, Newburyport, North Hampton, Ogonquit, Peabody, Portsmouth, Rye Beach, Salisbury, Seabrook, Somerville, Stoneham, Topsfield, Wakefield, Wells, Wenhem, York Beach, York Harbor
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Cape Cod on a Summer Day and Evening
There is no place more beautiful than Cape Cod on a clear summer day, except perhaps that same crooked peninsula as day wanes and evenings jeweled light shimmers across the bay. This weekend was my first significant cycling on Cape … Continue reading
Cyclist Power
I am getting in touch with my inner radical. I don’t really have the disposition for it, but at this moment, I’m pretty amped about injustices I perceive all around me. I am accustomed to the litany of complaints that … Continue reading
Cambridge Ladies
Cambridge is a fine, fine place to live; its shortcomings barely worth mentioning. We have efficient and clean government and excellent municipal services, even if there are a few odd positions like a Ranger and a Peace Commissioner that seem … Continue reading
Slow Go
I like maxim’s to live by. They provide structure and form, if not meaning, to our everyday tasks. I have a new one that has been boiling up for a year or so now. Slow Go. Slow Go means wherever … Continue reading
Pedaling Princples Chapter Nine – Crossing State Lines, Pay Toll
Illinois Route 14 heads east out of Crossville, a rigging town with the noxious air of energy about it. The gently rolling fields of corn are punctuated by oil wells. The road flattens into a straight stretch of tall treed, … Continue reading
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