Month: April 2011
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Riding around Milwaukee, 4/11/11
While Milwaukee is still a big and important place, one gets the feeling that it used to be a VERY important place. You are also reminded of the huge amount of wealth created in the United States between about 1885 and 1929. Living in North Carolina, there is not much evidence of that. […]
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Kenosha and Racine WI, all the way to Milwaukee 4/10/11
Growing up as the son of a Rambler dealer, I always liked to talk cars with my Dad. He frequently talked about how Ramblers were unique. He described how these cars were different from cars of the Big Three. They were smaller, they had reclining seats, they had vacuum-powered windshield wipers! One key […]
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Lake Forest IL 4/09/11
First of three posts: Four day trip Chicago to Milwaukee and environs One of the contradictions of urban riding is that old fashioned cities usually accommodate bicycle riding, while the newest suburbs, less dense, are frequently the most dangerous places. In Chicago, however, if you stay close to the lake, both the city and the […]
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Portsmouth VA, 3/26/11
Doing an urban bicycle tour of Portsmouth is a conundrum. While Portsmouth has a wonderful stock of old buildings, the whole place is undeniably depressing. It might have been because of the cold and gray weather that day. Contrary to Hampton Roads lore, Portsmouth is not all ghetto. When I asked Norfolk people about […]