Category: Central North Carolina trips
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East side of Winston-Salem and the stock car museum, Oct. 3, 2018
I have been married to Tootie for thirty-five years. I have been to her hometown of Winston-Salem (twin city!) more times than I can count. I can honestly say it is almost a second or third home to me. Everything I ever did in Winston-Salem was on the west side. Everything. The west side is…
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Sunday ride from Chapel Hill to Raleigh; September 9, 2018
I wanted to leave my house and bicycle somewhere, but had no idea where to go or when to go there. I had no agenda. Early Sunday morning I just left, by bicycle. Just in case, I took along my bicycle “trunk bag” with one night’s change of clothes, in case I wanted to…
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The final hours of my PBW folding bicycle, April 24, 2018
Many of you remember seeing pictures of me on the blue bicycle with small wheels. I bought this new in 2002 for about $1800.00, custom made by Peregrine Bicycle Works of Chico, California. This bicycle was fun to ride. It performed almost as well as many conventional “road” bikes; it only weighed 22 pounds;…
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Fishing in Durham, April 27, 2017
Durham is about fifteen miles by bicycle from my home, depending on the route. By the shortest route it is not even a very pleasant bike ride. But Durham is a cool place. I had read about Saltbox Seafood and its eccentricities, so I biked over to check it out. Would the food…
urban bicycle journeys 