-
Raleigh/Durham commuter train; it does exist, January 7, 2019
Raleigh is at least thirty-five miles by bicycle from my home on the Chapel Hill / Carrboro line. Sure, I have completed that 70+ mile roundtrip once or twice during the past thirty years, but such a ride is a stretch, especially on a route that involves lots of stops and starts and turns.…
-
Savannah and the traffic, Dec 16-17, 2018
Savannah GA is supposed to be a nice place. I wanted to visit there by bicycle, but I made the mistake of trying to bicycle into it from thirty miles out. I discovered how difficult and dangerous it is to bicycle into Savannah from outside the city. Like a lot of port cities…
-
Touring the Ninth Ward by Schwinn Typhoon, with Tootie, December 2, 2018
This is a story of a bicycle (Schwinn Typhoon) and a neighborhood (New Orleans’ Ninth Ward.). I have been taking longer distance bike rides for over fifty years, starting when I was about twelve years old. These first trips were on the bicycle I then owned, a Schwinn Typhoon. My friends and I rode…
-
The Grand Strand, November 10-11, 2018
Hardly anybody from Chapel Hill goes to Myrtle Beach anymore. Snobbism has taken hold. This is too bad because Myrtle Beach can be a fascinating place, and it has a beach! It is a string of beach towns that are marketed as The Grand Strand. I wanted to go somewhere for one night.…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
urban bicycle journeys 