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Four hours in Danville VA, August 21, 2018
I drove up to Danville VA on a recent Thursday, just to get out of town and to see somewhere that feels different from North Carolina. Danville is only fifty-five miles north of Chapel Hill and I can drive there on two lane roads in about an hour. The city limits of…
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Tour of the Rustbelt: Chicago / South Bend / Toledo / Cleveland; July 16-24, 2018
Whatever I was going to find on this bike ride, one thing was almost certain: the temperatures would be cooler than North Carolina. It seemed like a no-brainer. My idea for this trip would be to bicycle from Chicago to Cleveland, a distance of about 400 miles. My good friends Jan and Gordon…
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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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Flatlanders: Lubbock, Texas; April 16-19, 2018
I have family roots in Lubbock, Texas and I went out there to explore them by bicycle. My buddy Lyman graciously agreed to accompany me. Lubbock (population 252,000) is at the center of a huge plain, hundreds of miles wide through the northern panhandle of Texas, spilling over into New Mexico I always…