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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…
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Petersburg VA, 3/19-20, 2011
I did this ride with my pal David. We were to ride inbound to Petersburg from the east, passing the plantation houses along the James River. You can really feel the burden of history here, it almost feels like too much. There are historic signs not only about the Civil War, but of the initial Jamestown settlers,…