"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Distractions, Mountain Biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Aug 9th, 2010
Last night, Joel and I went to Lawrence with a bunch of his co-workers to ride the River Trails. It’s a rare treat and one I go for every time it’s possible. The river trails are great for a mtb moron like me. They’re not rocky, just swoopy and twisty, which is pretty much my […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Playing With Weather, Redline Monocog 29er on Jun 1st, 2009
In the immortal words of Daft Punk: [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8] Once again, I tried, tried again, and failed, failed again, but oddly, this year I don’t feel nearly so bad about my personal defeat as I did last year. Possibly because I was among a very large majority that bailed this year. Of 89 starters, […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, Family, Party, Redline Monocog 29er, Utter Silliness on May 26th, 2009
I rode the Redline to work today to make sure that all is in good order for the Dirty Kanza, which is only days away at this point. All, indeed, is. That bike is such a pleasure and a joy to ride in any of its many guises. For the upcoming weekend, it’s done up […]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Mountain Biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Apr 16th, 2009
So, the Dirty Kanza looms ahead. This year, I’m gonna be prepared! This year, I am planning to team up with some riders who ride around the same sort of pace I do, and NOT GET LOST THIS TIME! I fully understand my limitations, chief amongst which is a complete and utter lack of direction […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Distractions, Redline Monocog 29er on Nov 2nd, 2008
Okay, so this computer is being a total butthead and it took me almost 20 minutes to actually connect with WordPress, but I’m gonna give this my best shot. First things first. I have had this song stuck in my head for the past three days, and now you do too! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc] “She don’t eat […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Food & Snacks, Redline Monocog 29er, videos on Oct 23rd, 2008
So, so! Now, we’re in Kentucky, and a very good Kentucky it is, so far. Paducah’s got about the cutest old downtown I’ve seen in ages all fancy brickwork and colorful painted trim. The shops look a little twee, and it becomes a lovely ghosttown after 5:00 p.m., but during the day, it’s awfully charming. […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Redline Monocog 29er, Ruby the Dog on Oct 20th, 2008
Well, we KATY-trailed it for a couple of days and got to just outside of St. Louis last night. After I get done here at the library, we’re going to the grocery store and getting back on the road-road. We had a great camping spot last night in an abandoned barn. Couldn’t hardly have been […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Redline Monocog 29er, Too lazy to classify on Oct 8th, 2008
A not so amusing side-note I failed to mention the last time I logged on (by the way, I’m in Kingman, AZ right now…Hi!) is that I lost my driver’s license very, very early on in the trip…like possibly on the airplane heading for CA. Anyway, for the past two-ish weeks, I have had no […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Adventures, biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Oct 2nd, 2008
Well, well, we’ve been on the road for a week now and we’re taking a rest day in Tonopah. NV, known as the Queen Of The Silver Camps. Tonopah is pretty darn quiet these days, but we met a heck of a nice fellow running a used bookshop (Whitney’s Bookshelf) in the downtown area. I’ve got […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, biking, Redline Monocog 29er on Sep 16th, 2008
So, I figure that a few bike nerds are going to look at this site and ask the question that heads up this entry. What the Eff is she riding? How did a singlespeed mountain bike become a touring rig? Why did a singlespeed mountain bike become a touring rig? Is that even legal or […]