PIQUA, OHIO This was simple enough. I came to Piqua to rid myself of ghosts. Or demons. Great Miami River Trail, Piqua I woke up here in May 2018. I had no clue I was in Ohio. At that time I was riding on the Great Miami River Trail. Retired Piqua police officer, Paul Sullenberger, […]
This was a rest day so we would only ride 28 miles. Tell that to your friends who can’t imagine riding 28 miles – on our rest day that’s what we did. And it was easy. Fränk Schleck, Barry Sherry, Andy Schleck Fränk Schleck met us in the morning at the bike room at the […]
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG Another beautiful day in Luxembourg. We looked forward to another brilliant ride. One problem. My illness, and I think it’s a cold, got worse. I had a bad headache last night and was feeling like crap. I thought about sitting this one out. But I hoped a bike ride would make it better. […]
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG Today’s ride started in Luxembourg but in just 10 km (six miles) we came to Schengen and the Moselle River where German, France, and Luxembourg come together. We crossed the river and had a 100 km day in Germany. Schengen – Moselle River, Germany on other side We were on farm roads when […]
LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG On the schedule, this was a rest day as we had ridden 100 km in France and 100 km in Holland the past two days. Fränk Schleck proposed we see Luxembourg City. We had two non-riders in our group for the week but Fränk found some “city bike” rentals for Svetlana and […]
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG I love France. In five times of coming here in nine years, I never experienced any road rage. Until today. Early in our ride a car did not like being behind these cyclists and went by with its horn blaring. Damnit France, you went and screwed up. Fränk We rolled out of Luxembourg […]
MONDORF, LUXEMBOURG I rode in the morning in Frankfurt, which was really a bunch of wooded bike trails near the airport. I never did find Center City Frankfurt. In the lobby of the Airport Hilton, I met Julie Trimble then went to breakfast and met Dan McDonogh and Scott Hesford. We all assembled in the […]
CLERMONT, FLORIDA It was a beautiful morning. I parked and then rolled up to the flagpole at the start. I waited to meet my friend and former colleague, John Dockins. We met and were joined by another former colleague, Joe Berezo. I saw a rider wearing a cancer ride jersey and went over and talked […]
AMELIA ISLAND, FLORIDA This was an accidental stay. I intended to stay around St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. When snow hit yesterday morning, I jumped in the car and drove. On my way, I was looking for hotels near St. Simon’s and found this – which must have been close only in air miles. So I […]
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