The Bacon and Smoothie Ride
The Spokes of Hope Bacon and Smoothie ride in Indiana
Piqua Redux
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, […]
MS-150
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA Friday was check-in. I biked the four miles between my hotel and the check-in site and there was informed that Saturday’s route would be changed. We were told that because of the heat that the ride would conclude at the lunch stop at Camp Kanesatake. From there the riders and their bikes would […]
The Most Beautiful Ride in the World
This was the most beautiful ride I ever did. Love the ocean but give me a cobbled climb over a mountain and a screaming decent through a gorge with stone bridges any day.
Four-Country Ride
The highlight of the week was riding in four countries and having Jens Voigt join us.
Luxembourg American Cemetery
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 […]
Luxembourg the Country
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. […]
Germany
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 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 […]
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