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RAGBRAI XXIV: Day -1
Posted by on July 21, 2006
I rode the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) in 2006. The first day of the adventure was driving from home in Ohio to catch the shuttle in Waterloo, Iowa:
Packing up to leave home, 3:20pm.
Made it out of Ohio…
Holiday Valley Mountain Biking
Posted by on May 29, 2006
Mountain biking day trip to Ellicottville, New York.
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- Doug and Brent, 7:00am
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- Pancake Stop
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- The Prophet
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- Kevin
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- Brent
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- Pre-ride caffeine fuel-up.
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- Ellicotville, NY
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- Doug
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- Brent
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- Pre-ride group shot
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- First Blood: Kevin
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- #@!&% wide handlebars!
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- Doug and Brent
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- Brent
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- Doug on the Porcupine Trail
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- Brent and his Karate Monkey
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- Kevin and the Prophet
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- Brent’s Monkey again.
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- Kevin’s Puddle of Doom
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- Chalk up another helmet.
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- More scabs for tomorrow.
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- Call me Left-eye.
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- Overlooking the valley
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- Brent and his shadow
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- Post-ride group shot
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- Post-ride refreshments
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- Shy Brent
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- The infamous super-burger
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- Doug finishing off the super burger.
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- Mmmm…ale.
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- Brent’s self-portrait
The Dirty Dozen
Posted by on November 26, 2005
Today I rode in The Dirty Dozen, a 50-mile bicycle stage race over the 13 steepest hills in Pittsburgh, PA. This was my first time participating in this event.
The race is organized by Danny Chew; his web site contains a complete history of the race, the route, past results, etc.
Related Links
- Article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of January 30, 2005 about Canton Ave in Beechview.
- Article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of November 26, 2005 previewing the race.
Front page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper’s web site on Nov. 27, 2005:
The Big Valley Race
Posted by on August 28, 2005
I raced in the Sport class of The Big Valley Race (mountain bike race) held on the property of Camp Manatoc in Peninsula, Ohio. Thanks to my friend Amanda for the photos.
Bike to the ‘Burgh
Posted by on July 4, 2005
During the Independence Day weekend of 2005, my friend Ray and I bicycled from my place east of Cleveland to Pittsburgh and back. The trip down was 151 miles; by eliminating a few wrong turns, the return trip was 143 miles.
Our trip mostly followed the route known as the Cleveland-Pittsburgh Connector, which joins the Adventure Cycling Association’s Northern Tier Route with the Great Allegheny Passage.
Thanks to my friends Henry and Emma for putting us up (and putting up with us) for the couple of days of our stay.
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- Mile 1 – the Bainbridge Diner
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- The Headwaters Trail, Portage County, Ohio
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- Newton Falls, Ohio
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- National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, North Jackson, Ohio
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- National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, North Jackson, Ohio
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- National Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, North Jackson, Ohio
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- Mill Creek MetroParks Bikeway, Canfield, Ohio
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- North Lima, Ohio
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- Entering Pennsylvania
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- Washington’s Landing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Mt. Washington
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- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Mt. Washington
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- Henry and Olivia
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- Back into Ohio
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- Ray at the state line
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- Ray at mile 143
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- Home at last
Tour de Bubba – Day 3
Posted by on December 5, 2004
Bruce and I headed to the Appalachian Mountains of Northern Georgia to ride the “Three Gap Fifty,” which is half of a local club ride known as the Six Gap Century. Our ride was only 38 miles, but included over 5,000 vertical feet of climbing over the three gaps. The vintage Cannondale touring bike that I borrowed from Bruce made the climbs a little tougher than usual for me, but the miles of fast, twisty descents were worth the effort. Two of the gaps had been part of this year’s Tour of Georgia, which was won by Lance Armstrong not long before his record-setting sixth Tour de France victory. There were still many signs spray-painted on the asphalt by fans.
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- At the summit of Neel Gap
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- Near the start of the Wolf Pen Gap climb
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- At the summit of Woody Gap
Tour de Bubba – Day 2
Posted by on December 4, 2004
The return trip from Newnan to Alpharetta, Georgia.
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- Kevin, Bruce, and Robert
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- Roscoe Deer Processing
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- Bruce on the MARTA train
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- Kevin on the MARTA train
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- Stephanie, Kevin, Robert, Katherine, Gary, and Bruce at Murphy’s in the Viriginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta
Tour de Bubba – Day 1
Posted by on December 3, 2004
I flew down to Atlanta, Georgia to visit with Bruce and Robert, two of my friends from my coast-to-coast cycling trip. Bruce and I rode from his house in Alpharetta down to Robert’s house in Newnan (with a segment on the MARTA train to get through downtown Atlanta more easily). The trip was about 51 miles.
I borrowed Bruce’s old Cannondale touring bike, which had downtube shifters and was a bit too large for me, but worked well enough.
The weather was beautiful all weekend, with unseasonably warm temperatures in the mid-to-high 50’s, and clear, sunny skies.
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- Bruce
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- Me with Bruce’s Cannondale touring bike
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- Arriving at Robert’s house in Newnan, GA
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- Bruce and Robert
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- Me and Robert
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- Enjoying a home-cooked dinner, courtesy of Robert and his wife Stephanie
Iceman Cometh Challenge
Posted by on November 6, 2004
The Iceman Cometh Challenge is a mountain bike race traditionally held the first Saturday in November. The 27-mile course covers a combination of twisty singletrack, fast doubletrack, dirt and gravel roads, and cross-country ski trails between Kalkaska and Traverse City, Michigan.
This year’s race was my third time in the event, and usually marks the end of my racing season. This time, it was my first race since coming back from a broken collar bone.
During the drive up to Michigan the day before the race, I made a pit stop at the brewery in Frankenmuth, one of the towns we stayed in during my coast-to-coast bicycle tour, to relive a few not-so-old memories.
In Traverse City, I met my friends Stacy and Brad from Portland, Maine. Brad’s parents were kind enough to let me stay at their house in Traverse City, where we also visited with Brad’s brother Ross, his wife Lynn, and their sons Cameron and Joey.
I finished the race with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds, about 15 minutes faster than last year’s race. I placed 64th out of 163 entrants in my class (Sport Men Age 35-39). Click here to see the complete results.
After the race, we took a drive out on the beautiful peninsula that extends out into Grand Traverse Bay, and watched the sunset. That evening, we enjoyed dinner at the North Peak Brewing Company.
Bike MS Escape to the Lake
Posted by on June 13, 2004
The MS 150 Escape to the Lake is a two-day, 150-mile bicycle tour from Cranberry Township, PA (just north of Pittsburgh) to Conneaut, OH. Proceeds from this annual event benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The tour of 2004 was held on June 12-13.
