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RAGBRAI XXIV: Day 0
Posted by on July 22, 2006
Shuttling from Waterloo to the ride start in Sergeant Bluff:
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- Team Hills Angels: Mark, Donnie, John, Mo, Randy, Kevin
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- Randy, Mark, and John get ready to board the bus in Waterloo.
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- John and Mo do their headstands
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- Loading bikes.
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- “Thank you very much.”
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- Randy and Mo
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- Randy
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- Marking the RAGBRAI virgins.
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- A busload of bicyclists
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- Lunch stop at McDonald’s
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- More headstands
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- The Hills Angels Virgins: John, Mark, Kevin, and Donnie
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- More virgin-marking
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- At camp in Sergeant Bluff
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- Team Cow
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- Randy and some new friends
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- Kevin and The King
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- Mo, Kevin, and Katie
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- Kevin, Christine, Sean, and Randy
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- Mo makes our mark on the riders’ wall.
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- Rockin’ at the kickoff party.
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- John, Katie, and Randy
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…
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.
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.
Tour of the Scioto River Valley
Posted by on May 9, 2004
The Tour of the Scioto River Valley (TOSRV) is an annual bike ride from Columbus to Portsmouth, Ohio and back. This route covers 100 (or more) miles each way over the flat and gently rolling terrain of Southern Ohio.
The 2004 TOSRV was on May 8-9, with over 3,000 cyclists participating. This was my first time participating in TOSRV, and with warm temperatures and clear blue skies, I was told that it was the best weather for the event in ten years.
Peace Ride for Tibet’s Independence
Posted by on April 20, 2004
Today I joined up for the day with the Peace Ride for Tibet’s Independence. This ride was from Washington, DC to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from April 10 through April 24.
On this day, my friend Mariann and I met the group at Frankferd Farms in Valencia, PA, whose owners had been kind enough to house the Tibetan cyclists and their support staff for two nights. We biked from Butler, PA, almost 80 miles to the village of West Hickory, PA.
If you would like to learn more about the ride, and about the Tibetan Independence cause, please visit their web site at www.rangzen.org.
World Road Cycling Championships ’03 – Day 4
Posted by on October 12, 2003
Photos and video of the Men’s Road Race at the World Road Cycling Championships 2003 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
World Road Cycling Championships ’03 – Day 3
Posted by on October 11, 2003
Photos of the Women’s Road Race at the 2003 World Road Cycling Championships in Hamilton, Ontario, Cananda.
