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More miles by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I had yesterday off from work. My employer gave us a four day holiday weekend. After two days of constant rain Wednesday and Thursday, there was a break in the rainy weather ... Read on »

Summer Tour Theme Song by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I've picked a theme song for my summer tour on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail Joe Satriani's Summer Song Why this song? Because it will be summer and it will be ... Read on »

Prepping the Long Haul Trucker for the big Tour by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking A rainy Sunday with a temperature of 55F/13C degrees outside makes for a good day to work on bicycles inside. The 2008 Surly Long Haul Trucker is getting a complete ... Read on »

Goal accomplished by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Something is amiss in this picture. I always wear a helmet, more habit than anything. Today in my rush to get out for a long ride before the afternoon thunderstorms ro ... Read on »

Twin Ports Bike to Work Day: Susan's adventures in multi-modal commuting by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Friday was National Bike to Work Day. The bigger news for our household was Susan's first ever bicycle commute happened on Bike to Work Day. Somewhat of a coincidence, ... Read on »

3,000 miles by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I rolled over three thousand miles today on my year-to-date mileage. That's the earliest in the year I've ever hit 3,000 miles. I've never hit that mark prior to June 1st in ... Read on »

Enjoying a beautiful day on my Ellis by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I put in 77 miles on my Ellis today. Perfect weather, 70F/21C degrees with mild to moderate winds and a cloudless sky. Extremely dry air, so dry my sweat was drying ... Read on »

My return to the MIBR by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking This weekend I made a return to the Minnesota Ironman Bicycle Ride .This ride is an one day tour type ride held in the far southern suburbs of the Minneapolis/St Pa ... Read on »

April wrap-up by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I logged 764 total miles in April. I had planned for an 800 mile month. I came up short. I decided to choose a few recovery days thrown in there rather than push for the goa ... Read on »

Smooth roads by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Today I wanted to do a longish ride before I have a week of recovery. Next weekend should be another big ride. Perhaps a century if all goes well. The goal here is to ... Read on »

Hiking, bus riding, trip planning, YTD, etc by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking That's me from yesterday. I'm dressed for some serious trail maintenance. Susan and I headed 80 miles up the shore to the section of the Superior Hiking Trail we volunte ... Read on »

Our new blue(s)mobile by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking We picked up our new car yesterday to replace Susan's beloved 2002 Subaru Forester with 202,000 miles on it. She didn't want to let her Forester go, but it was time ... Read on »

Back to studded tires by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It was only last Wednesday that I finally took the studded winter tires off the Belt Check. The ten day extended forecast wasn't calling for any below freezing temperatu ... Read on »

Duluth's steepest hills, wind, rain, hail, thunder.....and an errand. by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking After my 72 mile ride yesterday I was trying to get motivated to go out for a short recovery ride. Hard to do when rain is approaching and wind is blowing like crazy off ... Read on »

Long weekend rides continue by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking 72 miles today. What you can't see in this picture is the 30 mph headwind. The kind of headwind you have to keep pedaling into, even going downhill, to keep your forward ... Read on »

Top reasons I want to do a 3-month bike tour this year. by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I've been doing a lot of thinking about my upcoming ride of the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail this summer. I decided to jot down a few reasons why I want to do this ride ... Read on »

Taking it easy by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I had today off. I took it very easy after my 100 miler yesterday. Legs felt good on my 7 mile errand run on the Blue Truck/Xtracycle. Very windy and cold today. A fe ... Read on »

Using the Ellis for what it was designed for....finally by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking My place of employment was closed today, Monday (not Friday like some places) but Monday, the day after Easter. Not sure how that decision was made, but I ran with it. ... Read on »

A new ride by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It's not what you're thinking. It's not a new bike but a new car for Susan. I am a car-free commuter. Meaning I ride my bike to work everyday, rain, snow ice, blizzar ... Read on »

101 miles and more appreciation for my Ellis. by Doug R. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Damn Blogger... I did a whole post about my Ellis and my 101 mile ride today...saving it as I went....and blogger ate it. Too tired to re-type it tonight. Maybe I'll ... Read on »

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