Impromptu Bike Path?

On my commute home along the (Summit County) bike and hike trail, I encountered, to my surprise, this abrupt redirecting of the bike path to navigate around the road construction at Seasons Road and Sullivan. Literally, the path went through the front yard of this person on the corner. Which I think is okay as [...]

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Ride to Work Season

I rode to work this morning, which is the second time I’ve been able to do so this year (the first time being last week). Have I mentioned how much I love to ride to work? If not, here it is for the record: I absolutely *LOVE* the freedom of riding my bike to work. [...]

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Leaves

Trees toss confetti Amber, gold; crunching like foil Beneath my two wheels. A little autumn haiku for you, composed on a brisk September morning’s bicycle commute to work. Life is good. Go for a ride. Drink some coffee to warm you from the post-ride chill.

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Another morning commute

For once, I decided to let it out a little down Boston Mills Road after the I-80 overpass because I figured I knew every bend in that road by now. Besides, the steepest part of this road is actually the hill that rolls you into the overpass hill and I’d already passed that part with [...]

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Number 1 reason why bike commuting rocks

Last night, I took the bike trail loop from Seasons Road that follows along Rt. 8 to get home from work. Look at the traffic southbound on Route 8. To be fair, this was traffic for Blossom Music Center (a local concert venue) so it’s not the norm. And I usually don’t take Route 8 [...]

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Ten observations from the bike seat

So I’ve now ridden my bike to work a total of five times, twice this week and I might do it again on Friday to replace the day of cycling I’m missing on Wednesday do to a social engagement (going to the zoo for free with Diane… in choice between bikes and animals, animals always [...]

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Going green, part 2

Well, the commute worked out great. This evening’s weather was about 72 and sunny, a very nice way to end a day. I took Snowville to Dewey, and then turned onto Columbia for my descent. Snowville was quite busy at 5:10pm and the drivers were getting quite feisty with honking horns and lots of close [...]

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Mars Girl Goes Green

With just about every business advertising a new green policy, I felt inspired to “go green” myself and try to commute a few days to work. Okay, the main point is not going green at all (though not using gas to ride 16 miles to work is a plus). I’d want to ride my bike [...]

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