Archive for December, 2006

Cruising

Monday, December 25th, 2006

This isn’t cruising by bike, but a short vacation that we took to the Caribbean. We did see a bunch of mountain bikes waiting on the pier for guests of another ship. The bikes didn’t look that great and we couldn’t imagine where they would ride them in Grenada. There must be [...]

An intriguing tour

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

I always thought that I would do the tour around Torch Lake in Michigan. I am not sure what the appeal is of circumnavigating a body of water, but it is one that exists for me. That seems to be the case with hiking, bicycling or snowshoeing. Maybe finishing the circle brings [...]

Bicyclists are bums

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

Mentioning that we will be staying in two historic hotels brought to mind the misconception of cyclists that some people have. One of the first bed and breakfasts I contacted to review for our book, Bed, Breakfast & Bike Midwest-, seemed rather surprised that bicyclists would even stay in anything other than a dumpster. [...]