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Steve in Iowa City writes about bicycling in the state of Iowa.
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- The Usual Gravel Mayhem 08-29-2008
- re-enactment! not a derailler destroyed on last nights ride! They were much nicer! This week the college green A rides switched to gravel. Tuesday was a fairly tame romp around but Thursday saw a different sort of energy. It had rained proper in the morning and things […]
- Four Rides and A Roof 08-22-2008
- The roof is done. Long live the roof. Here are four ride reports and more photos from our tour. After a week of touring and then a week of hard labor with no riding to speak of I went on that most classic of Iowa City Classics last saturday, the Amana ride, prepared […]
- Flat Roofing 08-14-2008
- I have a new job now, I am a roofer! I have done a few roofs over the years and I have learned a few things about the trade. Like, I don’t want to be a roofer! The money is great, sure, but the work is brutally hard. I am scraped and sore after four days and […]
- Shots From the Road 08-10-2008
- We saw lots of stuff on our tour, here is a closed road that got all undercut by them floods that happened before. We made it across but we walked the bikes. Saw the locals using fourwheelers to get through! Here is the 10 spot we found on the side of Hwy 64! After […]
- On The Home Again! 08-07-2008
- Tour over, now we rest. It was a good time, and lots of hard work, of course. It is hilly out there. Sometimes it was hot, sometimes humid, sometimes both. Moustache bars are not for me. A nice man in a truck gave us the finger just for being there. We found 10 bucks […]
- Still Here 07-29-2008
- Okay, I keep meaning to post more of whats going on around here on here but I am sooooo busy somehow I lack the time. Oh well, just take heart knowing I am having a good time. I hit a couple of days of ragbrai and saw all the things I thought I would, lots of old friends […]
- The Summertime 07-23-2008
- Webloggery seems to be such a seasonal affliction in the riding community. Who has time to write about rides and the like when they are out riding and liking? Not me, and judging from my regularly read blogs, not most of my favorite weblogin’ two wheeled people […]
- Gluing Tubulars 07-15-2008
- Today at work I got an unexpected treat, a chance to glue tubulars onto some old Araya rims built on Suntour Superbe Pro hubs for an old Schwinn Prelude. I used to ride tubulars and as the silly season that is the week before ragbrai here in Iowa is upon us and as such […]
- yoGA & carGO 07-11-2008
- I seem to be falling into a once a week blogging habit. I am okay with that. I have been attempting to limit my volunteer commitments and enjoy more personal time and that has been working well and I am having a heck of a summer so far. Here is a short report and a […]
- A Fine Day For A Bike Geek 07-03-2008
- I don’t work on Thursdays and this morning Cody finally drug me to a yoga class to see what all the fuss was about. It was a free intro class and I must say I enjoyed it very much. It made me shake some and wonder when it would all end but I am going to sign up […]
