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Retired boomer, out to walk my dogs, ride my bike, and hike the forest paths around Monroe County Indiana. Recently found ADHD runs in my family, and apparently gallops in me…
Category: Biking Bloomington
About Biking around South Central Indiana, rides and routes around town and in Monroe County
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I recorded this song just as the Inauguration (2021) began. As Amtrack Joe seems to be the first president with a sense of what good transportation looks and feels like, I was feeling paticularly hopeful for the future. I am hoping our e-bike initiative will help bring ever more folks to the biking lifestyle, and…
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At first, I understood fat tire bikes a specialized category; they are obviously great for beach, snow, and mountain bike adventuring, but for day to day, not so much…till I tried out a fat tire e-bike. I was used to the 2″ tires of my RadPower Cargo bike, but 3-4″ tires really make the potholes…
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There have been a number of letters to the editor lately concerning bikes on the B-Line, and truth to tell, it is a difficult set of laws that must be perused to fully understand the proper procedures. This where most of the confusion exists: TRUE or FALSE Bikes must stop/yield at the B-Line crossings. TRUE!…
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This year was the best year in a decade for ice biking (and skating) on Lake Griffy. The ice was 4 inches thick, and completely clear and slick. There was a deep freeze, and no snow, sleet, or rain had marred the surface, so it was perfectly smooth. So how does a bike work on…
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I know that separated bike paths are a great idea, it certainly makes biking feel safer, in most cases. But as I was riding to Griffy Lake the other day, I noticed that car drivers can and do make some mistakes that threaten even well separated bike paths. This picture was taken on Old 37,…
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Dec. 2010 This was a long and cold winter, and I got in only a few good rides this year. My biggest was a 6 hour tour of Lake Monroe that included Moore’s Creek Bay, the causeway, Back Creek and Potter’s Cave, and finally to Axom Branch, where the stone cabin ruins are to be…
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Dec. 2010 This was a long and cold winter, and I got in only a few good rides this year. My biggest was a 6 hour tour of Lake Monroe that included Moore’s Creek Bay, the causeway, Back Creek and Potter’s Cave, and finally to Axom Branch, where the stone cabin ruins are to be…
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Family’s wrongful death lawsuit against city dismissed Driver agrees to settle suit over car accident that killed IU professor By Kurt Van der Dussen November 29, 1995 A wrongful death lawsuit filed in November 1994 by the estate of Indiana University professor Max Zorn against the city of Bloomington and against the driver who struck…
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Ray LaHood, the new Secretary of Transportation, released these new guidelines, really remarkable stuff. It’s hard for me to believe he and I are on the same page in regards to this new policy, but tis true. United States Department of Transportation Policy Statement on Bicycle and Pedestrian Accommodation Regulations and Recommendations Signed on March…
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There has been are rash of injuries to peds and bikers, and even death, on the streets of Bloomington recently. I’ve been very concerned about this in that over the years many of my friends have been hurt, and at times I’ve come close. In every instance of person/car collisions, the car always wins. Many…
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