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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: Btown Biking
About Biking in South Central Indiana, and around the world.
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Wow, I guess I intuited this info from being a cargo bike rider for the past 5 years, but I never verified it. Well the Guardian has: Cargo bikes deliver faster and cleaner than vans in a study done in London. I’ve measured my commute times from Park Ridge to Kirkwood while working at IU,…
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Today Mike Leonard stopped by to pick up his newly assembled Aventon Level Commuter Ebike. As you might suspect, Mike is a great researcher, and there are a lot of brands out there, so he sifted through them all, and came up with the Aventon Level as the best value proposition for him. It is…
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It seems a bit counter intuitive, but riding an ebike is as good exercise as riding a conventional bike! Yes, you may exert less power while riding, but this study published in ScienceDirect shows that ebike riders put on more miles, and thus end up getting as much physical activity, measured in Metabolic Equivalent Tasks…
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After a couple of years mostly town riding, Jojo (& Charlie) and I went out for one of the finest loop rides in Monroe county. This route tours our three large valleys on the eastside, Kerr Creek, Getty’s Creek, and Brummett’s Creek Roads. Our map is below, 90% of the ride was through quiet countryside,…
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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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