100 Miles of Nowhere ride kit

My kit of goodies for the 100 Miles of Nowhere arrived in my mailbox yesterday. There’s nothing like getting a package in the mail. Granted, it’s probably more exciting when it’s something unexpected (unless, it turns out to be a…

Bear Hall coming along.

Why does it seem like I’m always riding my bike into a headwind? Maybe it’s just incredibly poor planning on my part. I don’t know, but it happens way too often. Saturday’s ride was no different. For some reason I…

Arkansas Times - May 23, 2012

Big Riverfest issue. This is my third year doing the Riverfest issue. Interestingly, all three covers I’ve done have featured rappers. It’s amazing to me that the big headliners at the past three Riverfests have been well-known rappers (Ludacris, Nelly…

Halfway home on the Tour de Toad route.

Maybe catching up wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. Turns out my week of riding was mostly boring, so there wasn’t much to write about. Sunday morning, though, I decided to take a ride back out to…

Sunday’s training ride for The Ranch Ride was called off because of the very cool progressive dinner ride taking place in Conway. But, I’ve got dinner plans with my wife, so I planned to set out on a little ride…

Fresh bar tape

Last Saturday was a busy bike day for me. The previously mentioned 45-mile trek out to Lollie Bottoms and then I re-wrapped my handlebar tape. I had been running with my old tape since I bought the bike more than…