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Author Archives: 16incheswestofpeoria
Don’t blame French for mismarked road signs in Peoria County
The road goes nowhereThe traveler everywhereStep by step by step—Warren Dreibelbis I know it’s fashionable to complain about infrastructure, but there’s evidence that someone is trying to improve things, if not entirely succeeding. Take the new sign I just saw … Continue reading
Three entry points into the garden of earthly delights
It’s a crowded world out there: the sky above, the ground below, somewhere to go—and to return to—and on this day, the company of one’s shadow: that certain though shifting form born of the sun, the ground, and one’s intervening … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, Co-Motion tandem, Report from the road, Trek
Tagged bicycle, Co-Motion, gravel, trail, Trek Checkpoint
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Peoria’s first roundabout: in Springdale Cemetery
Welcome to a simple grassway around an elevated circle (made of concrete? Stone?) surrounding an obelisk within Springdale Cemetery. It’s a different sort of traffic circle. No cars, for one. No road signs either—and you can stop wherever you want. … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Report from the road
Tagged bicycle, coffee, engineering, infrastructure, Peoria, Rock Island Greenway, Springdale cemetery, trail
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Questions for the reader awheel
When you look at a bicycle, what catches your attention? The orange frame, the shiny cold-forged cranks, or the red panniers just slightly smaller than Rhode Island? When you ride a bicycle, are you more interested in the twisty gray … Continue reading
Posted in Read and roll, Travel
Tagged attention, bicycle, bike, drivetrain, marketing, SRAM
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Waving between eyeglass prescriptions
Details. I miss more of them the older I get. It’s not a matter of inattention—not for the most part—it’s the eyes or the glasses, or most likely, both. It seems progressive vision means progressively worse. Clap if you can … Continue reading
Posted in Report from the road
Tagged bicycle, bike, eyesight, friends, Peoria County, photography
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