Category Archives: Sekai 2500

Your speed may vary. 30 days of biking, #5

Posted on April 5, 2022 by 16incheswestofpeoria

I don’t ride fast enough to need a faster bike. You know: a newer bike, a lighter bike, a bike with 12 cogs in the back, a bike with a carbon-fiber frame. My average speed this year has been somewhere … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, N + 1

Posted on June 14, 2019 by 16incheswestofpeoria

N + 1 is the formula to calculate the number of bicycles one should own. Have one bicycle? The right number to own is two. Have 15 bicycles? The right number is 16. There are at least three reasons why … Continue reading →

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Building better signs

Posted on September 5, 2017 by 16incheswestofpeoria

It’s fun to ride a gravel bike. Unless, that is, you’re focused on the idea that some roads are really supposed to be blacktop. Like Santa Fe Road in Hallock Township.  Back in the spring, workers turned three sections of … Continue reading →

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Day 21. #30daysofbiking

Posted on April 21, 2017 by 16incheswestofpeoria

While drinking by the blanciest of casas blanca, this conversation: Rick: We’ll always have the wind. Maybe not tomorrow or next week, but whenever we ride. Ilsa: Yes, the wind. And in the mornings, perhaps less of it. Rick: You’re … Continue reading →

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Day 20. #30daysofbiking

Posted on April 20, 2017 by 16incheswestofpeoria

That lowly braggart, that big ol’ ball of flames, did promise fair chase this day, but as his want this April, abandoned the chase well before the climb past the lilacs on Santa Fe Road.  Scoundrel.

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