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Tag Archives: #30daysofbiking
What do birds think of us humans? 30 days of biking, #30
What does a bird think of us? It’s all conjecture, isn’t it? No bird uses Google search, which would then allow its interests to be tracked, thus exposing a pattern of thought, maybe something of its reactions to us. Hard … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, bicycle, coffee, Off topic
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bicycle helmet, bike, marketing, monetary system, money, Rock Island Greenway
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Playing with gravity from allegro to molto adagio. 30 days of biking, #29
No two ways about it: I’m slow. I’m slow to rise and slow to read. Slow to write, slow to edit, and even slower to delete what doesn’t fit. I’m slow over coffee, and slow in conversation. I’m slow to … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, Bianchi, bicycle
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bike, cadence, fixed gear
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Wherein the person awheel comes dangerously close to dissing all that was holy and good. 30 days of biking, #28
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” —1 Corinthians 13:11 __ When I rode seriously, I … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, Becoming a bicycle, Equipment, History, People, Report from the road
Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bicycle racing, Silca
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Read before burning bridges. 30 days of biking, #27
I’m back at the house no longer there and the flowers across the street from the house, the flowers that seem to follow the unattributable advice to bloom where you’re planted, though because flowers were blooming in place long before … Continue reading
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Tagged #30daysofbiking, bicycle, bike, bloom where you’re planted, flower, mythology, Off topic
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