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Tag Archives: Princeville
Catching up. 30 days of biking, #28
Somehow, someway, Ellen’s Diner in Princeville is still open. And so we park where we have always parked, and in we go, to eat breakfast and hear the latest about Ellen’s dogs and guinea pigs. To sit down inside; it’s … Continue reading
The breakfast ride: Ellen gets carded
Rode to Princeville for breakfast alfresco on Saturday. That’s when I realized the big difference between small businesses and public corporations. (Given that some corporations are seemingly unaware of any difference between the two groups, this may be useful information … Continue reading
Aside by side
I don’t usually spend this much time developing a well-researched, thoughtful and detailed essay on SUV marketing, popularity and distribution, but jeebus, Toyota. Jeebus.
Posted in Co-Motion tandem, Report from the road
Tagged cranky, Illinois, Princeville, rest stop
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Table for two in Princeville, Illinois
Some people ride for fitness. Nothing must interrupt their course or cadence. But my favorite rides always include a newspaper or a magazine, pancakes and someone to talk to. And often, we end up at Henry’s Diner in Princeville, Illinois.
Posted in Other bicycles, Report from the road
Tagged breakfast ride, Co-Motion, Henry's Diner, Princeville
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The most important part of the ride: the pause
It wasn’t that long of a ride: Dunlap, Illinois, to Princeville to Dunlap. Still, when you’re dealing with the high rolling resistance of a soft trail and you’re not in the shape you were 30 years earlier, a rest stop … Continue reading
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