Tag Archives: winter

Don’t blame French for mismarked road signs in Peoria County

Posted on January 21, 2024 by 16incheswestofpeoria

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 →

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What’s your line?

Posted on January 19, 2023 by 16incheswestofpeoria

Ride around the block and you soon find yourself retracing your journey. Not exactly, of course: a single-track vehicle cannot help but make two tracks in the snow, the track of the rear tire crossing and recrossing the track of … Continue reading →

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Infrastructure maintenance and the role of magical thinking

Posted on January 17, 2021 by 16incheswestofpeoria

It isn’t in the nature of magic to broadcast its existence. Continue reading →

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Your best bicycle ride

Posted on January 26, 2020 by 16incheswestofpeoria

  Your best bicycle ride is your most recent solo ride. Or the most recent time you rode with a friend. Or the time you rode by yourself and your friend caught up with you on Grange Hall Road, not … Continue reading →

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What this country needs is a good right-hand-drive tricycle

Posted on February 1, 2014 by 16incheswestofpeoria

Four to six inches of snow overnight. Don’t remember hearing the snow plow, but it must have come by early in the morning. So let’s try out that new studded tire on the tricycle. I never have any problems staying … Continue reading →

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