My favorite gadget this year, hands down, has been the GoPro Hero camera I got at the start of the biking season. With its great, HD-video quality, a helmet and body and handlebar mount it has given me lots of great footage… and an addiction. The addiction has been watching the amazing GoPro videos that [...] Read more »
Don’t Let This Happen to You
Granted, this was in South Africa. But it happens here, too. In fact did, last year for one of the Stony Creek regulars who got wiped out by a jumping deer somewhere on the backroads of Lapeer County or thereabouts. And it’s in late October and early November when Michigan’s Whitetailed deer are particularly active. [...] Read more »
Single Track Inspiration
Okay. This isn’t Michigan, I know. But, man oh man, what a great ride. Singletracking in he French Alps… Read more »
Another Closet Corrects the Cry.
Another closet corrects the cry. Read more »
Michigander 2011: The Finish – Holland to South Haven
Sam Kennedy brings in another Michigander 2011 finisher You gotta say this about this year’s Michigander. Weatherwise, it was about as extreme as anyone could ever imagine. From heat indexes over 100, blazing sun and high humidity to today’s driving rain and cool 71 temps, we had it all, including picture postcard perfect Thursday sun [...] Read more »
Michigander 2011: Ravenna to Holland, MI
Like the Zac Brown band says, Life is good today. Thursday was the day that made all the heat and hills worth it. For the more than usual who dropped out of the Michigander earlier this week because of the stifling, energy-draining heat, Thursday was the kind of day that would have made them regret [...] Read more »
Michigander 2011: Lowell to Ravenna, MI
The secret to beating the killer heat that has enveloped Michigan on a bike ride is to get up and out early. Really early. We were up before daybreak and on the road before 7AM and once again, as yesterday, were spared the full assault of the sun by heavy morning overcast. We were counting [...] Read more »
Michigander 2011: Nashville to Lowell, MI
The heat took it’s time coming today, hidden behind a cloud cover during the morning, but burning through to bake those still on the road after noon. In all 20 years of this bike tour, nobody can recall a hotter one. Today was yet another 60 mile day, mostly on roads with only occasional stretches [...] Read more »
Michigander 2011: Plainwell to Nashville, MI
Hot hot hot. Very hot. Brutally hot. I know of several riders who have tossed in the sweat towel and have packed up and abandoned the ride. It’s that hot. The eat index neared 100 today. It’s suppossed to be even hotter tomorrow and Wednesday. And both days will be 60-plus miles. That’s about what [...] Read more »
