I do a lot of really unique and cool bike, but there are three that stand out this year.
The NYC Five Boroughs Bike Tour. 32,000 of us bike the 5 boroughs of NYC crossing 5 bridges.
The Erie Canal from Buffalo to Albany. Just two of us on a week long bike tour.
The Midnight Marathon Bike tour. Riding the Boston Marathon Route at Midnight. Continue reading “Grab Life By The Handlebars”
Toot Your Horn Today’s Daily Post Assignment
Most of us are excellent at being self-deprecating, and are not so good at the opposite. Tell us your favorite thing about yourself.
There was so much failed video during today’s ride I almost scraped the whole daily post. However….. Howwww Ever….. I’m pretty good at winging it when things fail and I decided to make lemonade. Hope you like it. You can get an idea of the cold when I walk into the Destination Soup restaurant and the lens fogs up.
LOTS OF FAILED VIDEO CLIPS from John Sullivan on Vimeo.
When was the last time your walked away from a discussion, only to think of The Perfect Comeback hours later? Recreate the scene for us, and use your winning line.
I didn’t have a plan for today’s ride. That’s why the beginning is random things about the city. I was drawing a blank and it became clear to let the video tell the story with the music.
The Daily Post asked us to write about the road less traveled. A suggestion was made on the topic but today’s bike ride on the quiet roads on the SouthCoast of Massachusetts made the daily post very apropos.
The Fall River Bike Committee put the word out for a bike ride in my back yard. I offered to lead the ride, they accepted, and we rode. The group set the pace to accommodate some new riders who by the way did wonderful and liked it.
FALL RIVER BIKE COMMITEE from John Sullivan on Vimeo.
CLICK HERE for the ride with GPS route.
The day screamed for a long bike ride and I decided to cross the bridge into the city of New Bedford. I ran into a fellow bike rider and invited him to join our ride on Sunday. When I told him it would be around 30 miles he reneged saying his bike was only good for 20 miles or less. I mentioned that we stopped at a cafe half way through the ride, so it’s actually two 15 mile rides, which is well within his 20 mile limit. He didn’t bite. Continue reading “One Hundred Million Dollars”
Today’s daily post suggestion.
Karma Chameleon Reincarnation: do you believe in it?
Do you believe in heaven and hell? Gods? Aliens? Ghost? How about crop circles? Reincarnation is in the same category as all those other things. I know none of those exist, so my answer is no, I don’t believe in reincarnation or any of those other things. But they can be fun pranks to play on people.
It was such a nice morning,29 and sunny, that I had my coffee and a bagel on the outside deck of Flower Girls Baking Company after my daily gym session. Today is also a nice day to go for a long enough ride to put on my Garmin. Stay tuned. Continue reading “I’m Calling the EPA”
Turn to your co-workers, kids, Facebook friends, family — anyone who’s accessible — and ask them to suggest an article, an adjective, and a noun. There’s your post title! Now write.
My daily bike ride this time of year is the same as the day before. A one mile ride to the gym, then to the market for tonight’s meal ingredients, then to a coffee shop to read the NY Times over a good cup of Joe . There is not much different to say or show that I haven’t posted at least a couple of times. However, I have two dogs.
Evasive Action Today’s Daily Post assignment is “What’s the most significant secret you’ve ever kept? Did the truth ever come out?”
When a secret is revealed to one person, it’s inevitable that within a very short time, there are dozens of people sworn to secrecy.
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The early mornings are for the older gentlemen walking on the bike path. Today while riding to the gym I ran into three who were walking on the left side of the photo above. It’s the horse path and also where everyone takes their dogs to shit. The women pick it up and the men usually don’t. Continue reading “Watch Out For Black Ice”
The Daily Prompt is a writing training aid. It suggests a subject to help what we call writers block. I try to incorporate the “Prompt” with my bicycle writing into one post. Sometimes it works. Today’s prompt is titled Alma Mater
Alma Mater —You’ve been asked to speak at your high school alma mater — about the path of life. (Whoa.) Draft the speech.
My University soccer team was being inducted into the schools hall of fame. A good number of the players traveled to the event. The team was from 20 some odd years past, so there was a lot of catching up to do. It was an annual event and there were a six or eight different inductees. Individuals, our team, a coach for example. It was the standard college ceremony. We were the first to be inducted that night and lined up on the side of the stage at the bottom of the stairs. As the short bio of our team was being read as an introduction, a team mate standing behind me said. “we took a vote and nominated you to give the speech”. At that moment the MC announced, “Please give a warm welcome to the 1977 UMass soccer team”.
Those who ride in the winter can relate. Those who don’t are missing out. Continue reading “The Daily Prompt and Riding A Bicycle In The Winter”
The Stat Connection Maybe this will be my best stats post. It’s certainly good enough.
Last week I got three hard to get tickets to the local performing arts center for the Trombone Shorty Show. I can say without any reservation that this was the wildest most entertaining performance I have ever, ever attended. See if you agree. Go full screen and go loud.
Riding the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Riding the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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Riding the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
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