Category Archives: Pre-ride

The problem with “train-ing”

I love riding the train, but it certainly does come with its own downsides. It’s. Great mode of transportation unless you need to get to your planned destination at any particular time. Dan and Alli dropped me off at the … Continue reading

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Back in the saddle

It’s been just over a week since I had my accident on the bridge, and while I haven’t been able to do as much training as I would like to in the past week, I have been keeping busy. I’ve … Continue reading

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Sorta kinda maybe technically homeless

So I’m not exactly sure at this point whether or not I am actually homeless. What I do know is that I went from having a very traditional sort of home environment, to more of an idea of home that … Continue reading

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Being stupid hurts

I was hoping to post something up here today about how my move went this weekend but that will have to wait, because I re-learned some very important lessons yesterday that I feel I should share instead. Monday night was … Continue reading

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New on the bike this week

I’ve been riding my bike since sometime in mid-march. I guess you could say that’s when I “finished” it. However there hasn’t been a week that’s gone by since then that I haven’t changed out something on the bike. At … Continue reading

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How fitting

I feel like riding a bike really is one of the easiest things in the word to do. Most anyone can jump on just about any average bicycle and manage to get themselves around town. It turns out however that … Continue reading

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Pack it up pack it in let me begin…

Currently one of the less pleasurable parts of cycling across the country is having to move out of my apartment.  When I signed up for bike and build I knew that keeping my current apartment was going to be an … Continue reading

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My route

So I mentioned in my last post that Bike & Build is putting on eight different transcontinental bike rides this summer. All of the different rides take different routes across the country. One ride covers mostly the southern states, starting … Continue reading

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More than just a bike ride

As much as I am going to enjoy riding across the country with a group of 33 strangers this summer, we aren’t just riding across the country for the fun of it. The thing that is bringing us all together … Continue reading

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Bike to work day

Today  was  was bike to work day. In some places bike to work day is a really big deal with all sorts of group led rides, and vendor sponsored events, and the such. In Charleston it means that the City … Continue reading

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