Author: Glenn

Susan and I ride from March/April to October/November. When we were still working we rode most weekends and took short, one hour rides some week nights. When we became retired we rode two to four full rides most weeks. By mid September I was riding to avoid going back...

Today was a weather gift. Although it is only April 18 on Long Island, NY, it felt more like May 20. I was leading a supposedly relaxed pace today. The good news was the weather. The bad news was I was really enjoying it. So, the pace was somewhat...

For seasonal riders like Susan and myself, March and early April have given us less than great weather. We did, however, get in two rides last week, and will ride again tomorrow. Every year is the same in one sense. No matter how much time we spend at the...

My previous post “The Bicycle Part 1 of 2” was either a fit of imagination, my dream or really happened. None of that matters. Part 2 is the real world, at least for most of us. We own the bicycle(s) we own. Whether or not we get into synch...

This post was supposed to be a continuation of the previous post, but that will have to wait. Thursday September 25, 2008 was cloudy and mild, with rain supposed to hold off at least until late afternoon. Susan and I did a really strange thing. We did NOT go...

The bicycle lay in a ditch off a lonely stretch of route 66. Yeah, funky as that sounds, that’s where it was. The bike was not rusted or beaten up, just abandoned, in a ditch, out on highway route 66. Of course I had to stop the car and...

My mother in law had a great phrase to describe her live and let live attitude:  “Everyone has their own mishigas (craziness)”. So too with the people I ride with.   While some of it is annoying, most of it is just interesting. I have ridden or do ride...

Okay, so Boston was a bust, I forgot to order good weather. Susan and I had a great visit with our daughter, however. Now, Maine . . . My first riding experience in this NE most of states. We stayed in Kennebunkport at a real find of a place.Â...

Oh yes, that is exactly where I am going. Being 61 and wanting to ride like I am 21 (okay, I’ll take 35 if I must), reminds me of body parts. So, I did lose 3 pounds. It would have been easier to buy a lighter bike, but there...

As I ride in rural and country like settings in Vermont, NY State, Cape Cod, Connecticut and other areas in reasonable driving distance, I wonder what the residents of this area think about riding on Long Island, NY. What it really is like? First of all, much of Long...