Tag Archives: Bike

Last Day: The City & The (Veritable) Jungle The fifth, and last, day of the Ride the Hudson Valley Tour promised to be eventful — featuring a route the length of Manhattan Island from the Bronx. What I didn’t expect … Continue reading →

eye see eye can see with new vision eye can see the division linesin the atmospherethe elemental lines that dividethis particle from thatthe swirls in spacethose lines which orderthe world + universeour perspective—mineanyway eye see the invisible bullseyethe lineations in … Continue reading →

Foamscaped Small sharply defined puffs—No heat, no air compressors,Gaskets, rubber seals, rubber feet—Cloud-like, a shy homunculus,Trapped beneath a 5 o’clock crowd. in this (my) neighborhood pt. 144 Day 3: Start: Stone Ridge, NYFinish: Carmel, NYMiles: 65.56 What I’m Reading: We … Continue reading →

A Flash Cut Before the Imminent Dissolve Mary has a budget of eleven nails—She scores her shy puppetOn a cross that revolves on the ceiling fan—In her austere grey room. Indoor Camping (Condensation Journal) My tent was drenched this morning … Continue reading →

I was a jackanapes (redux) in Sevastopol when sloth consumed me.Now I’m fagged on a stackof lighted pyre — the funeralin progress. I was the son of violence,and as begets one so highly skilled — I’m a gun-licker & barrel-blowerwho … Continue reading →

It Starts With a bike ride —Just one, then another.And soon life seems dullOff of a bike. So you take anotherAnd another, and again.Then you can’t stop.Life is better on a bicycle. Any day on a bike is betterThan any … Continue reading →

Dehydration or Heat Exhaustion or… ? What? Really? Nah! The day started so well. A splinter of Spinners got back to ride together again.  Scott and I met in Brunswick after my train ride in. The idea was that I … Continue reading →

Something Dreamed Up This is what the last 5 days on the East Coast Greenaway / Atlantic Coast Route / plus Northern-most Extension bike tour will look like for me. Just to clarify, there is no mapped and set route … Continue reading →

To Good Weather! My right knee has responded well to treatment and time off from fully-packed long distance riding. I have been riding, but with greatly reduced weight on the bike, and substantially lower mileages these last 10 days. But … Continue reading →

Memorable Stuff I Read This Week Aging may change the way we ride, but it doesn’t have to mean giving up on goals or the pursuit of joy and endorphins. In fact, many cyclists who ride into their 50s, 60s, … Continue reading →