Muscles or Mush? 🦵🏼 Are your legs muscles, or mush?...

What Happened? 😯 What happened to Summer? Yesterday I was...

Make the Grade 📚 So, could I make the grade...

Forget the Calendar 🗓️ You can forget the calendar. Our...

Disassembly 🔧 EVOC Bike Travel Duffle I’m going to have...

Tired But Not Tired 😴 You know that tired, but...

Done! 🎇 My do-si-do is done! Yesterday I rode nearly...

Halfway ½ I’m halfway there with my do-si-do! Today I...

Do-si-do? 💃 Do-si-do sounds like square dancing; not a move...

Rain Drill? 🌧️ I thought I might get a rain...

Enough Rest? ⏰ Have I had enough rest now? After...

Experimenting 🧪 With RAGBRAI in mind, I’m experimenting. I’ve been...

Goodbye Leg Warmers? 👋 Can I say, goodbye leg warmers...

Old Tease 😝 Weather can be an old tease; and...

Time to Back Off ⏱️ I think it’s time to...

Don’t Drag Yourself Down 🏋🏻 It’s so easy to say,...

Mister Finnegan 🍃 Sometimes I feel like Mister Finnegan (as...

Capricious! 🐐 Is your weather as capricious as ours? I’m...

Warming Trend 🔥 A warming trend is setting in; and...

Luna Moth? 🌕 Sometimes I think I’m a luna moth...

Keep It Neutral! ⚙️ C’mon, wrists; keep it neutral! Lately...

Melting Point 🫠 Now that the weather is warming up,...

Bee in My Bonnet? 🐝 Have I got a bee...

Farsighted 🤓 Sometimes we have to be farsighted; and I...

Don’t Go to Sleep! 😴 Don’t go to sleep while...

Camel-Bak Neck 🐪 We can add Camel-Bak neck to the...

I’ve Begun! 🎬 I’ve begun working to improve my pace!...

Why Get Faster? ⏩ Why get faster? That question may...

Big Five-Oh 🎂 Today was Big Five-Oh day; and I...

I Feel Stuffed! 🥙🌭🍧 I feel stuffed when I view...

Reconnaissance 👀 It’s time to start some reconnaissance! If I...

Getting Shortchanged? 🩳 Am I getting shortchanged? It feels like...

Paraphrase 🗣️ This blog/page may contain affiliate links. “We are...

Hotheaded 🔥 I got a little hotheaded this morning —...

Shady Dealings Again ▓ We’re getting shady dealings again today....

Blockage 🚧 Who wants a blockage in the bike path?...

Be Adaptable 🤔 We cyclists learn to be adaptable, whether...

Smorgasbord 🫘 🍌 🍫 We cyclists nowadays have quite a...

The Power of Suggestion 💡 Is anyone immune to the...

Bare Legs 🦵🏼 Yesterday I thought the season for bare...

Fuel Supply ⛽️ What’s your favorite fuel supply for long...

How Corny! 🌽 How corny can I get? I ate...

Hoppy Ride? 🐇 A hoppy ride — not! I did,...

Overstock 📊 An overstock has crept up on me. The...

Good Sprinters? ⏩ If you could put Neanderthals on bicycles,...

Gimme a Break! 🥱   “Gimme a break!” isn’t always...

Don’t Cross the Border! 😳 Don’t cross the border; the...

Striking a Balance 🔨 Cycling is about striking a balance...

Superfit? 🏋🏻 You don’t have to be superfit to enjoy...

Bite the Bullet 😬 Bite the bullet; not donuts! Although...

Wear Out Your Gears ⛭ Wear out your gears? Why?...

Tardy! 🐢 To be tardy is generally frowned upon. When...

On Strike? 🪧 Did my hybrid go on strike because...

RAGBRAI Ready? 🥧 Am I RAGBRAI ready? Not at this...

Nip and Tuck 🚂 The final mile of this morning’s...

Winter’s Coming Back! 🥶 Winter’s coming back! Can  you believe...

Erin Go Bragh! ☘️ I’m not Irish; but let’s say,...

Miles in the Bank 🚴🏿 Today I decided I needed...

Undercover ☔️ I’m undercover this afternoon; or, rather, under cover....

On Tenterhooks Again! 🪝 I’m on tenterhooks again, thanks to...

Ramping It Up ↗️ I’m ramping it up now; sort...

Re-View? 👀 You get plenty of re-view when you ride...

Looking Ahead 😵‍💫 It’s time for looking ahead; and I...

See-Saw 🥵🥶 Our weather thinks it’s a see-saw. It teeters...

Saving Daylight? ☀️ Are we really saving daylight? It sounds...

Gotta Say No Sometimes 👎 I’ve gotta say no sometimes...

Too Much Screen Time? ⎚ I think I’ve been getting...

IS It Coming? 🛬 “IS it coming?” is the question...

Safe Harbor ⛵️ Any sailor wants to reach safe harbor...

Double Dozen 🪺 I’m up to a double dozen miles!...

Lion or Lamb? 🦁🐑 Is March playing lion or lamb...

All Clear? ☀️ I wish our weather would give us...

Hop to It! 🐇 Today I decided to hop to...

Purebred? 🐈 Have we got a purebred storm coming up?...

Gotta Start Somewhere 🔫 Ya gotta start somewhere for any...

Weather Breeder? ⛈️ Is this a weather breeder? It’s close...

Don’t Trust the Forecast 💨 💦 It’s gotten so that...

Early March Hares? 🐇 I thought I was seeing early...

Spinning Out 🌪️ This blog/page may contain affiliate links. “We...

First Sure Sign 🪰 Yesterday I got my first sure...

Am I on Track? 🛤️ Am I on track? Or...

Logistics 🚚 I’ve talked before about wanting to do RAGBRAI;...

Drop It ⚖️ If only losing weight were as easy...

I Scream? 🙀 “I scream, you scream, we all scream...

Another Windy One 🥶 It’ll be another windy one tonight....

Breakfast on the Roll 🥚 Now and then, I try...

This Is February? 🍳 This is February? Now I don’t...

Queen of Hearts 💕   Queen of Hearts would have...

On the Qui Vive 🎉 This penguin seems to be...

Pre-Carnival 🃏 It’s pre-Carnival today; and I’m glad I don’t...

Keyed Up Again 🗝️ I’m keyed up again about the...

Trigger Finger 🔫 No, trigger finger isn’t about practicing on...

Wrong Call ☎️ I think I made the wrong call...

Was the Groundhog Wrong? 🐽 Was the groundhog wrong? Is...

One Hundred Dollars? 💵 Remember that Rachel Field  poem about,...

Room and Bored? 🥱 Sometimes staying indoors much of the...

Holler ‘Nuff! 🥊 Sometimes my legs holler ’nuff; and sometimes...

Sometimes a Gamble Pays 🎲 Sometimes a gamble pays off;...

Prognostication 🔮 Our local groundhog has made his prognostication: six...

Not So Angelic? 😇 The forecast for the weekend is...