I had just departed from the Motel 6 in Glendale, WI (Milwaukee for all intents) when I came across these specimens from the animal kingdom, live, cage-free, wild turkeys! I was not in the hinterland. I was in a ‘burb of Milwaukee and there they were. It’s absolutely a fact that no charity ride should…
I got a great start getting into town. First in fog, then through some scenic stretches like this. Today was supposed to be the two-wheel equivalent of a stroll as I navigated my way lazily through the burbs and the city of Milwaukee, a light day to give my legs, buttocks, and sundry ligaments a…
This is what I saw coming at me on the Robert McClory Bike Path as I left Waukegan this morning. I set down the bike to take the snap for perspective and so you could see how I’m fixed up for travel. So many times you see people along one of these trails who look…
This “pedway” to the bike trail along the lake almost spelled my doom. Easing my bike down the little ramp along the edge didn’t work as planned. I lost control of the bike, when the weight from all the gear on the trailer, pushed it passed me and jammed the front wheel into the opposing…
I slept only in fits and starts last night, the night before the first day on my cycling tour around Lake Michigan, which will take me past Milwaukee, Port Washington, Green Bay, Manitowoc, until I reach Escanaba on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, pedal across it, and start the journey back down past Mackinaw City,…
No other planning can proceed unless you know where you are going and to figure that out you’re going to need a route. It’s been done before, a few hardy souls periodically attempt to bike the distance around all of Lake Michigan and fewer still have had the foresight and wisdom to record their experience…
I’ve done this before. 13 years ago, yeah, sure, but I’ve done it. Back then it was the Grand Illinois Trail, 600 miles that took me from my front door in the western suburbs (River Forest) to Navy Pier, Joliet, straight west on old canal paths, all the way to the Mississippi, north along the…
Alex Wilson founded West Town Bikes, using bikes as a vehicle [pun intended] to better the quality of life for young people on Chicago’s West Side. It hasn’t always been easy. Only as recently as 2020, the pandemic all but wiped him out, forcing Alex to take himself off the payroll and fire over half…
The 1st inaugural Bike to End Division charity ride is now official! We’ve identified two worthy beneficiaries for the ride, West Town Bikes and One Spirit, which serve two of the neediest communities in the United States of America, respectively the West Side of Chicago and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. To…