You know you’re a real bicyclist when you think that working on your bike is almost as much fun as riding it.

Prairie-Roubaix

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Prairie du Sac is French for something. It’s got a mud lake and a vineyard, is kinda bumpy, might be wet, and you could dump or puncture anywhere. 23.5 miles, moderate. Follow your finish with fries and mayonnaise at the Blue Spoon (which I will pay for if you take a lap in Eagles’ stadium [...]

Lutefisk and Lefse

Monday, March 31st, 2008

The annual Vermont Church dinner is the real deal. Thing is, hardly anyone likes lutefisk – they’re there for the meatballs, which are swedish. At least the lefse is norwegian and everyone likes lefse. 30.8 miles, moderate. Just like a lutefisk dinner this ride is hard to stomach at first, but hang on, plenty of [...]

The Fat Squirrel

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

How great is New Glarus? Spitze. 31.5 miles, moderate. Some of us love him and some of us hate him, but didn’t Greg say something like: ‘It never gets any easier…you just get faster’. That’s comforting, and so is beer. URL for this route is: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1744349 Here is the compressed GPX file for the ride:paoli-new-glarusgpx

Little Garfoot

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Welcome to the driftless. 29.3 miles, moderate. Bring your polka dots and watch for cars on this character builder. URL for this route is: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1742472