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#753
Starting over
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Indianapolis
Posts: 4,077
Bikes: 1990 Trek 1500; 2006 Gary Fisher Marlin; 2011 Cannondale Synapse Alloy 105; 2012 Catrike Trail
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Greenwood to IUPUI? That's a pretty healthy commute. Good for you. I work over on the west side near Rockville Rd and 465. It would be a tough and circuitous ride for me.
#755
Newbie
Join Date: Aug 2010
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I just got my first road bike (a Basso from a friend, though I'm not sure which model it is....maybe you guys could help?) and live in Huntington Woods, MI, 10 minutes outside of Detroit. I started commuting to work on Monday, only to find that the ride is pretty bumpy, and cars in Troy (particularly SUVs) tend to honk at bikers on the road. But it feels better than driving! I'm a total newbie, but glad to have found this forum. 'Hoping to learn the basics of bike repair and some good routes in the area!
#756
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MI
Posts: 172
Bikes: Klein Reve V, Trek 7700fx
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I just got my first road bike (a Basso from a friend, though I'm not sure which model it is....maybe you guys could help?) and live in Huntington Woods, MI, 10 minutes outside of Detroit. I started commuting to work on Monday, only to find that the ride is pretty bumpy, and cars in Troy (particularly SUVs) tend to honk at bikers on the road. But it feels better than driving! I'm a total newbie, but glad to have found this forum. 'Hoping to learn the basics of bike repair and some good routes in the area!
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#758
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Monroe, MI. Just off of Lake Erie, where the winds are predictable, and predictably suck. Soon to be getting a job in downtown Detroit which will cut into my riding a bunch, but anything to pay the bills, right?
#759
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Eastpointe,Michigan
Posts: 14
Bikes: A Motobecane Gran Jubilee(bought new circa 1978),aTriace bought at WalMart,an old Scwinn Varsity and two old Schwinn World Sports that I bought cheap at a bike swap meet.
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Eastpointe,Mi chiming in.Just getting back into riding.I'm having a '76 Motobecane Grand Jubilee rehabbed and I just picked up a $25 Schwinn World Sport and an unknown vintage $30 Schwinn Varsity to help keep the wear and tear off of the Motobecane.I realized I can use the Varsity for weight training too-lifting it is good to build my shoulder muscles and biceps! Long live the cheap gas pipe bike!
#761
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH
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columbus/gahanna, oh... anyone have any suggestions for organized group rides/clubs to ride with around this area? (i recently moved from up north but it's about 45 min away so mid-week night rides have gone kinda out of my grasp)
#764
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ft. Wayne, IN
Posts: 9
Bikes: Specialized Tricross, Trek 500, Schwinn LeTour, Schwinn Continental, Kuwahara Pulsar
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Chrcoe - Columbus Outdoor Pursuits club is legendary. They host many outstanding organized rides. I'm sure they've got regular club rides too.
#767
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH
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Chrcoe - Columbus Outdoor Pursuits club is legendary. They host many outstanding organized rides. I'm sure they've got regular club rides too.
#768
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Woodridge, IL
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I live in Woodridge, Il and do most of my riding between Woodridge and Glenview since my best friends live up there, so I go through Elmhurst and around O'Hare on the commute.
#769
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Metro Detroit
Posts: 7
Bikes: bikeless, worse trikeless
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Hey folks,
Live in Plymouth, MI. Drive my trike as much as I can. Try to make my way onto Heinz Parkway. I like to do intervals, so I will give a roadie a bit of a head-start, and then reel him in while climbing up a hill. Then I hammer it down the other side of the hill. Most times I just reel in the roadies and then let them go - after they have gotten an earful of my gears clicking as I coast. Have met more people on this trike; I love it. Waiting for them to finish work on the I-275 bike path. It will be nice when the path hooks up to the connector to the bike trails of Willow Metro park, Oakwood park, and to Lower Huron park. Might take another year. Cheers, UncleD
Live in Plymouth, MI. Drive my trike as much as I can. Try to make my way onto Heinz Parkway. I like to do intervals, so I will give a roadie a bit of a head-start, and then reel him in while climbing up a hill. Then I hammer it down the other side of the hill. Most times I just reel in the roadies and then let them go - after they have gotten an earful of my gears clicking as I coast. Have met more people on this trike; I love it. Waiting for them to finish work on the I-275 bike path. It will be nice when the path hooks up to the connector to the bike trails of Willow Metro park, Oakwood park, and to Lower Huron park. Might take another year. Cheers, UncleD
#770
Senior Member
There's a new bike website:
https://www.ThinkBicycles.org/
It's a LOCAL bike website, for Johnson County. And I had to look under "Maps" before I found it is Johnson County , IOWA.
https://www.ThinkBicycles.org/
It's a LOCAL bike website, for Johnson County. And I had to look under "Maps" before I found it is Johnson County , IOWA.
#771
location:northern Ohio
There's a new bike website:
https://www.ThinkBicycles.org/
It's a LOCAL bike website, for Johnson County. And I had to look under "Maps" before I found it is Johnson County , IOWA.
https://www.ThinkBicycles.org/
It's a LOCAL bike website, for Johnson County. And I had to look under "Maps" before I found it is Johnson County , IOWA.
#772
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Lafayette, IN
Posts: 62
Bikes: 80s Univega
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Lafayette, IN here.
Ride mostly between downtown and Armstrong Park. Or bomb campus. Love me some Salisbury St hill and fast sidewalks through campus.
Ruin everything.
Ride mostly between downtown and Armstrong Park. Or bomb campus. Love me some Salisbury St hill and fast sidewalks through campus.
Ruin everything.
#775
Senior Member
I'm from Augusta, Wisconsin - About 25 miles South East of Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Home of the almost world famous Stage Coach Bicycle Route.
Approximately 21 miles round trip with alternate loops. Mostly easy but a few steep hills. A scenic route that follows along a lightly traveled road and is perfect for a family bicycle outing. Available year round and no pass is required for route use. Trailhead located in Augusta just off Hwy. 12/27 on Stone St.
If you ever come and ride the route, give me a heads up and I will give the the guided tour.
Home of the almost world famous Stage Coach Bicycle Route.
Approximately 21 miles round trip with alternate loops. Mostly easy but a few steep hills. A scenic route that follows along a lightly traveled road and is perfect for a family bicycle outing. Available year round and no pass is required for route use. Trailhead located in Augusta just off Hwy. 12/27 on Stone St.
If you ever come and ride the route, give me a heads up and I will give the the guided tour.
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