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2009.08.29 Bike MS 150 Cycle Cedar Valley :

2009.08.29 Bike MS 150 Cycle Cedar Valley

Updated: Sep 01, 2009 4:53pm PST

2009.08.21 FNBR :

2009.08.21 FNBR

Updated: Aug 23, 2009 11:49am PST

2009.06.21 Bicycle Tour of Colorado :

2009.06.21 Bicycle Tour of Colorado

Updated: Jul 02, 2009 5:53am PST

2009.05.30 Midnight Century :

2009.05.30 Midnight Century

Updated: Jun 02, 2009 6:03pm PST

2009.05.16 Houby Days : Houby Days in Czech Village. From the BIC Houby Days ride from Solon to Cedar Rapids. A parade, fashion show and street dancing. What more could you want?

2009.05.16 Houby Days

Houby Days in Czech Village. From the BIC Houby Days ride from Solon t ...

Updated: May 17, 2009 8:39am PST

2009.02.15 Snowmobile Trail ride from Solon : Snowmobile Trails 4 and 4a Solon to OHV park and then along Lake Macbride (about 14 miles - 2 hrs riding). Similar conditions to yesterday but less snow overall. More mud in some areas and in the woods where it was deep snow it was actually a bit more compacted - less slipping on ice. Along and behind the OHV park the bike tracks from yesterday were still fresh. The trail along Lake Macbride was pretty soft in areas. Will avoid until it either gets fully frozen again or the snow is long since melted.

2009.02.15 Snowmobile Trail ride from Solon

Snowmobile Trails 4 and 4a Solon to OHV park and then along Lake Macbr ...

Updated: Feb 15, 2009 3:33pm PST

2009.02.14 Snowmobile Trails near Solon : Snowmobile Trails 4 and 4a Solon to OHV park and then along Lake Macbride (about 14 miles - 2 hrs riding). Until a few days ago was looking forward to a frozen dry trail with patches of ice since almost all snow had melted away - followed by a couple really of cold days. Then yesterday through last night got about 3-4 " of fresh wet snow. I was expecting everything to be too loose and deep to ride esp if the snowmobiles got out. They did but it was warmer last night and cooler today than forecast and the snowmobile tracks were actually pretty good and packed. No sinkage. In the fresh stuff it was powdery. Only in the woods behind the OHV park where there was a still a good base of snow and a lot of ice was it a bit squirrel-y. Speeds went down from 11 to about 4 mph for 1-2 miles. I had 2.4 mutano raptors on front and IRC studded rears. They studs didn't help much. Never really had much contact with the ice - just slid on the snow above it. Maybe aggressive nokians would have made a noticeable difference. This was JR's inaugural Pugsly ride. This ride was exactly what it was made for. Two thumbs up I'm sure. We made it back in time for a late breakfast of beer, steak and eggs at Smitty's Bar. A great end to a great ride.

2009.02.14 Snowmobile Trails near Solon

Snowmobile Trails 4 and 4a Solon to OHV park and then along Lake Macbr ...

Updated: Feb 14, 2009 1:06pm PST

2009.02.01 Snowmobile Trails from Solon : Recon report from today: The snowmobile trails out of Solon to Ely and over to Lake Macbride have a lot of exposed mud/grass and most of the snow is thin, densely packed and after this weekend, firm from the melting - crappy for snowmobiles in all but a few sections. I rode about 13 miles of trails including the multi use trail along Lake MacBride into Solon. It was in the low 30's temp wise. I was only sinking in slightly in a few sections and in one spot I had to get off and push the bike for about 20 feet. Otherwise the snow was firm and icy - but not slippery. Mostly there was a lot of water, mud and grit. Ride time was 1hr 30min. Total out and back time was + 1 hr to stop for all these fine photos

2009.02.01 Snowmobile Trails from Solon

Recon report from today: The snowmobile trails out of Solon to Ely and ...

Updated: Feb 01, 2009 8:15pm PST

2008.07.20 RAGBRAI :

2008.07.20 RAGBRAI

Updated: Jul 31, 2008 12:02am PST

2008.06.22 Bicycle Tour of Colorado - Jeep Tour : For the day off in Telluride, we took a half day jeep tour on the Tomboy road to Imogene Pass. The pass was still snowed in so we couldn't take the typical trip all the way to the top. So our turn around point was the Tomboy Mine and ghost town. We did take an extra excursion to the bottom of Bridal Veil Falls. Our guide and driver from Telluride Outside tours was Jerry O'Roark was great. His grandfather worked in the Tomboy gold mines while it was still active.

2008.06.22 Bicycle Tour of Colorado - Jeep Tour

For the day off in Telluride, we took a half day jeep tour on the Tomb ...

Updated: Jul 01, 2008 10:26pm PST

2008.06.22 Bicycle Tour of Colorado : Photos from the first 2 days of the tour so far. Day1 - Durango to Ouray (the same route as the Iron Horse Classic). Day 2 - Ouray to Montrose with optional south rim route in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.

2008.06.22 Bicycle Tour of Colorado

Photos from the first 2 days of the tour so far. Day1 - Durango to Our ...

Updated: Jul 18, 2008 11:13am PST

2008.06.07 TOMRV :

2008.06.07 TOMRV

Updated: Jun 19, 2008 10:32pm PST

2008.04.06 3D Devotay Ride : After a Delightful ride around the Coralville Resovior, past the Devonian gorge, bikers reconvened at noon at Devotay Restraunt. Our BIC bicycling friends, Kurt and Kim Friese, hosted a special buffet for the event.

2008.04.06 3D Devotay Ride

After a Delightful ride around the Coralville Resovior, past the Devon ...

Updated: Apr 07, 2008 7:36am PST

2008.03.22 Spring Ride : Once again, Team Fez and their paisans at Old Cap kick off spring with "The Spring Ride"

2008.03.22 Spring Ride

Once again, Team Fez and their paisans at Old Cap kick off spring with ...

Updated: Mar 23, 2008 9:47pm PST

2008.02.16 OCBW to Hills : This was an "Emergency" ride on Saturday. Relatively balmy 33 degrees and a south wind. Later that night we got freezing rain followed by 6-10" the next day.

2008.02.16 OCBW to Hills

This was an "Emergency" ride on Saturday. Relatively balmy 33 degrees ...

Updated: Feb 17, 2008 11:12pm PST

2008.02.02 Snowmobile Trails from Solon to Ely : Started in Solon. Picked up a snowmobile trail just north of Randall Park. Followed the trail that hooked up with the former BCR&N Railroad and took that north to Ely where it ended at Seven Sisters Road. On the way back took the snowmobile trail I had seen around the OHV park. That ended up coming out of the woods near the Sandy Beach area of Lake MacBride. Then rode paved roads back to Solon so I could get down to Iowa City and join up with the ICETIT ride. About an 18 mile round trip. 14 of those were on snowmobile trails or the railroad bed A few days before the ride the snowmobile trails were pretty of recent snow and a lot of sections were exposed grass. The snow covered sections I walked on were hard packed (unfortunately I didn't come across any of the Ice that I would encounter further on into the trails). The night before there was about 2-3" of snow. Temps in the mid 20's to low 30's during the ride. Snow was soft but not too packed down. The trail sections were mostly over a base of grass but a lot of areas had a base of slick ice. Especially in protected areas in and along the woods and on hills or any area where there would have been spinning by ATVs or Snowmobiles.

2008.02.02 Snowmobile Trails from Solon to Ely

Started in Solon. Picked up a snowmobile trail just north of Randall P ...

Updated: Jan 31, 2009 11:05pm PST

2008.02.02 ICCETIT : Stopping at Nate and Jenny's after leaving the Hilltop

2008.02.02 ICCETIT

Stopping at Nate and Jenny's after leaving the Hilltop

Updated: Feb 05, 2008 9:28pm PST

2008.01.13 Napoleon Park to Hills :

2008.01.13 Napoleon Park to Hills

Updated: Jan 13, 2008 9:15pm PST

2008.01.12 CVNT and B roads :

2008.01.12 CVNT and B roads

Updated: Jan 13, 2008 8:53am PST

2007.12.29 Holiday Ride to Hills : Most of the Holiday riders just returned to OCBW from the bridge on Napoleon Street. The more adventuresome took some gravel and B roads to Hills. Strong westerly winds during the prior week had drifted the snow a bit too deep on the southerly B section of Sioux Ave. So we tried this easterly section of 500th street to get back to Sand Road.

2007.12.29 Holiday Ride to Hills

Most of the Holiday riders just returned to OCBW from the bridge on Na ...

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 7:40pm PST

2007.12.15 Tour De Lights - Marion : The official ride was canceled due to recent snow and we just got together for dinner at Java Creek Cafe. "Unofficially" it was great snow biking weather and JR and I took a spin to the Shack after the dinner.

2007.12.15 Tour De Lights - Marion

The official ride was canceled due to recent snow and we just got toge ...

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 6:43pm PST

2007.12.15 Emergency Snow Ride :

2007.12.15 Emergency Snow Ride

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 6:38pm PST

2007.12.13 : Quite a lot of ice and slushy snow made this pretty tough going on the roads. Pugsley riders definitely had an advantage there. Trail was just covered in relatively fresh snow over ice and was not too bad for those with spikey tires (just me).

2007.12.13

Quite a lot of ice and slushy snow made this pretty tough going on the ...

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 8:20pm PST

2007.12.11 Bonus Ride (ice storm) : Animal, SP and I were in no great hurry and we ended up just riding from OCBW to The Sanctuary. We called it a night after 10pm. I was still good to ride so I did make the trip to Hills and back with some bonus gravel roads tacked on.

2007.12.11 Bonus Ride (ice storm)

Animal, SP and I were in no great hurry and we ended up just riding fr ...

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 7:13pm PST

2007.09.08 Courage Ride :

2007.09.08 Courage Ride

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 10:25pm PST

2007.07.22 RAGBRAI :

2007.07.22 RAGBRAI

Updated: Feb 07, 2008 10:08pm PST

2007.06.27 Full Moon Ride :

2007.06.27 Full Moon Ride

Updated: Dec 30, 2007 8:54pm PST

2007.06.10 TOMRV :

2007.06.10 TOMRV

Updated: Feb 07, 2008 10:29pm PST

2007.01.27 Polartec Fleece adventure : Polartec 200 Fleece + windbreaker. About 2 hrs in 20 degree temps. When I was dressing down, chunks of frost were falling from inside my coat. I think my windbreaker could do a better job of "breathing"

2007.01.27 Polartec Fleece adventure

Polartec 200 Fleece + windbreaker. About 2 hrs in 20 degree temps. Wh ...

Updated: Feb 17, 2008 11:47pm PST