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Uncle Ray | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. A timely, unexpected bequest. From my late godfather and uncle, Ray Sieve, helped finance my bicycle ride across America. Here are a few words about Uncle Ray:. Raymond John Sieve died at age 87 in a nursing home in a St. Louis suburb on Dec. 1, 2007. He was the second-oldest of my mother’s four younger brothers: Clarence (Corky), Ray, Larry and Harold (Hally). Ray and two of his brothers, Larry and Hally, enlisted in the Marines during World War II and fought in such Pacific hellholes a...
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Route | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. 8220; The best way to start. A cross-country bicycle trip is to pretend you’re not doing it. Convince yourself you are embarking on a series of day trips. It will do no good to anticipate the Rockies while still smelling the salt air of the Atlantic, or to think about the East if leaving from the West. 8212; Calvin Woodward, The Associated Press. This is the route. Adventure Cycling Associations Southern Tier Route. Itinerary: Day by day. Sept 27….10….Phoenix…&#...Date……....Sept 29…...
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Bike racks on ambulances | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Hell in the Pacific. Trump doesn’t like bicycles →. January 24, 2015 · 11:52 am. Bike racks on ambulances. Some morbid musings while riding a bike: If I would have an accident. And have to be hauled away in an ambulance, what would happen to my bike? Would someone call my wife or a friend to rescue the bike and bring it safely home, even if it’s a mangled wreck? Cyclists in Fort Collins, Colo., no longer have to worry about that dreaded scenario. The Fort Collins newspaper,. Which first ...
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Bikes and jazz at the Plaza | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Up the Great River Road. Derring-do atop a bridge →. November 4, 2013 · 4:49 pm. Bikes and jazz at the Plaza. Every vibrant city needs a public gathering space a plaza, piazza, town square a place to celebrate. Civic accomplishments, welcome visiting dignitaries, bring in a new year, or simply hang out on a nice day. My hometown, Fort Worth, now has such a place: the Sundance Square Plaza. And, with hardly any hyperbole, I will say that it is magnificent. Check out the time-lapse video o...
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Time on a bike | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Proposal by bicycling app. Rambling around the LBJ Ranch →. January 22, 2014 · 9:04 am. Time on a bike. Toon Boumans is a Dutch craftsman who collects old bicycles, restores some of them and uses leftover bits. And pieces for his whimsical creations such as a pendulum clock. I came across this YouTube video, which demonstrates the workings of Boumans’ bike clock, and tried to glean some additional information by trolling the Internet. Toon Boumans with his bicycle pendulum clock. Ramblin...
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January | 2015 | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Monthly Archives: January 2015. January 24, 2015 · 11:52 am. Bike racks on ambulances. Some morbid musings while riding a bike: If I would have an accident. And have to be hauled away in an ambulance, what would happen to my bike? Would someone call my wife or a friend to rescue the bike and bring it safely home, even if it’s a mangled wreck? Cyclists in Fort Collins, Colo., no longer have to worry about that dreaded scenario. The Fort Collins newspaper,. Which first reported the install...
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Proposal by bicycling app | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Derring-do atop a bridge. Time on a bike →. January 17, 2014 · 4:44 pm. Proposal by bicycling app. It’s one of the most creative uses of a bicycling app that I’ve ever seen a marriage proposal mapped out. On the streets of San Francisco. Cyclist Murphy Mack, according to Mail Online. The website of London’s. Rode 18 miles and burned 749 calories to trace out the words Marry me Emily surrounded by a heart. His ride, which took 80 minutes, was recorded by the free software app Strava.
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Derring-do atop a bridge | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Bikes and jazz at the Plaza. Proposal by bicycling app →. January 13, 2014 · 12:17 pm. Derring-do atop a bridge. I guess it was inevitable. West Seventh Street Bridge. With its 12 graceful arches with flat top surfaces and the silhouette of a roller coaster, would be a tempting challenge for a daredevil bicyclist. The first one to test his skills on the bridge and probably the last was Mat Olson. A professional BMX stunt rider. A small group gathered on the Trinity Trails. It seemed like...
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Hell in the Pacific | Jim's Bike Blog
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Jim's Bike Blog. Rambling around the LBJ Ranch. Bike racks on ambulances →. April 6, 2014 · 10:47 pm. Hell in the Pacific. Readers of Jim’s Bike Blog may have noticed that I have dedicated a page to my Uncle Ray. From Ray, who died at age 87 on Dec. 1, 2007, helped finance my 2009 bicycle ride across the United States. Ray, who was my godfather, and his two younger brothers, Larry and Harold ( Hally ), were Marines who fought in the Pacific War at such places as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Saipan.
