Rides

Just a few days ago Kent received an email from someone who did the Erie Canal ride a year ago; he wanted to know of the details, a post-mortem of our 426 mile ride. On the flight home I made…

I asked Kent for his final thoughts on the ride: The change in my body around day 4 was notable, vis a vie aches and pains. They virtually disappeared, although the tuchus (Yiddish for rear-end) was an issue off and…

We had a short ride to Albany, a victory lap is what I'm thinking, but that's not how things turned out. Instead we'd have our most challenging day of the trip — and more mud! Our departure from Schenectady was…

Tom of the Window Box Guest House snaps our photo and we're off for Day 8 of this Erie Canal bike ride. It's poured all early morning, so we've got the gear on. But Luck is with us and we…

It's Day 7 and we take a break from the canal to visit Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame. We share our ambitions with new friends at a bar in Herkimer the night before. Their eyes roll, "you're gonna…

I had a great view of Kent's fall; it happened right in front of me. It rained on this Day 6 of our Erie Canal ride; we were mentally prepared and we have all the gear, but the experience is…