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mag trainer noise

Dear guy, my answer is you throw the trainer out the window and go outside and start riding. Unless of course you live in Chicago where we just got buried with 10 inches of snow on the first day of... Continue

Added a post Mar 22

Grand Haven MI Cycling

Bob, I was looking at Map my ride over the weekend and you might be able to find some help there. I liked it so much we are going to put a functional link with them from The Veloist. It's a pretty ... Continue

Added a post Feb 18

Snow Riding

Frank, I ride in the snow. But mostly I fall in the snow. Two crashes this winter on the trails and the frozen tundra isn't very soft.

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About Me:: Hi I'm Mike the Veloist, yeah that's a camera on my helmet. I'm not the best bike rider around but I sure do like taking pictures and sharing rides with all my friends. I'm a Veloing Videobloger so keep an eye out for me and smile when I go by and take your picture. Ride safe.

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Recent Enlightenment.

After six months of careful study I have figured out why my wife, who claims to be smarter than me, really is. I have been religiously studying all of the women’s magazines that come into my house and comparing them with my usual reading material and have concluded that women really do know more things than most men. Well me anyway. While my knowledge is deep it is not vast. It extends to understanding the proper layering system to stay warm on cold rides. Who Cipo is and where he gets his dent… Continue

Posted on February 24th, 2008 at 2:52pm — No Comments (Add)

Great News for Illinois Cyclists

ILLINOIS GOV SIGNS 3-FOOT PASSING BILL INTO LAW Motorists in Illinois must pass bicyclists with at least three feet of room thanks to Gov. Blagojevich's signature on Senate Bill 80 yesterday. This measure was supported by the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation http://www.biketraffic.org/ and led by our partner organization, the League of Illinois Bicyclists. It's a significant victory for bicycling statewide. The law, effective immediately, amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to also provide that bi… Continue

Posted on August 19th, 2007 at 1:21pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Great low fat meals.

For all you you meat eaters, check out this site for goats. http://www.jackmauldin.com/goat_recipes.htm Personally I would never eat the goats myself because I like their cools eyes but I hear they're great!

Posted on July 9th, 2007 at 7:34pm — No Comments (Add)

Missed cue.

About two hours into the 90-minute ride I planned I realized I had missed a turn. Now, I always work from cue sheets and carry a map of the area when I go out on a new ride but that didn’t seem to help me here. You see I never put the distances on the cue sheets. I just look for the street signs. It works most of the time. The problem was my turn was marked Main Street on the west side of the road and not marked on the east as I rode north. I was looking for an east road. When I looked back lat… Continue

Posted on June 5th, 2007 at 7:54pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Hair pants.

There is absolutely no good reason in the world for me to shave my legs. But I have to. Every year around this time I start trying to get my wife to understand my desire to put blade to skin. She can’t imagine why I’d ever want to shave. She of course has to but I have a choice, so she thinks. Fitting in is human nature we all want to belong. I just happen to ride bikes with a bunch of men that shave their legs. So by all the standards of being human I need to shave mine. It’s that simple. It… Continue

Posted on May 1st, 2007 at 8:11pm — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 9:12am on May 12th, 2008, Wendy Gaddey said…: Hey Mike - hope ya saw the pic of us stuffing the goody bags. We had a ton of schwag & your card went in the bags as well! We had 45 women show up and we have 2 more Wednesday clinics. I would say that after this Wed. you could remove the banner. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU POSTING THIS ON YOUR SITE!! Hope to see ya soon!

At 9:17pm on April 29th, 2008, Jeff Aksland said…: Because the guy in third got 2nd in his age group & 6th overall. There were about 180+ racers. It was my best race of the year. I couldn't of done it without the help of Capt. Slade.

At 11:24pm on April 13th, 2008, Adam Kagan said…: Hey Mike - Sorry that the weather is chilly there - today it was 103 at my house. Not a great day to be out riding, either. I put a couple hours in this morning, but by 9am it was already in the 90's! Hopefully it will cool down a bit here to get me ready for the cold mornings in the Rockies! I'll send some of my friends to the Veloist site...

At 2:54pm on April 13th, 2008, Adam Kagan said…: Hey Mike - I found this site through my buddy, Dan Katz. We grew up together out there and I moved to LA about 15 years ago. I rode Ride the Rockies with Dan, Harvey and Jay 2 years ago, and we will return this year. In LA, I live near Griffith Park and there are good rides around here, but only 20 milers. If I drive a half hour towards Malibu, there is some really good riding up there. Canyons and long climbs, as well as endless ocean front miles on PCH. Riding is harder around here, but there are some real jewels to ride. Have you www.mapmyride.com?

At 1:34pm on April 13th, 2008, Gary said…: Thanks for the welcome...I ride with Dan Katz and Harvey Hoffman.....planning on going to RTR in June.

At 10:25pm on March 24th, 2008, Paul Lipka said…: I just watched the trailer for the R2R - it is great. It is truly one of my favorite races - someday I would love to ride the pave myself and watch the race in person (having some of that Belgian beer too).
Let me know more about release dates etc.
Hope to see you out on the road soon!
Paul

At 12:37pm on March 24th, 2008, David A. Virden Jr. said…: Hey Mike,
Thanks for the welcome. I need to get my hands on a 56cm road bike for my ALS ride in July. Is the Veloist a good place to find one?

Thanks,
Dave Virden

At 7:01am on March 24th, 2008, Gary Zaid said…: The DVD is great!

At 8:52am on March 1st, 2008, don anderson said…: Thanks Mike...great site. Look forward to seeing you on the rides.

At 11:14am on February 26th, 2008, Vitaly said…: Thanks for the welcome :). The site looks great, nice work!!! I would only make one small suggestion. You have a lot of free space on the right side of the page, perhaps that's a good place to list the forums, or at least the 10 most recent ones - might lead to increase in participation.