Hello World! ...and Cleveland Rides

While I'm not in the business of posting nearly as much as I used to, I do feel justified in that I'm riding my bike much, much more, I feel much healthier, and I've been working on starting a family.

Lately I've had numerous people in my cycling circles ask me about the rides in/around Cleveland, and I've referenced some posts and Garmin Connect activities from 2008. Cleveland has a lot of great riding around it if you only know where to go.

I've consolidated the links to my posts as well as the Garmin Connect activities below. I didn't ride these in successive order, which is why they're broken up into sections and don't always flow in the same direction.

Posts:

Cuyahoga Valley National Park / Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath

Rocky River Reservation

Rocky River to Downtown

Relaxed/Family Riding:

Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Adventure, Vol 1.

Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Adventure, Vol 2. (Train!)

Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Adventure, Vol 3.

Cleveland's "Emerald Necklace" (These generally go west to east)

Cleveland Lakefront Bikeway - Rocky River to Downtown

Downtown Cleveland to Euclid Creek Reservation

Cleveland Metroparks Ride - Rocky River - Bagley to Detroit

Cleveland Metroparks Ride - Big Creek Reservation - Valley Parkway to Brookpark Road

Cleveland Metroparks Ride - Mill Stream Run - Bagley to Brecksville

Cleveland Metroparks Ride - Brecksville Rd to Bedford Reservation

Cleveland Metroparks Ride - Bedford Reservation to North Chagrin

Cleveland Metroparks Ride - North Chagrin to South Chagrin to Bedford Reservation

Happy riding!

Thursday Linkapalooza

http://spidermonkeycycling.blogspot.com/2008/10/after-kicking-some-ass-on-track-zack.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xADJoFpXNN0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3xDEIsCT64

Photoshopped images of this will be circulating soon...


BlagojeDOUCHE is more like it.

Wednesday Link Dump

I haven't done one of these yet, let me know if you hate it.

Palin Baby Name Generator http://politsk.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah_13.html

$85B is a shitload of cash. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6QAz6YiyRAI&refer=home

90B gallons is a shitload of water. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-shore/storm-of-the-century_b_126341.html

Interesting proposal as an alternative to "deep tunnel... fascinating. http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/ourtown/070511/urbanlab/

Indoor MTB Park. Rad. http://www.raysmtb.com/index.html

Chicagoist is losing it. http://chicagoist.com/2008/09/16/margaret_and_marcus_turn_to_the_int.php