LIFE BIKE FOUR

September 8, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
I had gained a bike rider co-worker friend.  I was not yet up to riding with him, but we chatted about bike stories.  He told me some of his favorite stories.  Number two favorite story was when he swallowed the biggest insect in the world while he was riding, and it got stuck in his throat.  He had to stop his bike and gag for a while to get the bug to go down the throat hatch.  Number one story was the mud ride.  He had the click-in shoes and pedals.  He…

2013 Celebration High Point and World Grand Champion Winners

September 7, 2013Posted inCaitlyn Vaught, Jennifer Vaught, Missouri Fox Trotter, Nichole Copple, NOVA, Powder, Tony Vaught, Velvet
VERSATILITY OVERALL PLACINGS Youth Versatility: Pleasure & Speed High Point: Toddy's Velvet Perfection; Nichole Copple for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill Mo Working Horse High Point: Co-High points Toddy's Velvet Perfection, Nichole Copple for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill MO Nathan's Ovation, Caitlyn Vaught for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill MO Youth Versatility World Grand Champion Toddy's Velvet Perfection, Nichole Copple, Fair Play Mo for Susan & Terry Engle, Pleasant Hill Mo Youth Versatility Reserve Wold Grand Champion Playboy's Lookie Here Now, McKenna Flory, Wallsburg UT for…

LIFE BIKE THREE

September 4, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
RED HOT OUTRAGE!  FLAMING HATRED!  DEATH THOUGHTS to those park police.  I am stunned.  I am a thin and beautiful person in my mind. Those park police laughed at me falling off my bike.  I had blood running down my leg.  They laughed. Maybe they laughed at the thought I couldn't get out of the park on the long side.  Maybe they laughed because a curvy woman fell off her bike.  Good GAD! I probably peddled home at nearly 50 mph in my rage.  I thought about how I could…

LIFE BIKE TWO

September 2, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
There I was at  Shawnee Mission Lake luxuriating in the beauty, the speed and the accomplishment of getting here.  I rested.  I continued around the lake and started up the hill on the other side of the lake.   Oh my.  This is awful.  This little hill just keeps on going, up and up and up.  This was in the time before communication other than a phone at home attached to a wall plug in. I was trapped in the park.  I peddled.  I got off and walked.  I peddled.…

LIFE BIKE – Before Horses

August 31, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
I was living in Johnson County, Kansas in the city of Lenexa.  This was the early 90's.  My golf obsession had ended and my body was getting thicker, maybe wider would be a better term. Something about a bike caught my attention.  Something about a weight loss exercise program using a bike!  I need a thinner body.  The answer just  might  be a bike! I have stored in my garage, a stylish three speed English bike from my college days, a mere thirty year old or so bike.  Three speed…

LIFE BIKE TEN

August 31, 2013Posted inLIFE BIKING
The first and biggest bike ride is RAGBRAI! RAGBRAI, The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is an annual seven-day bicycle ride across the state.  RAGBRAI is the oldest, largest and longest bicycle touring event in the world. In the beginning, no one imagined that RAGBRAI would become the Iowa tradition it is now.  We at The Des Moines Register thank all the riders who have joined us over the years.  We especially wish to thank the thousands and thousands of volunteers in the towns we’ve visited along the way for their…