"Bicycle Bill"
- Active 3 days, 14 hours ago
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic What happens if someone misses the baggage truck? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 3 days, 14 hours ago
What do you do if you miss getting your stuff on the baggage truck? You find out just how persuasive you can be to try to get someone to schlep the stuff for you. Fortunately, with the number of people/teams who have their own vehicles/shuttles/what-have-you, I suppose a sad, hang-dog look, a $20 bill, and a promise of a couple 12-packs of b…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic Updated Site! in the forum Miscellaneous 1 month, 1 week ago
Change for the better, or change merely for the sake of change? I’ll reserve judgement for a while.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 2 months, 1 week ago
From the bookshelf:
“How to Afford Your RAGBRAI Vacation” by Robin Banks.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic in the forum "Bicycle Bill" 2 months, 1 week ago
I saw something where ‘legacy’ Microsoft Edge is being replaced with an updated version of Edge. This may be the source of your problems. Updating your browser or changing to another browser like Chrome or Firefox is probably the best fix.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic in the forum "Bicycle Bill" 2 months, 1 week ago
OPEN COMMENT TO ANNE LAWRIE:
After looking at the map, it appears that for at least one day RAGBRAI will effectively be split into two separate routes – the paved route and the gravel alternative. This does raise a couple of questions, and I wonder if the powers-that-be at RAGBRAI have thoroughly thought them through.
For example — anyone takin…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 2 months, 1 week ago
addendum to your post, T. Gap:
Illustrations by Ken Ada.
The Great River Road formerly continued north into Canada. There were two routes, one from Bemidji into Ontario and the other from Lake Itasca into Manitoba. The former followed US 71 to the Fort Frances–International Falls International Bridge, then Highway 71 to Longbow Corners on the T…
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why does a remark like that automatically make me think of Wednesday Addams’ reply to the little girl in the first ‘Addams Family’ movie — “Are they made from real girl scouts?”
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic Rethink Opportunity on RAGBRAI 48 Symbol for 2021? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Considering that we ride from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River, I think a better song choice might have been the Jerry Reed song, “Eastbound and Down” (from the original ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ movie).
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic First RAGBRAI Memories in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 months ago
Kelly PM said, “For the duration of the dinner, I left the forlorn Shen Ling on the sidewalk leaning against the restaurant with the chain dragging the ground. I didn’t know how I would get it road worthy for the last day’s ride. Best guess was find a chain breaker and shorten the chain to make a single speed out of it. No matter. It was sto…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic Crystal Ball in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Sorry to hear about your dad, Larry, and the best of luck to your daughter. At least (hopefully) she has some of the benefits of youth and resilience working in her favor.
And take care of yourself, too.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic Crystal Ball in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Contraction and transmission rate is spiky, while death rates of those contracting the virus continue to fall sharply. More people are getting this, but fewer are dying from it.
JBoz, I wish I could believe that. However, when you get news like I got yesterday, you realize that if only
- one
person dies and that one person is/was significant to…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why are fixed-drive bicycles so expensive these days?
Because there’s no freewheel.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Why should you never ride directly behind a car?
You’ll get exhausted.
Why should you never ride directly in front of a car?
You might get tired.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 5 months ago
It’s not a bicycle joke, but the reference to the boombox reminded me of the joke that contained the best puns (or the worst, depending on how you feel about them) ever found in a joke.
A man and his wife lived in a condo along the Florida coast. Every day, they would see countless sunbathers, tanners, and people just lying out on their towels…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" started the topic Anybody seen/heard from Michrider lately? in the forum Miscellaneous 5 months, 1 week ago
Saw something elsewhere about how they’ve got a new mayor at Rabbit Hash — a French bulldog, and that got me to wondering about him.
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 5 months, 1 week ago
From my bookshelf:
RAGBRAI — How It Was In The Early Years
by Jim Shooz, T. Shurtz, and P.T. ‘Pith’ Helmutt
-“BB”-
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic Maquoketa No Longer Hosting in 2021 in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 6 months ago
“When has RAGBRAI ever taken the shortest, most direct route from overnight to overnight? 🙂 ”
The first half of 1978 (my first RAGBRAI) was pretty much a straight line from Sioux City to Storm Lake to Humboldt to Iowa Falls to Vinton (a true 100-mile day, without the need for those sissy loops). Then we dropped south to Mount Vernon, backtracked…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 6 months, 1 week ago
I was out riding with a friend (while maintaining social distance, of course) when we came to a rise in the road. Suddenly my friend turned around and asked, “Did you say something?”
I said, “No, I didn’t. Why?”
She said, “All of a sudden I heard a voice saying, ‘shift down, shift down,’ and I thought it was you.”
I told her, “No, it wasn’t…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic IT COULD ONLY HAPPEN ON RAGBRAI in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Have we got room/time for one more ‘Soggy Monday’ story?
Too bad, I’m going to tell it anyway!
RAGBRAI IX was going to be my 4th time across Iowa, and after having completed the three previous treks I felt that I was by now an old hand at this and there wasn’t nuthin’ Iowa could throw at me that I couldn’t handle. I’d ridden in rain before and,…[Read more]
"Bicycle Bill" replied to the topic We all need a good laugh! in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2020 7 months, 3 weeks ago
I don’t mean to be a tattle-tale, but I know now that when it comes to game shows you must have been a real high roller. Had you decided to play the magnificent marble machine in the video village, or gone on the great treasure hunt instead of turning to cycling it wouldn’t have taken you long to break the bank, and not even Ben Stein’s money…[Read more]
