Why I Ride

If there are “paved” roads and “gravel” roads, which is this? I think we need a new word for the combo. Pavel or graved? The latter seems more appropriate, don’t you think? 🤔 🤣

Morning Monclova, Mexico Meander

A break from cycling posts for something important! Jenna’s .schweikert Master’s degree graduation!

Indy area trails are making big strides in connections and destinations! Great to see the new(ish) bridges across the White River and 96th Street!

Big Bike Milestone! (Pic #1)

Oh the places my Cento 10NDR has carried me in the last 9 years- with so many great people! It has a few blemishes and survived carbon surgery (pic 2) thanks to Dr. (wouldn’t have attempted that without you!) but scars add character, right?

3- Bike to Work Day 2018 with friends
4- Cape Hatteras, NC during an Outer Banks century
5- Rollfast 8x8 in Brown County State Park (8 laps of 900 ft of climbing and 20% grades). 3 sufferfests with Dave, , and Jason, but I still relish planning the perfect line through the curves and 40+mph on every lap.
6- remember pulling me into Chicago on a stormy Friday evening headed to Mackinaw in 2018? I tried to match “around the world” record pace (240 miles/day), but after 680 miles in 66 hours, I could barely walk.
7- on the same ride, Lake Michigan scenery taking my mind off the fatigue
8- the most epic ride of my life- 24 hours in a roundabout in 2019. 3065 laps and 376 miles- raising $10,000 for featured on .
9- 2020 Tour de Roundabouts (249 in 21 hours) for Covid relief, photo by ? (also featured on GCN)
10&11- amazing pano photo by .vond during Tour de Roundabouts (Jackson Circle in Carmel).
12- finish of Tour de Roundabouts with support crew &
13- Blue Ridge Parkway 2020. Magnificent scenery with 469 miles and 50,000 feet of climbing.
14- Exhilaration after riding through the night to reach the Gulf of Mexico at dawn to finish “the Parkway Tour” and complete a lifetime north-south crossing of the US
15- Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame starting “How far can you go when there is no finish line?”- 353 miles across Ohio in a single ride
16- Michigan Tour 2021 with Eric, Dave, and Pete (and other great guys!)
17- Cherohala Skyway between NC and Tennessee in 2021- a little known but immensely beautiful road I had driven but not ridden.
18- just last year

What- and who- will the next 50,000 see???

Recent ride sights in surprisingly scenic southern Indiana

Tagged along with my budding journalist daughter .schweikert to the NoKings rally in Springfield and the AP picked up one of her photos! Very cool!