Great American Road Trips

256, 5/14/15

Biked to work and looped around Cultural Trail after.  Stopped at O'malia's for provisions and hit the road with  Pat and to Cincinnati where we watched the Reds eek one out against the Giants.

Byrd's game winning HR landed no more than 6 rows in front of us!

Photo taken from MLB.com

Day 257

Rode to work and SK after.  Hitting the road with Pat again tonight for the Ironton Macker!

Tubes and London

Day 253, 5/11/15

Drove to work in order to make it up for a 4pm Orienteering course at REI.  Headed straight down to Pat's for basketball and then watched the Red's lose in the 9th.

Got home just after midnight and logged the day's ride.

Finally got the front tube replaced on Ichiro.  Do NOT purchase discounted tubes online, they inflate unevenly and translate to a choppy ride.  This also causes them to burst easier.

The Continental tubes are shit.

Day 254

Rode to work an stopped by SK on way home.  Paul biked down from Broadripple and we headed to Fountain Square.  Chips and guac at Revelucion, Dapper and Great Lake Swimmers at HiFi.


Day 255

Biked to work.  Read a great article about London's floating bike path down the River Thames!

dezeen.com

Exploration

Day 251, 5/9/15

Left Paul's party shortly before 1am.  Got a flat and relied on the good nature of others to put me up for the night.  Caught a bus in the AM before joining the Mundell crew at Discover Irvington.

Highlights include Playground Productions and Coal Yard Coffee (pictured below by Lyndsey Mundell).

Andy besting me at moving the impaled, handless footballers. 

Day 252

Home for Mother's Day where we swam, ate, and drank.  G just got back from New Orleans and had a mediocre time (I will have to take her and show her what's up).  She snapped this picture outside a French Quarter bar unsure if it was an art installment or creative bike storage.  You be the judge.

Photo credit: GH

Got back to Indy in time for a short ride before the wind really picked up.  Calling for a wet week.

Warm Weather and Regards

Day 248, 5/6/15

Started the day off with a ride to opening day of the summer farmer's market.  After work headed south for bball practice with guys.

 Cyclists crossing paths.  The renter (left) and the urbanist (right)

Day 249

Rode to work.  Didn't get out in time to help with the Freewheelin ride, but did score a free beer at Tomlinson.  Thanks stranger.


Day 250

Chocolate Cafe preparing for a round of *Scatterf#ck

Rode to post office to mail back the seersucker suit I ordered.  Apparently it was cut for Popeye's Olive Oil.  Stopped at the Circle for breakfast.

Biked to White Pine for Paul's birthday party.  Aside from Paul and River, my guac was the hit of the party!

*Scatterf#ck is one in a long line games made up by the Schaab cousins.  Specifically Matt and I developed this while living in Beacon Hill, Muncie, IN.
See also: Swing 'n Kick, C-ball, Sockey, Bouncy Catchy,


Equipment: 10 empty bottles set up on a cement platform, 1 football.

Game play: Players take turns throwing the football from a pre-determined distance.  1pt is awarded for bottles knocked done.  3 points for bottles broken.  Players are responsible for emptying bottles to replace broken game pieces.

Emacher Collection

Day 246, 5/4/15

Rode to work.  Basketball after.


Day 247

Nice ass day! (heard people complaining that it was too hot and mentally punched them)

Rode to work.  Drove up to REI for camp cooking class.  After stopped at AMC to use the bathroom and ended up sneaking into The Avengers and having a popcorn dinner.

VINATAGE BIKE AUCTION! The entire Emacher collection is available for viewing and auction in Vienna.  Online and phone in bids are being taken as well.  What a great way to celebrate bike month!

http://embacher-collection.com/

REV

Day 243, 5/1/15

Rode to work and stopped at SK before driving to FW for J's first bar mitzfa.  Got a Cream Ale for mom to try but she didn't.... stuck to wine.


Day 244

Full day starting with a swim, J's party, and then driving straight to the race track for REV.

Met several chefs of local and national fame, toured the pagoda, and danced my bum off.  Perhaps most notably I said hello to Andrew Luck.

Photo by Indystar

Cerulean had an awesome Dutch cargo bike modded with three 1/2 kegs and taps.  I assumed I could find a photo of it online but couldn't.   One of my students sent me this upon my request.

Photo by Sam Mack

I got pulled over upon leaving the event.  The cops said I had a headlight out.  They made me get out of the car, ran my plates and then let me go.  Bizarre because when I got home ALL head and tail lights were operable.  #profiling


Day 245

Rode out to the speedway for the official opening.  Then around town to meet Kristen for a beer and orchestral music at the Rite.  It was a patriotic themed concert.  A sub-theme must have been a lack of intonation.

Sadly bailed on the full moon ride.

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Day 238, 4/26/15

Beautiful day!  Took a late night ride.


Day 239

Walked to work because of the gear that needed carried.  Rode back in after lunch, then off to dentist for a check-up.  Played ball after.


Day 240

Rode to work and SK afterwards.


Day 241

Rode to work.  Scheduled for a pedi-cab shift tonight but I'm leaning towards forfeiting the meek hourly average of a weekday Indian's game.

http://velonode.cc/adrienne/

Stumbled upon Adrienne Nicholls' instagram.  Sexy, creative, cyclist. Amore!


Day 242

Got a car ride to work and went for a run with Court immediately after.  Then headed to the south side for some basketball, Reds, Draft, and Monopoly Deal.  Made it back for a BRIEF ride but it was JUST after midnight.