Cycling
By Gary Gilbert
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
My goal is to ride my bike in all 50 states. So far I've done quite a few. The states colored are the ones where I've ridden as of October 2009. The most recent are Arkansas (April), Vermont (June), Rhode Island (June), Alabama (September), and Delaware (October)
Only 9 more to go (Oklahoma, North Dakota, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii)
Bicycle Touring
Bicycle Touring is a great way to see the world. Read about the tours I've done here.
Other riders often post journals about their tours on the Internet. Many are more adventuresome than I am
The crazy things I do on a bicycle
Every now and then I get a crazy idea and one never knows where it might lead.
Ride Across Indiana (RAIN) 2003
National 24 Hour Challenge 2004
Recycling
I'm a volunteer for Working Bikes Cooperative. Working Bikes Cooperative recovers landfill-bound bicycles, repairs them to working condition, and sells them to Chicagoans at a low cost in order to fund shipments of bicycles and bike parts to developing countries.
I host one of several drop off points for bicycles in the Chicago area. Follow this link to see photos taken when a load is moving from my house to Working Bikes warehouse.
Invitationals
There are quite a few terrific one day invitational rides. In the Chicago area one can find an invitational nearly every weekend between May and October. Occasionally I take my camera along and have recorded those here :
In the Midwest, Mike Bentley maintains an extensive list of rides
Bike Clubs
I'm a member of several bicycle clubs. Ride schedules are posted at each of the club's web sites.
and also bicycling advocacy groups.
Random Cycling Stuff
I keep a list of other cycling related web sites here.
