I had an unsettling experience on the TDH this morning. I had stopped at Good Girls go to Paris for what is becoming a habit on my rides, a banana-and-Nutella crepe and a cup of coffee. (That particular option is called a “Good Girl” on the menu, but it seems kind of odd for me [...]
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Yogi Berra once said: “You can observe a lot just by watching”. Or, in my case, by riding by it. Today’s lesson: Every pothole tells a story, don’t it?
These two sister potholes are on Lycaste between Jefferson & Kercheval.
Pothole one
Pothole two
You see? Tracks upon which wheeled vehicles can travel. There used to be trolley lines [...]
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Downtown was hopping with hopped-up college kids today. It was a nice day, too. The only problem was riding into a headwind all the way down to downtown. A couple of things of note:
I found a large pothole just down the road from the former world champion. Voila:
A Detroit-sized hole in the thoroughfare.
Next, two looks [...]
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