http://bikebums.com/2006 Bums Across America! Mon, 07 May 2007 19:45:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well,folks - I made it! Not quite coast to coast, but close enough, I say. The last few days of riding were a lot of fun. The trails were really nice, and offered some great scenery, although I did detour off of them fairly often - the trails were certainly ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=100 Things are going well so far. I'm on a 300 mile long trail that should take me all the way to dc. It also gets me through the mountains without exceeding a 1 percent grade! Not bad! Yesterday had a few frustrating/harrowing detours where the trail isn't finished, but i ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=99 as i was crossing the ohio river, i saw that it was bespeckled with ivory towers of hope, aka nuke plant cooling towers. I decide to document my proximity to so much radiation with my trusty camera phone. About half an hour later, as i was tediously crawling my way ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=98 Well, i'm at it again. After three weeks off the saddle, i'm back into bikebums mode, on my way to DC. Things are going well so far - great weather, nice backroads, good scenery - but the ghost of zach humes haunts me. My knee is giving me much grief. ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=97 Success! The Bums have done it again! Nick and I breezed through the flatness of Ohio, mostly without maps - instead, we opted to simply point our bikes at the fiery orb in the sky each morning, and continue along nicely paved backroads until we hit Lake Erie. This method ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=96 Successfully navigated through the Mordor that is Gary,IN. Turns out we had less to fear from the fire-spewing towers than from the sinister raccoons. Nick broke the no crashing rule in South Bend, but earned a 9.4 for his recovery. Nick's Uncle Bill treated us with beds, Bears, and a ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=95 We've hung up our bike shorts for the past fews days in exchange for two fists full of beer. Immediately after arriving In Chicago, we high-tailed it down to ol' kentucky to Karp's lake house ("I will name my first daughter 'lakehouse' in its honor" - Z. Humes) to spend ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=94 Well, friends, it seems the fledgling career of standout hilltopper Z. Mike Humes has come to a crushing stumble. After several hours of failed emergency roadside surgery, the young man's clearly arthritic left knee was carted off by a team of backalley winos. Interim manager Pat Corrales made a gametime ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=93 Sitting in a cafe, trying to decide if we possess the fortitude to climb back onto our steeds. We may have celebrated our 100 mile ride into madison a little too much. We had a lovely wake-up call this morning from East Madison High x-country team. Spent last few days ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=92 Yesterday, acted as envoys in the no man's land between Packers and Vikings territory. Happy 150th to Red Wing,MN. No one worships at the seething maw of the american beast like you. Thanks for all the hills. Excellent soviet beach party. See you in Wisconsin, home of broasted chicken and ... http://bikebums.com/2006/?p=91