Rambling Different Trails: Masks, Flat Tires,Teapots and Snow.
I wasn’t expecting to have snow and cold weather before you all in Lincoln, but we got it anyway. We woke up to flurries Tuesday morning and it kept up …
Rambling Different Trails: Widening The Ring.
I’ve been riding the spicy soup loop forward and backward this past week so I feel like I’m getting to know the area to the west better. I didn’t even …
Rambling Different Roads: Where Was I, And How Did I Get Here?
There was no reverse spicy soup ride for me this week. Instead I managed to get quite lost above Huaiyang when I thought I was below it, so I got …
Rambling Different Trails: It Was A Good Week, It Was A Bad Week.
First, the good part. Ding invited me to ride out to Xiaoyaozhen for spicy soup, a 100 km loop in a direction I hadn’t yet explored. His texts are understandable …
Rambling Different Trails: My Favorite Rides around Zhoukou.
It’s hard to believe it but I’m now familiar with many or most of the major routes in and around Zhoukou. I remember when I first arrived how confusing it …
Rambling Different Trails: Traffic Rules Come To Zhoukou
Well, since last week Zhoukou’s finest have been cracking down on traffic scofflaws. Owning the road doesn’t mean you’re not responsible for what you do on it. There have been …
Rambling Different Trails: Hey, You DO Own The Road.
I was wondering at the impression I have that the operators of the electric three-wheel cargo motos, scooters and bicyclists act like they own the road here, and don’t wear …
Rambling Different Trails: Riding To Lao Tze's Hometown.
As it turns out riding from Zhoukou to Luyi , philosopher Lao Tze’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi hometown here in Henan province is like riding to Omaha from Lincoln, about 100 kilometers. Last …