Bike Trip blog 2013.2: Send-off and welcome

This is the best way to begin our trek to DC. We arrived at Micah and Bethany’s farm (Plowshare Produce) about six p.m. after a short, but tough, 18-mile ride from State College. We had a short tour of the farm, saw the impressive Percheron draft horses that plough...

PA IPL bike trip 2013.1: training and preparation

Bike Trip blog: 2013.1 Our big trip is only five days away, and there’s still a lot to do. I’ve decided to start the blog early this year to give everyone a sense of the preparations that the six of us are undertaking. I’m the only veteran in the crowd, and I...

Bike blog 2016.1: Riding in the Rain

This is the first of the 2016 bike trip blogs, written by riders and posted daily as Internet access allows.  Follow here, on Facebook (and a bit of Twitter and possibly Instagram) with #paiplonbikes.  Learn more about the ride and the riders. I write this to you on a...

Bike Trip 2015.1.5: Sendoff remarks

Thank you for joining us today.  We are here to bless these bicycle riders and wish them Godspeed for their journey.  And, in a moment, we will ask every one of you to help give them our send-off.  But first, we want to share the news about what we are doing....

Bike Blog 2014.5

blogger: Jon Brockopp We made it! We all arrived yesterday in Washington safe and sound. So many things can go wrong on a trip like this, but other than a few flat tires and a bit of rain, we had great luck. Our trip began with a gourmet breakfast of eggs benedict,...