Don Greer Goes Bicycling: 2011 Fireworks Ride

Thursday, July 7, 2011

2011 Fireworks Ride

One of the "fun ride" highlights of the year for me is the annual July 4th ride to view the City of Ralston fireworks show. It's a short five-mile trip from Steve and Anne Macklin's house to our viewing point, which happens to be on one of the area's bike trails. The company is excellent and the ride home in the dark is a lot of fun too.

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My Cycling History

Inspired by some research I was conducting in 2007 on Omaha's recreational trails, I took out my old Schwinn and started riding it occasionally. By the summer of '08 this was becoming a strong habit... At the age of 60 I was riding more and more regularly and was very proud to have ridden 2000 miles by the end of that year. My weight dropped pretty quickly from a flabby 250 pounds. I was having lots of fun.

And now here I am nearly four years later with over 19,000 miles ridden and seven or eight bicycles either bought or built by me. Bicycling as a means of exploration, self-discovery and, of course, health enhancement is a major force in my life. I know I will never race or keep up with with lighter and younger riders.... but still... there's nothing wrong with striving to achieve a certain level of competence is there?