Category: Michigan

62.7 miles/ +1350 ft/ Total miles 1090.2 I rode on the Pere Marquette Trail from Clare to Reed City - which is off the Adventure Cycling map. I was able to find a way to ride on paved roads from Reed City to LeRoy (9 miles) to get back on the ACA route. The trail …

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52.7 miles/ +551.2 ft./ Total miles: 1,027.5 Rode to Midland this morning, stopped for a cappuccino (!) and hopped on the Pere Marquette Trail heading toward Coleman and Clare. This is an excellent trail and there were lots of local riders out enjoying the day -- partly cloudy, 60s to low 70s. It's nice to …

Continue reading "23-Bay City-Clare: Pere Marquette Rail Trail"

38.9 miles/ +493.2 ft./ Total miles 974.8 The big storm that was predicted for Saturday night and all day Sunday actually passed by Vassar and Bay City during the night. There was quite a bit of thunder and lightning, and rain of course. But when I pulled out of Vassar around 8 AM, the skies …

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54.4 miles/ +702.5 ft/ Total miles 935.9 I'm not sure who had the inspiration to name these towns in the "thumb" of Michigan after colleges in the east, but here they are. Vassar looks nice and there's even a movie theater:   I met a rider also going east-west -- headed to San Francisco-- in …

Continue reading "21-Yale-Vassar: Ivy League to Seven Sisters?"

33.9 miles/ +586.2 ft/ Total miles 881.5 I took a detour off the Adventure Cycling route to go to Alpine Cycles in Port Huron- and I'm glad I did! The bike was not shifting smoothly any more and I needed a replacement SPD cleat. It turned out that the chain was totally worn out, so …

Continue reading "20-Marysville-Yale: Maintenance Day"