Background Late last year we drove an exploratory route that took us from our home down to Palos Hills and from there one could presumably ride east to the Tinley Park Trails to reach the Old Plank Road Trail. But the hard part was planning the route to get to Palos Hills. Today Connie proved [...]
We installed the body socks and heavy front fairings on the Easy Racers Tour Easys today. The fairings require that the minimalist hardware designed by Gardner Martin be removed in favor of the clunkier looking set from Zzipper Fairings designed by Karl Abbe. But in his favor this set is much more adaptable. It takes [...]
Outbound Leg I arrived just before 10 AM to find the parking lot full! I was in the process of turning around to leave when I spied an open slot and quickly pulled in. A moment later several other hapless drivers came by wanting to know if I was leaving. Nope! Just getting started! I [...]
A few months ago, Tim Wise wrote a widely circulated article called, “Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black ” which challenged America to take a close look at the hypocrisy of the Right Wing. Now, a Pittsburgh rapper is accepting his challenge in true Hip Hop form. Jasiri X has released a video called [...]
The footage you are about to see is unforgettable, even unimaginable. Both BBC News and CBS News extensively covered the American Civil Rights movement, from the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott to the student-led sit-ins of the 1960s to the huge March on Washington in 1963. Rare footage includes Freedom Summer, Malcolm X and Black Power, [...]
Music video by John Legend & The Roots performing Wake Up Everybody. (c) 2010 Getting Out Our Dreams and Sony Music Entertainment
The weather today was hinting at rain and was quite overcast. So we decided that in order to avoid driving many miles only to have to sit in the car and wait out a possible downpour we could ride from home. Our first thought was to ride to Naperville and capture some images of the [...]
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