Tag Archives: cycling in Colorado

I Got Nowhere Else to Go

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Charlie

The next Monday it was a different story. No thunderstorm warnings, but rain was a distinct possibility. I threw caution to the wind, winds?, and took off for home. No weather is going to slow me down. About halfway home I get caught with my pants down … I mean, not literally … I wasn’t even wearing pants so to speak … I was wearing shorts. I proceeded to get pounded by a torrential downpour, because that’s the only kind of downpour there is … torrential. Just completely hammered and not in a good way. Continue reading →

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Sam Joined the Team

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Charlie

I’ve been biking to work a few times a week. One day as I stepped out of my office, I was hit with a serious gale force, Wizard-of-Oz-in-black-and-white wind and pelts of rain, before I even got on my bike. On the ride home, it was stormy, cloudy, ugly, windy and rainy. I even saw some lightning strikes. For a while there I was worried about seeing some flash flooding … in my pants. Continue reading →

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Tour de Cure 2013 … the road report

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Charlie

Tweet For the fifth year in a row, I rode in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure on Saturday, Sept. 21. The temps started out in the 60s and ventured north into the 70s, blue skies with very little … Continue reading →

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Tour de Cure incentives …

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Charlie

I’ve lined up a few incentives for my Southern Colorado Tour de Cure supporters. Support my ride and you could win one of many great prizes, including a Lord of the Rings Limited Edition PEZ Collector’s Series Set. Continue reading →

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