WEIRD meet up

I am going to use the "meet up" business model for some of my events. There is a huge market for the GEIRD workouts, as I've been finding out on the local hammerfests. They will most likely be nightly or a few nights a week at 7pm out of the Decatur MARTA stop.  Most rides start at 630 here, where as in my old home town they'd get going about 5:30. They will be promoted and invitations will come from meetup.com. It's very cool. There is a "meet up" for just about anything you could want.  More to follow. 

Its time

We've been here 1 month! What a ride we've had so far. There is so much opportunity here, its hard to contain ourselves. We got overtaken by a pack of inline skaters the other night. There was like 30 in the pack as they swallowed us up on our trike tandem. There are alleycats galore. Fixies everywhere. And lots of riders use toe clips here?? I have found some dirt paths in the greenspaces, but have not ridden my MTB's yet. There are 4 nice mtb parks within 1 hour of our home in Decatur. Remember they had the Olympics here a few years back. So there is the olympic CC course at Conyers horse park. They say it's very sweet. Soon, WEIRD will arise, like a pheonix......

settling in

It is time to start getting busy. I am going to focus my attention on bicycle advocacy while I learn the streets and trails. I will be sending most of my blog information to our buisness blog at www.bybicycles.blogspot.com. It might be a few weeks until I feel comfortable leading WEIRD tours. We have identified there is a need for clunker club here, so the CCC and the CCC will take place here in Decatur. The possibilities are unlimited.

Free bikes

Cruising around Emory U we noticed these commuter bikes for let. Nice urban comfort bikes with metal racks and locks. A very bike friendly university. Tommorrow we will ride in the "Georgia ride to the Capitol". An advocate ride that gets about a 1000 riders, on a weekday! Great opportunity to network our buisnesses to the ATL community.

Just like home

Well, they said it could snow in ATL. It did. 2 inches, big wet flakes. I still had studs on my fixed mtb, so out the door I went. Here I am in the decatur cemetary. There were many Decaturites out and about enjoying the snow. Every street had families out making snow people, walking, playing with the dogs. During the ride there was thunder snow with lightning! Tommorrow it'll be 55, warming into the 70s by weeks end. Ahhhh.

Stone Mt loop

Here is a shot on the 7 mile stone Mt loop. Very active bike loop. Vehicle traffic one lane, one way. Then a two way bike lane. Then a running\walking lane. Then a sidewalk. Lots of training going on

Bike highway

Here is a bike super highway on the Emory university. Idyllic!

Free tours

As a way to get local input, I'd like to offer any local recreationalists some free tours or trainings. As we get our businesses rolling here in Atlanta, it would be in my best interest to get your opinions on conditions inside the perimiter. Call 9203712227 to reserve a spot or discuss. PLEASE?

Little 5 intersection

Another great day. Walk in the AM. Went to an exibit at Atlantic Station "dialog in the dark", a 1 hour tour in pitch blackness. Wild. Then a nice afternoon bike ride. Here's a dude cruisin' thru little 5 on a high bike. 55/sunny. Light breezes. Is it still winter?

Disc's fly

We are settled. Took the day off. Went for a nice AM exploratory run. Then toured the city showing Ben the sites. Then we went disc golfing at Redan park. Here is hole 15, fairway to heaven. Very straight course, lots of trees, no hills. This will be a nice course for speed disc...

Daily shot

Ben came in today to help unload the trailer. DONE! I picked him up at MARTA with the pedicab. The garage is coming along well. Pedicabs are ready to roll after we get settled. Got out for a ride this afternoon. Here is a driveway in the Oakhurst district. Did I mention its hilly here?

What a day!

Two full days of unpacking the trailer that 5 of us took 3 hours to load! We took a nice bike ride break this afternoon. Here is a huge mansion in a very old section of downtown decatur. Each balcony has ceiling fans (4). Look for the huge deck out back! Tonight there was some tornado action, T storms around the area. Very strange for us in Feb. Bringing the pedicab out tommorrow. Sunny/52 degrees

Pole is up

Here is the backyard hole. There is a empty lot across the street for frisbee & long holes. Sweet!!

Pams BD

We got our kids out for Pams birthday breakfast ride. Here we are at the flying bisquit. Then we took a nice two hour ride on PATH, and some streets around our city exploring. Temps @ 45 start. 55 finish. Happy BD Marty!

Ahh. Home

First ride complete. 64 degrees. Downtown decatur. Street performers. 1 guy doing fixie tricks. Saw a fully loaded tourer. This is our front door.

Daily walk

Pam has re-tooled her blog, walkwithmarty.blogspot.com and wanted to get a walk in. Here we are on a nice path in champaign, IL. 44 degrees. Getting better.....

Master packer

Here's the final row and the master packer, Steve, finishing 13 feet of semi trailer. We had a huge turnout at titletown brewery last night. Final night ride in GB after couple of oatmeal pale ales was idyllic! Bye green bay.

First row.

Now we pack

Last river ride

On Saturday we ventured out onto the duck creek one last time. Big sun, 42 degrees, and wet ice. Here are our bikes under a railroad trestle taking a break. The ATV traffic was fairly heavy, but they provided a nice track to ride in. I'm sure we won't be doing this in georgia.

Last weekend in GB

Our last weekend in GB was a good riding one. 42 degrees on Sat, 38 on Sun. This pic is from uwgb looking toward the mouth of the fox river. The fog is the snowpack melting. Most of the storm sewers are covered by snow & ice, so there are lots of big puddles. Wonderful, wet, & wild