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Sol Republic speaker I won a Solo Republic Punk Bluetooth speaker last month at a information security conference raffle. I had not figured out where to use it until Sharon Thompson showed up at the monthly Slow Poke Ride with one on her bike. Well after listening to music during the ride, I decided to order a clamp and put mine on my bike for the next Slow Poke ride. Well today I decided to ride to work and test the speaker out.  I love listening to nature when I ride, but there is just so much of birds, frogs and insects that I can take, so today I hit the play button.  I liked the fact that I could still hear cars and other noise around me and still hear the music.  It takes a lot to turn my brain off so that I can really enjoy just being in the present, and today the music provided just the right amount of distraction to keep my pace up and moving down the road. Arkon camera mount with easy on and off strap I may move the speaker to my top tub...

Track Name Artist Name Bicycle Race Queen Dancing In The Street Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Only You Can Show Me Goldroom, Mereki Beach Rolling In The Deep Adele We Got The Beat - Single Mix The Go-Go's Freeway of Love Aretha Franklin Heat Wave - Stereo Mix with Fade Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Something About You - Single Version Level 42 Back To Black Amy Winehouse Long Time Gone Dixie Chicks Stop! In The Name Of Love The Supremes You Can Be the One Late Night Alumni Love Shack [Edit] (45 Version) The B-52's Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan I Really Like You Carly Rae Jepsen California Girls The Beach Boys Happy C2C, Derek Martin Love Like Mine Miami Horror, Cleopold Something Good Can Work - The Twelves Remix Two Door Cinema Club Don't You Want Me - 2002 - Remaster Th...

This is a proposed route of 6 miles though residential neighborhoods from the Los Vaqueros restaurant to Doublegate Country club parking lot.

I rode to work in one of my new Bicycle Commuter Cabal jerseys. I was watching it all weekend as it lay on a sofa in a bedroom. It kept begging me to put it on and go for a ride. I did no ride much this weekend. I usually sleep late so I miss morning group rides on Saturday and Sunday was filled with home projects.  For me the main advantage for bike commuting is that I get to ride my bike during the week and I can chillax on the weekends with my wife and friends. When I do ride on weekends it is usually an organized charity ride or a staycation century+ to a hotel. Today the lion roared at 3:45 AM. I got up suited up and headed out to do the Leary Loop. My goal was to see if I could get to work in under three hours. I saw one live armadillo and one live Zombie Raccoon. This is the third armadillo that I have seen this month. I made it to work in three hours plus a minute thirty seconds. Riding strong in the morning when it is in the seventies is easier than riding in the ...

You know you're having a good day when you see a rainbow

Last night I decided to take the long way home. My wife Sylvia was going to spend the evening playing mahjong with her friends. I decided that I would just take my time and ride out to the town of Leary. This is the first time that I have taken the Leary Loop home on a bike commute since my accident. I remembered why I started riding this loop, because I was bored with riding my other routes. The Leary Loop also is mostly shaded in the early evening by tall trees. Temperatures drop at least 5 degrees in the shade. I made good use of free water at churches along the route. I drank a lot of water with electrolytes. I spotted a flock of Canadian Geese by a pond at the intersection of GA HWY 55 and Gillonville  Road. I also took photos of my bike next to some of my favorite signs along the way home.

On my way to Leary stopped for water.