Monthly Archives: June 2010

Nice REI Sale on Cycling Gear Through 7/5/2010

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I just received a notification that REI has their Summer Sale going on right now (6/25) and through July 7th which includes cycling gear.

The cycling gear is 20% to 25% off which is pretty decent in the middle of summer when you are probably needing some of this stuff.

I just went out to the REI site and checked out what items were on sale. Unfortunately, it does not seem to include bikes although there are a few selected models on sale.

What I did find marked down quite a bit were Car Racks, Bike Bags, Cycling Clothing, Bike Lights and one of the Bike Kid Trailers(the Burley Solo ST Bike Trailer to be specific – See the “Quality Bike Trailers” link on my kids bike page for access to REI kid bike trailers).

Enjoy the sale (and the ride!)

Performance Bike Sale This Weekend (10% off)

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I was just checking the bike product and bike sales pages on this site and discovered that Performance Bike has a really good sale going on right now and through Sunday 6/13.

Sorry that I am just now getting to this notification. I’m not sure how long the sale has been on but it is ending after this weekend.

The prices that I have posted on the bikes for sale on this site (through Performance Bike) DO NOT include the 10% off and the prices at Performance Bike do not show the 10% off until you add the bike to your shopping basket.

So if you are in the market for bike accessories or even bikes that can be purchased online (Fuji, GT,  Schwinn, etc.) this would be a good time to check the prices at Performance Bike.

Daisies Along the Bike Trail Photos.

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This should probably just fall under the “just my rides” post but I wanted to include one of my photos here and I can’t do that (easily) in a reply.

Daisies Along the Paul Douglas Bike Trail

Daisies Along the Paul Douglas Bike Trail

Anyway, it’s a beautiful spring day here today in Chicagoland and I just took a really nice ride with a friend (mostly in Inverness) and on the way back home I managed to get some photos of some of the many daisies along side of the Paul Douglas Bike Trail.  

I had noticed that there were quite a few daisies along the trail and wanted to play flower photographer on some nice day. Well, I guess today was the day!

I am only an average photographer (even though I really like photography) but I did get a few nice photos. My biggest regret is that I didn’t get my photos before they groomed the trail and mowed down all the daisies that were within 2 or 3 feet of the trail.

It really looked cool when the daisies  came right up to the trail. I am glad that they keep the trail maintained but I wish that I would have gotten the photos before they mowed.

We can’t always “stop to smell the roses” but maybe we can “ride and enjoy the daisies”.

Anyway, here is the Paul Douglas Bike Trail Daisy Photo Page that I just posted if you are interested in checking it out. I also created a link to this page from the main Paul Douglas Bike Trail page (I originally called this the Algonquin Road Trail before the main Paul Douglas part of the trail was complete).