I pledge allegiance to the bike… and to the United Trails of America!

Just a quick post on my ride today. Well it’s the 4th of July and a beautiful day here in the heartland of the U.S. I had the day off (like so many other people) and decided to do one of my usual rides today (the trail through Paul Douglas woods).

We also had all these small flags stuck in the ground in our neighborhood so I decided to bring one of them with me on my ride (mostly for a photo that I had in mind). So I stuck the flag in a place on the outside of my bike bag and rode off to the trail. I think that I looked pretty festive and patriotic ridin with old glory on my bike today so that was kind of fun.

So that’s my Independence Day ride and story. Today is all about the US and our independence, of course, but I also wanted to mention one other not so US related thing. the Tour de France starts tomorrow! OK, well France did help to support the American revolution so I guess it ‘s related, right? 🙂

Anyway, I’ll be looking forward to the TDF as I usually do and I would encourage anyone that enjoys bike riding to tune in and watch it sometime too. Even if you are not a racer (hey I sure am not one) I think one can find the event entertaining and inspiring.

Happy Independence Day Everyone!