Why I Ride

06/14/2026

If there are “paved” roads and “gravel” roads, which is this? I think we need a new word for the combo. Pavel or graved? The latter seems more appropriate, don’t you think? 🤔 🤣

06/13/2026

05/19/2026

05/13/2026

Morning Monclova, Mexico Meander

05/10/2026

A break from cycling posts for something important! Jenna’s .schweikert Master’s degree graduation!

04/26/2026

Indy area trails are making big strides in connections and destinations! Great to see the new(ish) bridges across the White River and 96th Street!

04/19/2026

Big Bike Milestone! (Pic #1)

Oh the places my Cento 10NDR has carried me in the last 9 years- with so many great people! It has a few blemishes and survived carbon surgery (pic 2) thanks to Dr. (wouldn’t have attempted that without you!) but scars add character, right?

3- Bike to Work Day 2018 with friends
4- Cape Hatteras, NC during an Outer Banks century
5- Rollfast 8x8 in Brown County State Park (8 laps of 900 ft of climbing and 20% grades). 3 sufferfests with Dave, , and Jason, but I still relish planning the perfect line through the curves and 40+mph on every lap.
6- remember pulling me into Chicago on a stormy Friday evening headed to Mackinaw in 2018? I tried to match “around the world” record pace (240 miles/day), but after 680 miles in 66 hours, I could barely walk.
7- on the same ride, Lake Michigan scenery taking my mind off the fatigue
8- the most epic ride of my life- 24 hours in a roundabout in 2019. 3065 laps and 376 miles- raising $10,000 for featured on .
9- 2020 Tour de Roundabouts (249 in 21 hours) for Covid relief, photo by ? (also featured on GCN)
10&11- amazing pano photo by .vond during Tour de Roundabouts (Jackson Circle in Carmel).
12- finish of Tour de Roundabouts with support crew &
13- Blue Ridge Parkway 2020. Magnificent scenery with 469 miles and 50,000 feet of climbing.
14- Exhilaration after riding through the night to reach the Gulf of Mexico at dawn to finish “the Parkway Tour” and complete a lifetime north-south crossing of the US
15- Rock ‘N Roll Hall of Fame starting “How far can you go when there is no finish line?”- 353 miles across Ohio in a single ride
16- Michigan Tour 2021 with Eric, Dave, and Pete (and other great guys!)
17- Cherohala Skyway between NC and Tennessee in 2021- a little known but immensely beautiful road I had driven but not ridden.
18- just last year

What- and who- will the next 50,000 see???

04/04/2026

Recent ride sights in surprisingly scenic southern Indiana

03/29/2026

Tagged along with my budding journalist daughter .schweikert to the NoKings rally in Springfield and the AP picked up one of her photos! Very cool!