Also, WHAT’S HAPPENING IN DALLAS COUNTY. Our group will be brought up to date on the Dallas County supervisors and their thoughts at a recent meeting on restricting groups of riders in the county to as low as 10 that will be required to register, get a permit, carry a signed waiver of liability and show huge liability insurance for the group ride. Find out how the Dallas County engineer and Dallas county attorney are involved.

We will celebrate his life and impact on not only the biking community but all those he came in contact with.  The memorial ride will begin at Bike World West, 5970 Ashworth Road in West Des Moines with spoken remembrances of “Dr. Bob” Breedlove from those who wish followed with a prayer offered by Bill Magie. The group will then have two routes to ride, first route will be west to Booneville (hilly) with the distance to be determined by the riders or route two, north of Bike World West to the Raccoon River Valley Trail (rolling at best) and heading West with distance and time riders choice.

Riders will then regroup at LEGENDS just East of Bike World West for refreshments and food.

Long past time for more on-street accomodation for cyclists!

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Ryan Hanser 

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Hi, All,

All Des Moines bike trails are expected to be closed for at least two weeks.
It will take at least that long for the water to recede and the mud and
debris to be removed–if we don’t get any more rain.  As I write this, it’s
thundering…

Summerset (Carlisle-Indianola) and Great Western are also closed.  The GWT
has had some major damage south of McKinley Ave, in addition to the mud in
the tunnels.  ***DO NOT USE THIS TRAIL!!!***  Polk County Conservation will
be assessing the damage so repairs can be made, so it will probably be
awhile.  Does anyone know if Chichaqua is open or not?

Just think: It could be worse–it could be snowing!

Lori

the prudent devilette will bring a parasol 

well, it’s been an interesting year, and it’s only just june.  i was just riding along on my bike, minding my own business, and SPLAT i’m [1] helping to open  bike kollective, [2] chasing down bikes all over kingdom come, [3] NOT racing two or three times a week, [4] getting paid to be a race announcer, and [5] i’m on the radio!!

that was some concussion, i’m telling you.  oh, and [6] i’m blogging like i know what i’m doing!  nonsense.  it’s gotta be.  but it sure has been a good time.  i’ve learned a lot about the radio business [i'm already at 1 or 2, on a scale of 100], and it seems to be enough to let me get by until i learn more, and i’m finding that–just as i’ve been saying all along–folks will talk to me, and it turns out to be interesting. 

what i find most intriguing, however, is that i’m getting to know a lot of people who have never known me before–but in a completely different way.  most people, i meet face-to-face.  they know my face, they know my voice.  however, over the past few years, i’ve gotten a bit of notoriety from my blog, “today’s sermonette.”  from there, people will suspect that i am a silly, often irreverent and ocassionally quite irritating stubborn old coot.  some also know that i heckle and taunt people while dressed in a red cape [or some variation thereof] and horns. 

but they don’t know my voice, or what i REALLY look like, with all the crazy garb removed, and not using my devil voice.  but YOU folks–the people who read this dmcc blog–you’ll get the chance [perhaps the first in central iowa] to get a look at the real me:  the tony campagnolo who just comes home, puts on his silk smoking jacket, lights his pipe, and enjoys a glass of single malt scotch [over ice--cubed, not crushed] in the company of my three elegant russian wolfhound-mix dogs.

it’s a quiet life, but it’s just what i need to unwind after a hectic day of pressing the flesh and flashing the pearly whites.  oh well, enough true confessions; my ice cubes are nearly perfect.  ahhhh…

call me up on sunday, will ya?  515.284.5966.  tell me tony sent ya!  it’ll just be our joke!

–tony

Please come to hear Andy McCann, Hy-Vee asst. vice-president and co-chairperson of the Hy-Vee Triathlon speak at the DMCC Free Hamburger picnic Monday June 16th, 6:00p, Cottonwood picnic area, Saylorville Lake about the Triathlon, it’s impact on the city, best viewing locations, amateur participants, kids triathlon, and the Olympic participants that have qualified for the 2008 Olympics and those men and women attempting to qualify for open slots. It’s exciting and it’s happening right here in Des Moines at the Hy-Vee Triathlon. A question and answer to follow.