Flatland Randonneur
@gnugie.bsky.social
"New Guy". Indianapolis RBA. Part time Wandrer. From North Central Indiana. The flat part.
Nothing beats the mid-morning office routine of re-making both pots of coffee, except then spending a few minutes explaining to everyone why they can't get their cup immediately.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nothing beats the mid-morning office routine of re-making both pots of coffee, except then spending a few minutes explaining to everyone why they can't get their cup immediately.
For my Carmel, IN area friends. Another large "office" complex (which is now mostly idle) will be changing to mixed-use development. Details TBD.
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Geosam Capital and Group RMC Advance Midwest Expansion into Indiana
/PRNewswire/ - GSR Development, a partnership between Geosam Capital and Group RMC, today announced plans to redevelop Hamilton Crossing, a 44-acre office park...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For my Carmel, IN area friends. Another large "office" complex (which is now mostly idle) will be changing to mixed-use development. Details TBD.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Another 100k in the books (P-25). My friend and I went with the tailwind and got picked up today. Managed 71ish miles.
A slight detour led to some wicked cool pics today!
A slight detour led to some wicked cool pics today!
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Another 100k in the books (P-25). My friend and I went with the tailwind and got picked up today. Managed 71ish miles.
A slight detour led to some wicked cool pics today!
A slight detour led to some wicked cool pics today!
Planning for a 100k perm on Saturday with huge winds. Debating on a loop route or inconveniencing someone to pick me up ~70 miles downwind.
Yes, most permanent rides are gamed to some extent.
Yes, most permanent rides are gamed to some extent.
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Planning for a 100k perm on Saturday with huge winds. Debating on a loop route or inconveniencing someone to pick me up ~70 miles downwind.
Yes, most permanent rides are gamed to some extent.
Yes, most permanent rides are gamed to some extent.
Rode my November 200k permanent (R-13!) with my local Rando group today. 4 riders, we had to start late for reasons, started from an unusual spot, and some moron forgot his Garmin, so I had to do non-GPS proof of passage.
So I took a lot of photos of the controls today.
So I took a lot of photos of the controls today.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Rode my November 200k permanent (R-13!) with my local Rando group today. 4 riders, we had to start late for reasons, started from an unusual spot, and some moron forgot his Garmin, so I had to do non-GPS proof of passage.
So I took a lot of photos of the controls today.
So I took a lot of photos of the controls today.
Is it really a day off if you don't ride your bike?
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Is it really a day off if you don't ride your bike?
On the trip today. Rural school(?) in Cicero township, Tipton county, Indiana
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
On the trip today. Rural school(?) in Cicero township, Tipton county, Indiana
Photos from the season closing 100k road ride.
The Carbondale tavern was a pleasant surprise in a remote part of the route. And one unnamed rider who had skipped breakfast insisted rather strongly that we stay for lunch.
Lots of Midwest Randonneurs came in for the party. I love our community.
The Carbondale tavern was a pleasant surprise in a remote part of the route. And one unnamed rider who had skipped breakfast insisted rather strongly that we stay for lunch.
Lots of Midwest Randonneurs came in for the party. I love our community.
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Photos from the season closing 100k road ride.
The Carbondale tavern was a pleasant surprise in a remote part of the route. And one unnamed rider who had skipped breakfast insisted rather strongly that we stay for lunch.
Lots of Midwest Randonneurs came in for the party. I love our community.
The Carbondale tavern was a pleasant surprise in a remote part of the route. And one unnamed rider who had skipped breakfast insisted rather strongly that we stay for lunch.
Lots of Midwest Randonneurs came in for the party. I love our community.
Random stop mid ride.
Apple Cider Slushie
Apple Cider Slushie
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Random stop mid ride.
Apple Cider Slushie
Apple Cider Slushie
Some pictures from today's gravel 100k pre-ride.
It's gonna be an awesome ride tomorrow. I will be joining the 100k non-gravel ride.
It's gonna be an awesome ride tomorrow. I will be joining the 100k non-gravel ride.
October 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Some pictures from today's gravel 100k pre-ride.
It's gonna be an awesome ride tomorrow. I will be joining the 100k non-gravel ride.
It's gonna be an awesome ride tomorrow. I will be joining the 100k non-gravel ride.
Knocked off a relaxing ride after lunch at work. Got the folding bike out (Zizzo Forte) and managed a few miles through Carmel. Drivers still have no idea how to deal with crosswalk traffic.
October 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Knocked off a relaxing ride after lunch at work. Got the folding bike out (Zizzo Forte) and managed a few miles through Carmel. Drivers still have no idea how to deal with crosswalk traffic.
Choose your haunt this Saturday!
Are you tackling the Devil’s Dozen Road 100k (13 cemeteries!) or the Haunted Hills Graveyard Grind (45% gravel and 8 cemeteries)?
Both spooktacular routes start at a civilized 12:30 PM EST.
Are you tackling the Devil’s Dozen Road 100k (13 cemeteries!) or the Haunted Hills Graveyard Grind (45% gravel and 8 cemeteries)?
Both spooktacular routes start at a civilized 12:30 PM EST.
October 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Choose your haunt this Saturday!
Are you tackling the Devil’s Dozen Road 100k (13 cemeteries!) or the Haunted Hills Graveyard Grind (45% gravel and 8 cemeteries)?
Both spooktacular routes start at a civilized 12:30 PM EST.
Are you tackling the Devil’s Dozen Road 100k (13 cemeteries!) or the Haunted Hills Graveyard Grind (45% gravel and 8 cemeteries)?
Both spooktacular routes start at a civilized 12:30 PM EST.
Photos from today's Dart Populaire (120k, 8hrs) which also served as my 3rd stop for #coffeeneuring. It was a double espresso.
The ride is my P-24, 2 full years of a 100-200km ride each month.
The ride was characterized by the excessive number of flats (4 tubes burned) and the massive downpours.
The ride is my P-24, 2 full years of a 100-200km ride each month.
The ride was characterized by the excessive number of flats (4 tubes burned) and the massive downpours.
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Photos from today's Dart Populaire (120k, 8hrs) which also served as my 3rd stop for #coffeeneuring. It was a double espresso.
The ride is my P-24, 2 full years of a 100-200km ride each month.
The ride was characterized by the excessive number of flats (4 tubes burned) and the massive downpours.
The ride is my P-24, 2 full years of a 100-200km ride each month.
The ride was characterized by the excessive number of flats (4 tubes burned) and the massive downpours.
I've spent a couple of days away, obstensively because there's a ride, but more accurately because the Mrs. and I have a hard time getting away recently due to life, kids, aging dogs.
Somehow, a ride opened up on our only free weekend in months, in a place we both wanted to go.
Somehow, a ride opened up on our only free weekend in months, in a place we both wanted to go.
October 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I've spent a couple of days away, obstensively because there's a ride, but more accurately because the Mrs. and I have a hard time getting away recently due to life, kids, aging dogs.
Somehow, a ride opened up on our only free weekend in months, in a place we both wanted to go.
Somehow, a ride opened up on our only free weekend in months, in a place we both wanted to go.
I'm getting excited for upcoming end of season rides!
A completely superfluous Dart Pop in Cleveland, then local season closing populaires (100k gravel and road) the next week.
We will be celebrating the end of the 11 year tenure of the former RBA (Bill Watts) and having a huge party afterwards.
A completely superfluous Dart Pop in Cleveland, then local season closing populaires (100k gravel and road) the next week.
We will be celebrating the end of the 11 year tenure of the former RBA (Bill Watts) and having a huge party afterwards.
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I'm getting excited for upcoming end of season rides!
A completely superfluous Dart Pop in Cleveland, then local season closing populaires (100k gravel and road) the next week.
We will be celebrating the end of the 11 year tenure of the former RBA (Bill Watts) and having a huge party afterwards.
A completely superfluous Dart Pop in Cleveland, then local season closing populaires (100k gravel and road) the next week.
We will be celebrating the end of the 11 year tenure of the former RBA (Bill Watts) and having a huge party afterwards.
Quick little spin today through my rural backyard. Only place I could find with coffee was this little gas station. Anyway, enjoyed my drink in the parking lot with a couple of cookies. #2
#coffeeneuring
#coffeeneuring
October 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Quick little spin today through my rural backyard. Only place I could find with coffee was this little gas station. Anyway, enjoyed my drink in the parking lot with a couple of cookies. #2
#coffeeneuring
#coffeeneuring
Crane Cruise today in NW Indiana. Sand Cranes, a cool bridge, and a cup of coffee. That counts for #coffeeneuring, right?
October 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Crane Cruise today in NW Indiana. Sand Cranes, a cool bridge, and a cup of coffee. That counts for #coffeeneuring, right?
Biggest advantage of the cooler weather: I can take a relaxing ride over lunch and not come back looking and smelling like I've just knocked out a metric.
October 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Biggest advantage of the cooler weather: I can take a relaxing ride over lunch and not come back looking and smelling like I've just knocked out a metric.
Got credit for my October 200k, so, yeah, now I have my very first R-12! Every month!
Managed to pull it off without heading to warmer climes in the winter. Did manage a 100k entirely below freezing and had to navigate nasty snowdrifts a couple of times.
Stock picture until I get my own medal.
Managed to pull it off without heading to warmer climes in the winter. Did manage a 100k entirely below freezing and had to navigate nasty snowdrifts a couple of times.
Stock picture until I get my own medal.
October 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Got credit for my October 200k, so, yeah, now I have my very first R-12! Every month!
Managed to pull it off without heading to warmer climes in the winter. Did manage a 100k entirely below freezing and had to navigate nasty snowdrifts a couple of times.
Stock picture until I get my own medal.
Managed to pull it off without heading to warmer climes in the winter. Did manage a 100k entirely below freezing and had to navigate nasty snowdrifts a couple of times.
Stock picture until I get my own medal.
The final local 200k for the season is underway. This is the ride I pre-rode last week. I'm now literally a mile away from the start on a previous commitment.
It's a beautiful day. Great weather. Great wind. I hope the riders enjoy it.
It's a beautiful day. Great weather. Great wind. I hope the riders enjoy it.
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The final local 200k for the season is underway. This is the ride I pre-rode last week. I'm now literally a mile away from the start on a previous commitment.
It's a beautiful day. Great weather. Great wind. I hope the riders enjoy it.
It's a beautiful day. Great weather. Great wind. I hope the riders enjoy it.
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Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise.
October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise.
Pre-rode a new 200k to discover that the map providers are at least several months if not a year behind on new trail construction.
Anyway, this should be my R-12 when the ride happens next week!
12 straight consecutive months in a row of a 200km+ RUSA approved ride
Anyway, this should be my R-12 when the ride happens next week!
12 straight consecutive months in a row of a 200km+ RUSA approved ride
September 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Pre-rode a new 200k to discover that the map providers are at least several months if not a year behind on new trail construction.
Anyway, this should be my R-12 when the ride happens next week!
12 straight consecutive months in a row of a 200km+ RUSA approved ride
Anyway, this should be my R-12 when the ride happens next week!
12 straight consecutive months in a row of a 200km+ RUSA approved ride
I am not to be left unsupervised in the presence of an open bag of pretzels.
September 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I am not to be left unsupervised in the presence of an open bag of pretzels.
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Hello! Today, a driver hit me on my bike. Broad daylight. I was in a bike lane. Had the right of way. Etc.
If you drive a car or truck, please read this.
If you drive a car or truck, please read this.
Dumb Runner
Every time I'm out on my bike, whether it's a long road ride with friends or a short trip to run errands, I think to myself, "This could be the day a driver hits me."
Today, it happened.
I'm OK,.....
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September 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hello! Today, a driver hit me on my bike. Broad daylight. I was in a bike lane. Had the right of way. Etc.
If you drive a car or truck, please read this.
If you drive a car or truck, please read this.
Short little casual ride today. I believe there's a gnat farm nearby.
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Short little casual ride today. I believe there's a gnat farm nearby.