Originally Posted by
steelbikeguy
very happy to have triggered some happy memories! I actually grew up about 20 miles north of the Quad Cities, so maybe we both went to the same bike shops?
If you start feeling too homesick for the midwest, don't forget the joys of biking in all of the seasons!
Steve in Peoria (had to cut a ride short this morning due to some surprise rain)
That I don’t miss!
20 miles straight north, on the Iowa side? We used to go tubing on the Mighty W opsipinicon when I was a teenager. I grew up west of the QCs in Taylor Ridge, IL. I usually go back in August to visit and get nostalgic. I think if I went in February it would cure me of that.
[edit: Pretty funny Steve - it wouldn’t let me spell out W opsipinicon without the space in there. Guess the program thinks it’s a bad word or something!]