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Mitch Rice blogs

Blog: Where the water meets the road

Mitch Self-Portrait

This spring has been wet, wet, wet, and the water is up, up, up. Ride along with Mitch Rice and his recumbent bicycle as he experiences the spring flooding up close and enjoys the antics of red-tailed hawks and sandhill cranes overhead.   Full Story >>

Blog: Bike riding, weather or not

Mitch Rice

When the temperatures drop, don't expect Mitch Rice's cycling to stop. How else would he hear the quiet whooshing as he glides through newly fallen snow? Read on for a primer on how to enjoy cycling in cold temperatures.   Full Story >>

Blog: Riding out to the lake

Sign in water

Blogger Mitch Rice takes readers along for the ride as he describes several routes to Lake Monroe near Bloomington. Dipping temperatures, eagles, herons and tree swallows are just some of the sights and sensations Mitch brings us as he lets us enjoy a favorite summer pastime for area cyclists.   Full Story >>

Mitch Rice: Cruising along, picking up feathers, joy, and on occasion, speed

Mitch Rice image

Cruise along with IU Bloomington staffer Mitch Rice as he writes about the ins and outs of cycling, canoodling Mother Nature and enjoying life from the seat of his recumbent bicycle. "I am the guy on the low-slung long bike who is rubbernecking all the birds, flowers, trees, clouds and critters," Mitch writes in his first blog for Active for Life. "I stop for no reason other than the scent in the air. I average about 11-12 mph over the long run, and though I sometimes ride fast, I am never in a hurry."   Full Story >>