Forum: Catfish on a bike

I have no idea how I even found this site. I just want you all to know that I am the real catfish on a bike. I have a bike to prove it.

Got up early but it was raining and nasty so I rolled over and went back to sleep finially got up at 8:30 am felt good to not get up I am so close now i can hardly believe it. I got coffie and a bagal Got rolling at 11:30 the rain was about stoped the temp was about 50 not bad for this time of...

Yesterday i was crashing at a dive motel the type that is full of varrious charictors and people renting by the hour. also had some full time residents like some that are just working in the area for a short time and others. the day i got there I saw a guy missing a leg hangin out by his 3...

Ok i rode from clintonville to new london and used the libarary computer and them decided to go on to oshkosh. I was told by several people to not take hy 45 out of new london but instead to take hy d to hy w then 110 into oshkosh because there was less traffic. i got on to "d" and there was...

got going about 9 am the guy i met yesterday i saw again today he was broke down along side the road. couldnt miss him scruffy looking guy with only about 4 teeth but friendly I stoped and talked to him a bit and he said "im broke down" I offered to pull him in to the next town with a rope....

made a mistake on numbering this is the day after day 58 post made 61 miles today to clintonville this was all tuff miles serious head wind. It started out warm then got cold enough to put on more cloths. I knew there was a state trail close to the route i was taking one of those rails to trails...

65 miles from eagle river to Antigo got going arround 10 am I wanted to make antigo intime for the packer fame at 3:15 pm it was cold to start I bought soime neopreem booties to cover my feet to try to keep them warm i had on a long sleeve jersey and my ridoing jacket and a insulated vest...

i am about 5 days behind in logging here made it to eagle river this day its been 16 years since ive been here so i almost didnt recognize the town some of the old stuff is still here but a lot of new stuff big hotels fast food and a new by pass. I got here just in time to see 20,000...

made it to Ladysmith Wi today man what a diffrance in the weather from yesterday. Its like mid november weather grey cold damp drizzley ect. The one good thing today was a slight tail wind The first few days back in Wi i was in dairy country and that sweet smell oof the dairy farms was...

good day yesterday, 75 miles the day started cold but sunny got pancakes at about 5 miles out and the waitress was on some other planet, i had to ask 3 times for the water then she couldnt remember to bring the fork toi eat with but she was fun anyway. Got going and quicly got into the rythem...

Catfish, I don't know if you have time to read replies so I will repost this as a new thread. Soak those skunky clothes in tomato juice. It is supposed to take out the smell. Thanks for numbering your posts so I can keep them straight. Regards, Raymond

ok I do know it is the first day of october, man where does the time go? I made tyhe train in time but the last 8-10 miles was in the dark under my lights. Of course the station was closed cause the eastbound takes off at 2 am so i got some dinner and came back and waited outside. It was not...

Hi George, it's Amy from Brookfield and I just wanted to say "Hello" I'm sure you are getting excited about winding down your trip. Molly said something about trying to meet up with you and ride you in. If we can work that out I think it would be great. The colors here have been beautiful but...

Yesterday was about the nicest day in a long time. the temp was 75-80 the sun was bright and each mile I rode north the colorfull trees got more colorfull. I missed that all last year because at this time I was headed south on the pacific coast. The road was sometimes flat today and...

hi: some rambling thoughts....yesterday made some good serious progress the day was fine, sunny, warm the night befor didnt get cold at all infact it stayed in the 50,s I went past a bank sign that said 82 during the afternoon. so it actually got hot for a change it was good to ride wiothout leg...

the plan now is to get accross the mississippi on the train and head north east tweords lake superior and the great north woods to visit a few old friends then over to marinette menomonee to visit some even older friends then twords green bay and down the shore of lake michegan to The...

Catfish and others who may share their touring with us, Could you please put either the date of the ride or Day 1, Day2, etc. in the subject line? As people post replies the latest replies go to the top and the chronology of the rides gets out of order. This makes it hard for my simple brain to...

Ok i made it into north dakota today. I wasnt able to go as far as I wanted to go. My plan was to make 70 miles and camp at this really cool place in the middle of nowhere. I got an early start like up at 6 am still dark out had coffie and hit the road at first light. It was a strong head wind...

This should have been just one long day 95 miles but it took 3 days of extreemly hard riding. Left out of williston at 8:30 am. It was 15 miles north to the place that hy 2 split and went due north. the north wind was howlling at 20 -25 mph and it was COLD!! i was cruising at the breakneck...