Rich’s Ride – Page 4

“Independence”

People do a lot of kind things so I can be “independent.” My bike has a unique brake, similar to an old-school coaster brake on a kid’s bike. It allows me to pedal backwards to stop without removing my hands from the cranks. Very cool. The drawback – I can’t reverse the cranks or roll […]

Hope In The Mirror

“You often find hope by looking back.” I talked a while back to a guy whose life took an unexpected turn. He was scared, and asked how I dealt with uncertainty in the aftermath of my injury. I told him I dealt with it very badly – 10 years of anger, depression, denial. Basically lost […]

How To Pray

American teenager Coco Gauff won the US Open Tennis Tournament on Saturday. A wonderful accomplishment, for sure, but most impressive was her post-match interview. After kneeling briefly to pray, this articulate young woman skipped the typical platitudes and spoke clearly about faith, family, and overcoming adversity. When the interviewer inquired about the prayer, Ms. Gauff […]

Pray In School

(Sounds like it might be controversial. It’s not.) A lot of what I know, I learned from kids. That happens when you hang out in classrooms for 35 years. If you listen to them, they tell you lots of interesting stuff. I’ve told you before about a question many students asked. I recall one instance. […]

Risky Or Hard?

When you talk to people about bike tours, there’s a lot of conversation about what’s hard. My friend Jim says riding a bike for a worthy cause really isn’t a big deal. What’s hard for Jim is taking time away from his family. Some folks look at the route and decide it’s impossible. Others think […]

Losing Vision

Last time I said handcycling had become more about results than process. A reader gently reminded me that perhaps I was being a bit short-sighted. I appreciated the conversation and an opportunity to look deeper. We can’t know, on this side of eternity, the long-term results of our efforts. We do what we can, with […]

Something To Ponder

“Sometimes you have to do what you don’t have to do.” I love encountering this sort of quote. I’ve been ruminating about it for a few days, trying to figure out what I might say. I came down to this question: What’s something I have to do, that I don’t have to do? Before I […]

72. Done!

Well, we did it! Becky and I had a lot of fun “riding my age” on Tuesday. That doesn’t mean it was easy to do 72 miles on my 72nd birthday, but easy wasn’t the point. We did a big loop around Loveland/Fort Collins and then a smaller loop around Fort Collins to finish the […]

Wrecking A Classroom

May 26, 2023May 25, 2023
by Rich

Isaac Newton invented calculus in isolation. Newton was a student at Cambridge University in 1665 when students were sent home in fear of bubonic plague. Studying privately, Newton developed the basic ideas of calculus…as well as gravitational theory and optics. Most of us are not Isaac Newton. Perhaps the most powerful lesson I learned in […]

Scattering Seeds

A few more comments to follow up on the last two posts about legacy & making a difference. After my talk on Saturday, people were gracious – as always. All sorts of comments about the impact of the story and how I’ve touched so many people along the way. I appreciate the kindness. But comments […]

More About Legacy

I met this gentleman in 2011 when I spoke to a group of homeless people at a church in downtown Jackson, Mississippi during the Mississippi River ride. This picture was taken a year later. We were invited back to speak to some members of the congregation and this fellow walked up and told me a […]

Anyway Video 2013-2023

For 11 years, our friend Kristen Orphan has generously allowed us to use her beautiful version of ANYWAY as the FREEDOM TOUR theme song. The first time I heard the song, one particular line struck me: You can chase a dream that seems so out of reachand you know it might not ever come your […]

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