. | Please join us for our early
packet pickup Wednesday, April 30th, 5pm to 7pm 123 Prince St. Gallatin, TN 37066 |
CLUB RIDES. . . . . . EARLY RIDES
AREA RIDE EVENTS
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
PRINCE PIZZA for PEDAL FOR PAWS
Monday, April 28, 2025
BEFORE FOGBEES WE WERE THE YAZOO PATROL - ALMOST
. | Please join us for our early
packet pickup party Tuesday, April 29th, 5pm to 7pm Yazoo Brewery 900 River Bluff Dr. Madison, TN 37115 |
REMEMBER THE CREATION OF USBR-23
. | It was a long time plan of Bruce Day to connect an OFFICIAL bike route from Kentucky to Alabama and with Dave Shumaker and Adventure Cycling Association they did the job. |
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
BIKE ROAD TRIP
. | Bentonville's specialty is mountain biking. Nevertheless, it has a half-dozen greenway trails and bike-friendly roads. Fayetteville is a road-bike town. I selected their 32-mile ride. Bella Vista's specialty is gravel biking. I found a scenic 32-mile trail. |
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Today's Thought
. | Today's thought is stolen from Fogbee Mark Greene's Facebook. Okay, I almost never look at Facebook, maybe just a few times with Mark. I'm not sure where he found it, but it could be a new FOGBEE icon. |
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
Another Lost in the Past
. | In 1984, Henpeck Market opened
as a country grocery and general store where people could get a good homestyle meal and a cup of coffee. It was bought and revived at the same time as Franklin's revival. In 2011, it almost closed for good, but Carl Moore, a longtime regular, refused to see it go. He bought it and revitalized and renovated the market to retain its old charm but also allow it to flourish in modern Franklin. |
Sunday, April 13, 2025
LOOPING LAKE CHAMPLAIN ON A BIKE
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Hendersonville FOGBEES meet Montreal FOGBEES
. | In his CGOAB journal, Bruce reported on our 2019 bike tour around Lake Champlain and our visit to Montreal. In this great bike-friendly city, he tells how we met a unique bike club—the Montreal Bike Club (read his CGOAB journal). Maybe they don't want us to call them FOGBEES, but they were as close as we found similar to us. |
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Birth of the FOGBEES
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Over twenty years ago, FOGBEES started in Brett's backyard. Doug, Brett, and Tom would ride about 20 miles around Indian Lake Peninsula and then drink beer. We called ourselves the 'Yazoo Patrol,' hoping we could get free beer from Yazoo Brewery. After no free beer, we became the FOGBEEs. We then moved to BIG LOEY's pizza which became our club house for several years. Our group grew to almost 200 cyclists. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures. This is ChatGPT's best guess. I'm the one with the beard. |
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
FOGBEE's Great Bike Tour to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone
. | 12 years ago, FOGBEES made one of our best bike tours to Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. You can read about our adventure in - Crazy Guy on a Bike or in - Indian Lake Peninsula Living magazine. |
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
FIGHTING the MOUNTAIN, the MACHINE, and the MUSCLE
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. | In the spirit of historic advances and competition between ever-evolving modes of transportation, the 3M Challenge features a timed challenge between two of Mountain Maryland’s oldest mechanized modes of transportation, the WMSR 1309 Steam locomotive, the largest operating steam locomotive of its type in the world, and the legs of cyclists. The 15.6-mile route is on the GAP between Cumberland and Frostburg. |
Monday, April 7, 2025
OLD JACK IS DAVE's MOTIVATION - DAVE'S OUR MOTIVATION
Our eldest FOGBEE, Dave Irvine at 88, wants us to know "he is not crazy!" Check out his motivational video above. Dave is training in 2025 (or 2026 or 2027) for the "3M Cumberland - Beat the Train."
LESS THAN ONE MONTH - REGISTER NOW
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MAY 3, 2025
GALLATIN, TN |
Sunday, April 6, 2025
NASHVILLE BICYCLE FESTIVAL
This event brings together a wide variety of bicycling enthusiasts – from supporters to mechanics, from beginners to experienced cyclists, from commuters to mountain bikers to cargo haulers and more.
Where: South Inglewood Community Center, 1624 Rebecca Street (approach from Moore Street if not on foot/on a bike.)
https://nashvillebikefun.org/event/nashville-bicycle-festival-april-2025/
UNBELIEVABLE FACTS FOR SOME - WHY WE RIDE!
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Saturday, April 5, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
In Search of the Bell Witch
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The Bell Witch Ride to Adams, TN, is often a popular Saturday club trip. It has a lot of Middle Tennessee history and great cycling roads.
Likewise, some have pedaled on the Avery Trace or thought they did.
If you want to know more about Tennessee pioneer history read my book, In Search of the Bell Witch. It is FREE and on my website.
Tom |
Sunday, March 16, 2025
COGNITIVE FOR THE ELDERLY
Saturday, March 15, 2025
SAUNDERSVILLE GREENWAY IN THE PLAN
We asked for Sanders Ferry Greenway in 2000, and we received our beautiful Bike/Pedestrian path in 2024. In 2021, Bruce and Tom walked and designed a new Greenway. It's in the PLAN.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
FOGBEE Loss
Here is the schedule for the visitation and funeral.
Tom Benim
Friday, February 21, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Bicycle League assessment of TN
Friday, January 31, 2025
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Friday, January 10, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
Bike Walk Tennessee
In August 19, 2009, Pat Clements, Bruce Day, and Tom Evans formed Tennessee's first bicycle advocacy corporation, Bike Walk Tennessee. Tom did the legal work, paid the fees, and Pat and Bruce signed as incorporators.
Although the three have long time retired, the corporation is still active. Like proud papas, on 1/6/25 we received a copy its latest Newsletter