Comments on: Cultural Exchange in New Diggings http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/06/14/cultural-exchange-in-new-diggings/ Bicycle touring and history Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:27:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Spokesrider http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/06/14/cultural-exchange-in-new-diggings/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 Spokesrider Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:07:52 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/?p=2569#comment-2516 Doctors, lawyers and teachers. A couple of Sundays ago after church I was recommending this road to a retired school principal, who is also a motorcyclist. He's a Wisconsin native and knows a lot of the roads I know there (and more) but he didn't know about this one. He was interested. He wasn't so sure about mixing beer drinking and motorcycling, though. And it's not often that you'll find a German Lutheran from Wisconsin who will pass up on a beer opportunity. Doctors, lawyers and teachers. A couple of Sundays ago after church I was recommending this road to a retired school principal, who is also a motorcyclist. He’s a Wisconsin native and knows a lot of the roads I know there (and more) but he didn’t know about this one. He was interested. He wasn’t so sure about mixing beer drinking and motorcycling, though. And it’s not often that you’ll find a German Lutheran from Wisconsin who will pass up on a beer opportunity.

]]> By: ksteinhoff http://www.spokesrider.com/2009/06/14/cultural-exchange-in-new-diggings/comment-page-1/#comment-2514 ksteinhoff Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:24:31 +0000 http://www.spokesrider.com/?p=2569#comment-2514 My relationship with motorcycle riders has generally been pretty good. They're pretty much all doctors and lawyers now, anyway. Back in the late 60s, though, there was a band of outlaws who would terrorize small towns in Ohio. I was working as a newspaper photographer when the local cops got word that the band was going to be passing through (hopefully) our county. The sheriff's office was going to escort them through to let them know they were being watched and to try to get 'em gone as quickly as possible. They were about half-way through, when I heard someone come over the police radio, "Tell that rookie you don't stop the LEAD motorcycle. If you have to start arresting folks, you pick 'em off at the back and work forwards." My relationship with motorcycle riders has generally been pretty good. They’re pretty much all doctors and lawyers now, anyway.

Back in the late 60s, though, there was a band of outlaws who would terrorize small towns in Ohio.

I was working as a newspaper photographer when the local cops got word that the band was going to be passing through (hopefully) our county.

The sheriff’s office was going to escort them through to let them know they were being watched and to try to get ‘em gone as quickly as possible.

They were about half-way through, when I heard someone come over the police radio, “Tell that rookie you don’t stop the LEAD motorcycle. If you have to start arresting folks, you pick ‘em off at the back and work forwards.”

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