Cross-country city bicyclist stops at BSB, has beer.

Literally. That's what he did. Meet this utterly insane fellow who is crossing America by Bike Share (a NYC shared bicycle).

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He dropped by Bank Street Brewhouse and lived to ride some more. Cheers to that ...

countribikeSpontaneous detour to@newalbanian. This cool logo wall lured me in. Great brews, food and outstanding staff. Feels right to be back in southern #Indiana, home of awesome people. 

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"From Cassel to New Albany," at LouisvilleBeer.com

My latest column is up at LouisvilleBeer.com ... remember that these appear twice monthly, and thanks for reading.

From Cassel to New Albany

Three of us were struggling up a fairly steep incline, our creaking rental bicycles squeaking and straining over ascending cobblestones. As a proponent of the manly cycling virtues, I found it impossible to admit that I lacked both gears and legs, and kept churning forward, but at some point I glanced backward and saw that my pal Tim Eads had given up the ghost...

Menu for the Louis Le Français beer dinner on Thursday, March 1.

The Tour de France is underway.

NABC Bank Street Brewhouse’s opening hours aren’t synchronized with the annual race times, allowing for European time, but I’ve informed the bar staff of the schedule for afternoon replays and highlights, and we’ll show what we can, when we can.

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Versus Tour de France home page

Official Tour de France site

I’ve seen snippets of Le Tour in person on two occasions, in 2001 and 2004, and it’s a thrill to be in proximity to the festive atmosphere.

I still feel about the race much as like I do about baseball: The participants may be dopers, and yet the essence of the game itself is what matters the most, as in the poster on the wall at the Public House that shows Tour de France riders in the twenties seated on the steps of a bar, admiring children clustered behind them, drinking beers on break.

The ideal is bicycling in Europe. Beer and wine should be the drugs of choice, and will remain so on my personal bicycle tours.