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Hi, I'm Jon Cooperman.

During the day and often into the night, I am an attorney. Outside of the office and courtroom, I am a decidedly average cyclist. I nevertheless love riding and am blessed that my wife Mary shares my passion.

Here's a throwback to a cycling trip in in the Canadian Rockies.

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Grinning and Bearing It

What a great last two days of cycling! Thursday we took two really spectacular rides on the road to Cameron Lake and on Red Rocks...

Jon Cooperman

Sep 21, 2025

The Anti-Going to the Sun Road

Greetings from Waterton National Park which has been a cycling paradise. Spectacular scenery (that we can actually see since the...

Jon Cooperman

Sep 17, 2025

Going to the Sun?

Today’s ascent of Going to the Sun road in Glacier National Park was supposed to be an epic bucket list ride with unbelievable scenery. ...

Jon Cooperman

Sep 15, 2025

Flushing National Park, What Could Have Been

Greetings from Glacier National Park in Montana. Mary and I are here with our Westport friends Art, Kevin and Serge on a six day bike...

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Sep 14, 2025

South Dakota, Who Knew?

That should be the slogan for the South Dakota Tourism Board. I just returned from the 12th sorta biennial hiking trip with my high...

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Jun 3, 2025

Nutrition and The Mercury Lynx

I received a few private messages inquiring whether there was some deeper meaning to The Magnificent Seven reference in my last post. ...

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Mar 23, 2025

The Magnificent Six

I did not post about Wednesday’s ride since we were staying at a National Park lodge with limited WIFI. Thanks to those of you who sent...

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Mar 20, 2025

Scenery and Stats

I enjoy reading all of your written comments. The live comments here in Texas? Not so much. Kevin today expressed surprise about...

Jon Cooperman

Mar 18, 2025

Mad About Cycling

Greeting from the Big Bend area in southwest Texas. The Big Bend area takes its name from the Rio Grande River which flows southwest...

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Mar 17, 2025

Winter Training

Tired of the cold weather? Looking forward to spring? You can follow along on or upcoming 4th annual late winter/early spring cycling...

Jon Cooperman

Mar 9, 2025

Happy New Year!

Refelcting on 2024, how could I have improved this blog? Cycle to more exotic places? Make this blog more relevant to current events? ...

Jon Cooperman

Jan 1, 2025

‘Til Next Time

We finished our ride yesterday with a welcomed “spin out your legs” ride along a section of the Caledonian canal. After five days with a...

Jon Cooperman

Jul 27, 2024

Physics and Aging

We had a beautiful hilly and windy ride today that mostly followed the length of Loch Ness. Which leads me to the question, does gearing...

Jon Cooperman

Jul 25, 2024

It Rains in Scotland?

Who knew? That was yesterday’s ride where we did a nice 50 mile loop ride in Ballater on an overcast and misty rain day. The first...

Jon Cooperman

Jul 23, 2024

Any News Over There in the U.S. Today?

I haven’t heard anything so let me tell you a bit about our nice and relatively easy ride today from Braemar to Ballater in the Highlands....

Jon Cooperman

Jul 21, 2024

Greetings From Edinburgh

On Sunday Mary and I will start a six day cycling trip in the Scottish Highands. Some of you cycling purists may think that we have...

Jon Cooperman

Jul 19, 2024

The Last Climb

Yesterday was the last day of the ride and we had to get out of the valley, from Stovepipe Wells which is below sea level over Daylight...

Jon Cooperman

Mar 9, 2024

Can It Get Any More Remote?

A bad omen? We rode this morning on a spectacularly beautiful road in the middle of nowhere that reminded me of the scene at the end of...

Jon Cooperman

Mar 7, 2024

The Bonk vs. The Buffet

Before I turn to some serious cycling stuff, I want to address several private messages I have received questioning my ability to keep up...

Jon Cooperman

Mar 7, 2024

“Val-ley. A low area of land between hills or mountains”. Yeah, right

Do hills with elevation grades between 11 and 15% fit the definition of a valley? That’s what I was asking myself all morning. We...

Jon Cooperman

Mar 6, 2024

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