Spokes and Jokes

Chris Quimby is a standup comedian, author and graphic designer who is undertaking an eight-week adventure, Spokes and Jokes, with his family, cycling to Texas with their logistic support and performing in venues en route while staying in the homes of hosts across the nation. The family’s blogs of the mission can be viewed at spokesandjokes.com.
Additional Column Posts (1 - 7 of 7)
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Mission accomplished
By Chris Quimby - Jun 27Two hours ago, I navigated my bicycle through a right-hand turn onto Nash Street in Rockwall, Texas and burst through a long, paper banner that ...
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Meeting Mrs. Claus
By Chris Quimby - Jun 14I arrived in Tennessee after four weeks of cycling through many states. We had just left a week in Virginia behind us, and were truly in The ...
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Reaching the grind stage
By Chris Quimby - May 30I have spent a good deal of my life being willingly bossed around by food. Especially ice cream. One of my greatest anticipations of biking more ...
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Evolution of Spokes and Jokes
By Chris Quimby - May 09It is one thing to say you believe in something. It is entirely different to allow that stated belief to have its work in you, for good or for ...
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Crossing paths
By Chris Quimby - Jun 21It’s amazing to me that we are almost at our destination after seven weeks of cycling from Maine to Texas. This trip has captured the attention of ...
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Battling air currents
By Chris Quimby - Jun 06The first big weather event I remember is Hurricane Gloria, which kept her strength enough to reach Maine and make her presence known in 1985. I ...
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Performing for supper
By Chris Quimby - May 24It’s been suggested that I must be strong or crazy to spend hundreds of hours supporting most of my 200 pounds of body weight upon the narrow ...