Articles

As many of you know, I write articles about various things and submit them to a directory called ezinearticles.com.

I am an expert author there and have been submitting articles for a few years. Often an ezine or webmaster will pick up one of my articles to publish on their website. I think that is wonderful, but there are limits to everything. Recently a webmaster picked up one of my articles and totally destroyed it then placed it on his website/blog and claimed that I had written it. That is totally unacceptable and actually illegal since to download articles from ezinearticles.com you must agree not to change or edit the original article.

Here is the url of what he posted

http://shimanopedals.com/3276/bmx-pedals-brown/

I have already commented on his blog regarding his illegal and completely immoral destruction of the article. but here is the copy of what is or was on his blog when I went to check it out.

Summer holidays – visit. Bicycle Museum of America.

Back in March. September 2005, two sons and wife. Our my disability and me. Take a short vacation. We are not in vacation. In several years and my wife. We are not her real sister. So hurry up and tight head. For Ohio. My wife. Younger brother’s life in mobile homes. In small lakes in the region. Northwest Ohio.

It is about time. Ehgapaiu Katrina was the same. All of the damage. Her, but we really do not have. Dealing with the. We fraud costs. I-75 through Tennessee, Kentucky. And most of Ohio. Cross. Ohio River Bridge type. Of memories returned. When I was a member of. Ohio National Guard and we will go to Fort Campbell. For IT, we always crossed the bridge. I was driving normal ambulance. M880. Race has very convenient. More. The strange race. Our hearts are long in both highway. Get 21.2 mpg.

We started about. 12:00 noon we look forward to. Set to be the vice of Christopher’s. Wheelchair and arrived at. Family’s home about 5 days. Next. Sara and her husband took. The week to close. We can visit and enjoy. Family time. Pity and. Sara has always been close. I think time and travel. They both have really good. No. Danger, Chris and I also love. One thing I really liked. Is to travel to the Museum. Is unique.

Bike. Museum of America in New Bremen, Ohio. Not far from the Jerry and Sara. Us. At 1 day and the new Bremen. Just to see the museum. And it is a good value. It.

We enter the front door. Was found by her young and happy. We ask that very sign. And want to know that we want. Short movie. Movie information. I really know very much about. Cycling and how. This development has started.

Between the film holder. The young of our audit. Ledger to see. We are from Georgia and start. Very beginning of the conversation ..

Wife. My talks with her time. Several minutes on the ride. And what I have done the. Groups such as Toys for. Tots and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She said that we have. See Annette who is thinking so. Annette and her to get us around the museum visit.

Building custom display 5 and older. 10 or more hardware store. Video of the table and load and. Load of the bike.

Bikes can be. Fear. Has bikes that have the same century. Some have no other pedals with chain. A drive directly are not. Powered by bike. Jumping up and down on the podium. Small. Is more like a bike. Cattle and some cars are pedal.

Of course there are some modern bikes. And just about more. Every edition Schwinn Bicycle Company. Ever before to leave. Pacific business and the purchase. Schwinn name for a line.

Both. Two hostesses, and I know many of us. Really do not want to leave. If I return to Ohio in the future. You can bet I will be back. To view the bike Museum of America, and if. You anywhere near the new numbers. Associated pass you should check Ohio. Out also. People are friendly knowledge. And benefits. Bikes only wonders,. I have both the SD Card full. Many of my MySpace page.

Jerry Goodwin has been certified as a Medical Technologist since 1977. He is an avid Cyclist participating in Road racing, Mountain Biking and BMX Racing. He sponsored or been the event director in numerous cycling events for various charities including the Toys for Tots, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The South Georgia Foiod Bank, Carolines Ride, and the Soutwest Georgia Cyclefest-Making a difference in the lives of wounded warriors in Southwest Georgia.

Jerry was certified as a Personal Trainer for several years and still answers questions about weightlifting and exercise as well as cycling at allexperts.com

Jerry served in the US Navy during the VietNam era aboard the Jesse L. Brown DE1089. After release from Active Duty in the Navy Jerry served in the Ohio National Guard, the Kansas National Guard and the Georgia National Guard. Honors include the Ohio Award of Merit, The Ohio Special Services Ribbon and the Army Commendation Medal.

For more information on Jerry, cyling or weight training check out the blog at http://www.thebicyclenut.com

The Original Article can be found by clicking this linkhttp://ezinearticles.com/?New-Bremen,-Ohio-Can-Make-a-Nice-Vacation-Stop-If-You-Are-a-Cyclist&id=3553594

As you can see without even much checking these are not even comparable in content or flow.

I have requested that he either fix the problem or delete the article altogether and will be reporting his illegal use of my articles to ezinearticles.com

I am not sure what can be done about this type of thing, but there should be something.

I am flattered whenever someone picks up one of my articles, and hope people continue to do just that. As long as you pick them up and use them as I have written them and don’t screw them up, I have no problem. When you totally ruin the article it upsets me. If you want to comment on my articles, I enjoy hearing what people have to say, even if we don’t exactly agree.

Be sure to join us a blog talk radio for The Bicycle Nut radio Show www.blogtalkradio.com/the-bicycle-nut

 

If you are touring on a bicycle you need to be here.

If you do any sort of bicycle touring and you have been on the net for very long you have heard of Darren Alff and his Bicycle Touring Pro Website. Darren has been a lot of places on a bicycle that most of us never get to period.  So if you want the voice of experience in bicycle touring you really need to stop by the radio show Monday March 1, 2010 as Darren has agreed to be our guest and answer any questions that you may have. Call in or listen on the Net. www.blogtalkradio.com/the-bicycle-nut .

I think this email form Darren says it as well or better than this bicycle nut can, so I am just going to copy and paste his email to me right here.

Have a great day, and join me and Darren for what should be a great and informational show Monday march 1, 2010.

Check out his story about the trip also, and vote for him if you can.

His Subject line for this email was “Do You Really Need to be a “Bicycle Nut” to go on a bike tour?”  Got to love that!

This email is going out to everyone on the BicycleTouringPro.comemail newsletter list because I want to personally, from the bottomof my heart, thank everyone who voted for me in the contest Iemailed you about this past Tuesday in which I have been selectedas a finalist to win a free two-week trip to Costa Rica. 

I especially want to thank those of you who have emailed me andwritten such kind and inspiring remarks about the ways that I haveimpacted you with my work here at Bicycle Touring Pro. I am deeplygrateful for the lives I have touched and reading your comments isboth humbling and inspiring. 

That said, there are less than two days left in the votingcompetition, and if you haven't yet cast a vote, I could really useyour help. All you have to do is go to this website: 

http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/vote-and-send-someone-to-costa-rica/

Once there, scroll down to the voting area until you see my name(#10 Darren Alff). Check the little bubble to the left of my name... and cast your vote! It only takes about 5 seconds... and I could really use your support. 

The main reason I am emailing you, however, is because this Monday,March 1st at 11:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, I am going to be doing a live radio interview with "The Bicycle Nut" (aka Jerry Goodwin)... and I want to invite you to listen and even call in to talk with me. 

During the show Jerry and I are going to talk about bicycle touring, world travel, and a whole bunch of other cool things. I'll be sharingwith you what kind of an impact bike travel has made on my life andI'll be talking about where I see bicycle touring going in thefuture. 

If you'd like to tune into the show, you can listen online byvisiting the following address at the time of the broadcast: 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-bicycle-nut

And if you want to call in to talk with me and/or ask me a questionabout bicycle touring, world travel, or lifestyle design, thenumber to call is (347) 324-3835.

Thank you once again for all your support over the last week... and if you have the time, I hope you can join me on Monday morning for my conversation with The Bicycle Nut.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend... and thanks again!

Darren Alffcontact@bicycletouringpro.comwww.bicycletouringpro.comwww.21bikes.com

PS - I just published an article on BicycleTouringPro.comabout why I REALLY want to win this trip to Costa Rica. If you areinterested in reading it, you can view it here: 

http://bicycletouringpro.com/blog/take-a-trip-to-costa-rica-with-me/

 

Looks like I am going to have to start this over again

Sorry everyone, I did not realize that WordPress.com blogs were completely different from wordpress.org blogs and that WordPress.com blogs are pretty tight with functionality. they work fine as a way of staying in touch with family and friends and would probably be great for someone doing a family tree or something like that, but the WordPress.org blog can take plugins and you can customize it to fit your needs, with the wp.com blog you are stuck with what they allow and cannot use plugins or anything like that.

My first blog was a wp.org blog through 1and1.com my webshost. They do allow plugins but only the ones they provide with the 1and1 blog program, so again that pretty much limits the functionality of the blog. One small thing I wnated to do was that when I make a blog post it would automatically tell you on twitter, facebook, myspace, people string etc that I had made tyhe blog post and the title of the post. I even have purchased a program to do just that, a wp plugin, but I can’t use it with this blog or the former 1and1 blog.

I have downloaded the wp.org to my computer and will be uploading it in the next few days. upload it here and will add the linkls and such that are here back into that blog. you will still be able to see this blog at http://thebicyclenut.wordpress.com

but once the other is fully functional this one will no longer be updated.

I will be posting only to 2 blogs, this one and my fitness blog at www.bodymindgoalsnews.info

Have a great day

Do comeback to this site as I will be posting more and more about bicycles and cycling.

Jerry The Bicycle Nut Goodwin

 

This came in from John Wordin of Ride 2 Recovery- Help if You can

SPINNING NATION 2010

On February 27, 2010, participating health clubs nationwide, including most 24 Hour Fitness Clubs, will be hosting two one-hour indoor cycling classes to benefit the Ride 2 Recovery program, a charity benefiting mental and physical rehabilitation of men and women in the armed forces.

You do not need to be a member of 24hr Fitness to participate…..

Also check out www.southwestgeorgiacyclefest.com Making a difference in the lives of wounded warriors in Southwest Georgia and join out netwrok there to help those that have stood up and fought for our freedom and have been wounded mentally or physically or both in that quest.

Come join us Wednesday the 17th at The Parks at Chehaw for the Bizzarro Clinic. This clinic will help young riders get much better at racing BMX.

If you need service on your bicycle drop it by the Shop at Books & More on the square in Moultrie or give me a call and I will pick it up, repair it and return it to you.

Have a great day

Jerry The Bicycle Nut Goodwin

 

Upcoming Episodes of The Bicycle Nut Radio Show

Here is the lineup for the upcoming shows for my blog talk radio show.

Friday Feb,19,2010 at 11:00 Eastren Time I will be talking with Fritz Fowler and Company about the recovery properties of evolve water. Evolve is a drink that tastes exactly like water and apparently hydrates as well or better than the other energy and recovery drinks but without the high amounts of sugar. Listen while Fritz and several well known athlete tell of their experience with evolve. Should be a great show.

Sunday 11:00 AM Eastern Time I will interview Jason Smallheer. Jason has had much adversity to overcome but has done it well. We could learn something from Jason and his comebacks. Someone told me once that a setback was just a setup for a comeback and Jason embodies that phrase. Jason fought with and beat Obesity dropping form 240 down to 160, then hit with a bad accident that could have left him paralyzed he came back and is now doing triathalons.  We tried before to get Jason on the show but some technical difficulaties kept that from happeneing so we will definitely get with him this weekend.

On TuesdayFebruary 23rd We will talk with Fred Nicklaus about Core training for Cyclists and something most of us never think about but a very important part of traing which is proper breathing. If you check back a couple posts in thsi blog tou will see where Fred has a sort of article on the word Can’t.

Tuesday March 3rd at 9:00AM we will be talking with Sam Bryant from Adidas eyewear about training and eye protection. Eye protection is also an extremely important thing for cyclists and Sam has lots of great information for us.

Don’t forget if you are in the Moultrie area or anywhere in South Georgia that Jim Soos and I have set up a bicycle repair and reconditioning shop inside Books & More on the Square in Moultrie, I have acouple of special offers that may be of interest. First if your bike needs a tune-up after sitting much of the winter bring it to the shop and I will do a full tune up and clean and lube the bike for 45.00, it will come back with all moving parts lubed and all painted parts cleaned and waxed.

Or if you just want it checked out I will do a complete check up for only a 25.00 diagnostic charge which goes toward the final bill if you allow me to do any needed repair. If you can pick up a Colquitt Shopper you can get a 10.00 off coupon on this.

If you haven’t got a bike and you want one of if you want some bike related goodies to cheer you up check out my website at http://www.cyclingsprint.com or drop by the shop at 25 1st Street SE in Moultrie Georgia. There are a lot more “Toys” on the website than in the shop, but we will be stocking many of the same items as we find room and see what is selling locally.

 

I received this from my friend Fred Nicklaus, Think it is good, what do you think.

Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:54:45 -0500
From: FredNicklaus@CombatEnduranceTraining.com
To: jerry@bmgfitness.com
Subject: I Can’t

Jerry Goodwin, there are few combinations of words whose use should be banned from the English language. It matters not how big these words are or how small they are what matters is the power that they have to crush human initiative.High on that list is the following combination- “I CAN’T.”Quite possibly this seemingly harmless combination of words has done more to derail human achievement and creativity than any other combination of words in the English language. The sad and frustrating part of this is the fact that I CAN’T in most cases is not true at all but is just a figment of the person’s imagination. Case in point: A person decides to strive for a goal that in their mind is very important to them and would be meaningful in many ways. After further thought the person decides I CAN’T. It may have been that the person wanted to pursue a new job. It may have been that the person wanted to ask someone out on a first date. It may have been that the person wanted to take a class and learn something new and exciting. The goals can be many and the ways to achieve these goals many  but one thing for sure, there is nothing that can put a halt to any progress more than the words I CAN’T. Reason why is that I CAN’T creates a mindset of defeat and impossibility within the individual’s mind and spirit. I CAN’T crushes any possibility of forward momentum and achievement without even so much as giving it a try. All of us have said I CAN’T at some time in our past. How about making it a point to never again say I CAN’T and substituting it with the words I WILL or I’ll TRY when it comes to achieving things that would really motivate and please you. If improving your health and fitness quickly is something that you’ve wanted to do for some time then how about throwing out a quick I WILL and jumping on my Valentine’s Day offer of the 9 Minute Workout. Get it here http://combatendurancetraining.com/9M/ Show yourself some real love this Valentine’s Day. Fred Nicklaus P.S.S. Check Out our Facebook Fan Page

 

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Here are the posts I promised in the radio show today

Hello Everyone,

When  was doing the show this morning at 10 I said I would post these from Hal Downing in Florida. This is wonderful what these people are doing.

ADAPTIVE CYCLING CENTER

         Dennis Sutherlin and Rich Benton have opened the Family Cycling Center at the Winter Garden Station on the West Orange Trail.  Named “Adaptive Cycling,” the center provides rentals and sales of bicycles that allow family members with disabilities to ride.  The shop has tandems, recumbents and recumbent trikes.  Their focus is on “special needs” children who would otherwise never have the opportunity to ride a bike and will enable them to ride with their parents for recreation and therapy.  The shop also features high-quality Co-Motion and Trek bikes and can accommodate children as young as 3 years old.  Says Dennis:

Contact Dennis or Rich at 407 877 8030 and check out their website at -> www.adaptivecycling.net!o^o o^o o^o o^o o^o o^o o^o o^o o^o o^oChrissy Branch is organizing Central Florida’s Team-in-Training program for the

Leukemia & Lymphona Society;  here’s Chrissy’s message:Heroes Wanted! Team In Training program is searching for new volunteers who are interested in completing the Disney Princess Half Marathon in Orlando, FL. (October – March) or interested in our Summer Season events (January – June) that include the Tri-Miami Triathlon in Miami, FL, St. Anthony’s Triathlon in St. Petersburg, FL., Fletcher Flyer – 100 mile century in Asheville, N.C., the San Diego Rock ‘N’ Roll Half & Full Marathon in San Diego, CA., or the Seattle Rock ‘N’ Roll Half & Full Marathon in Seattle, WA. Beginners are welcome! To find out more information, call 800-482-TEAM or go to Team In Training. Join the TEAM today!

Interested in finding out how you can run, walk, cycle, or complete a triathlon while helping to FUNdraise for blood cancer research and awareness? The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s

Also don’t forget we will have a bicycle shop set up inside Books&More on the square in Moultrie.

Check out the cycling products site at www.cyclingsprint.com for some good buys and an absolutely awesome video.

 

 

Working an All Nighter at the Hospital

One of our Techs called in due to the bad weather here in South Georgia tonight, so I am here until 6AM. Not bad though it is all OT and I can use the extra cash. With any luck I will be able to get a couple of articles completed for ezine articles and keep working toward that hundred articles in 100 days contest that Jeff Herring has sponsored.

It rained most of the day today and started snowing about 5PM. Our phlebotomists went out and threw snowballs at each other. that brought back some memories of growing up back in the Buckeye State. We lived up in Lima which is North of Dayton and South of Toledo on I-75 for those of you that don’t know that territory. It is pretty flat there and we had some really big snowball fights in the winters when I was a kid

I will probably sleep most of the day Saturday after the radio show. The weather is not coopereating so I really doubt that the regional will be held. Being snowed out in South Georgia is pretty infrequent but it does happen once every 10-15 years. The track at Chehaw was in terrible shape last week so we weren’t able to have our open house race, this week it looks like McDonough may have no choice but to shut down too.

With any luck I will get to work at the shop Sunday, though we won’t be open. I have several bikes I am working on to recondition to a point they can be sold. I want them to be in real good shape when they leave the shop. I have a Trek Mountain Bike and a Jamis Mountain Bike, as well as a Giant 20″ that we had set up for BMX and will be put back to be a road bike for a child, I still have the fenders and all the stuff for it so that should be and easy one. I also have a real nice Diamondback Pro that is a real good BMX Bike, good and solid. Just put a brand new chain on that one and have to replace the rear wheel, hub and freewheel. So you see I have my work cut out for me and actually am looking forward to it.

My 2 grandsons are each riding SE Ripper X bikes and are loving them. I personally am building me a Dingo 24″ Cruiser, which I will ride for BMX and I ride a Giant OCR 2 road bike. My Mountain Bikes is a Specialized Expedition. The Expedition is pretty old but still solid, the Giant OCR 2 is about a 2006 Model and I have put close to 10,000 miles on her after buying it used with about 800 miles on it according  Jim at Cycle World in Albany Georgia.

One thing that cycling does is it brings together a lot of absolutely wonderful people. I met Brian McCandless a few years back when he was riding his bike for Cystic Fibrosis he and his entourage rode from Pittsburgh PA to Tallhassee FL and back and raised about 20,000.00 if I remember correctly. I was able to ride with his group through Moultrie but had to work that afternoon so could not ride into Florida with them.

I met Brian Horton at the Biking Bleckley Ride in Cochran Georgia, Brian does the rides for the Children’s Miracle Network and another charity ride out of Douglas.

At the Nut Roll in September of last year I met John Payne a wounded warrior that was injured when his convoy was ambushed in Somalia. He was on the ride for recovery and to try to get his life back together.

Keep watching the blog for more details on the Southwest Georgia Cyclefest at www.southwestgeorgiacyclefest.com

I am not sure whether cycling brings out the best in people or it is that great people are drawn to cycling. Einstein was a cyclist, the Wright Brothers ran a bicycle shop, Fletcher was a cyclist doing centuries long before there were carbon or even aluminum frames ( about 1900) .

Thats all for now, will post again after the Radio Show check it out Saturday at 10:00 AM. Tommy Knight is supposed to call in to let us know about the track and the regional at Sandy Ridge in Mcdonough but the weather is not looking good and unless they have the track covered it will be in pretty bad shape.

Have a great day, join us for the show, call in and talk about anything related to cycling.

Jerry The Bicycle Nut Goodwin

 

Welcome to the New Blog

After fussing with the 1and1 blog I have been using and finding out that it would not allow me to add plugins so I was pretty much stuck with what they allow, which to be honest ain’t much I decided to actually set up a wordpress blog.

This blog will be about anything that has to do with cycling. I also will still have the Internet Radio show at www.blogtalkradio.com/the-bicycle-nut and will also still be writing articles at ezinearticles.com eventually I will get the widgets on here for those, it may take a couple days to get everything set back up and the  start getting the plugins added that I plan to add.

Also don’t forget that we are in the process of setting up a bicycle shop inside Books & More on the square in Moultrie. We will start out doing all repair work and selling some reconditioned bicycles and add new bikes as the funds allow and we see a market.  It looks like we will have some real nice space for the shop. The repair part is set up now, but the showroom will be pretty nice also.

I have a show Saturday the 13th at 10:00 AM call in and talk with yours truly 347-324-3835

Have a great day

Jerry The Bicycle Nut Goodwin