Once I was 7 years old
So the song goes that I hear on the truck radio as I make my deliveries around New England & New York each week. Tomorrow I will be 73 years…
Spent my last $/Off Season Job
Determined to stay fit this off season and get a head start on making the Pan American Games team later that summer I had managed to escape another…
Letter To Karl Barton, President Raleigh USA 1974
Dear Karl, December 10, 1974 Just thought I’d let you get to know a little more about one of Raleigh’s “A” Team riders. Enclosed is a copy of my Sponsorship…
Notes from Wrong Branch Saloon Christmas Eve 1974
Notes from Christmas Eve 1974 Bill Humphreys Written at Wrong Branch Saloon in Julian, California Up at 6am in North Park, cold so I put on knee socks,…
April 1973 Central Park Over Slept.
Overslept! Cannot believe in 2 years of getting up early for races I finally did it. Still raining out, but it stopped for awhile and I got out for 2,…
Tour de L’ Avenir 1978
Tour de L’ Avenir 1978. First Time for USA Sitting on the grassy hill overlooking the Velodrome at Kenosha Wisconsin while watching the Track national Championships Eddy B comes…
Me & the Donkey My current form on the Bike
Me and the Donkey My current Form on the Bike I’ve been riding up the Town Woods Rd hill at the beginning of my rides for 47 years…
Typical Day Behind the Wheel
Over the Road Driving A Typical Day Up at 3:30am to see snow and sleet had been coming down for a few hours while I slept at a truck…
53 Years Later
53 Years later my son is at Bridgton Academy By Bill Humphreys Do the math and my classmates could’ve had their grandchildren already pass through BA by this time.…
Precious Time is Slipping Away
Precious Time is Slipping Away I lost two friends this week. Two friends from back in the day at my old prep school in Maine back in the 1960’s.…
The Boys of Summer
The Boys of Summer Friday, September 16, 2005 My son Ian and I just this minute got out of the lake. We swim every night when I get home,…