• Wednesday-What'sUP March 30 - 10:46 am

Teal Lake is surrounded by jagged Cambrian rock formations, with virgin pine and maple trees bordering the shoreline. The twin cities of Ishpeming and Negaunee are the owners of a good portion of the recreational wilderness surrounding this beautiful spot. One of our Guest Gallery photographers, Jeff Massie calls this area "home" and recently captured a unique shot of someone riding their bicycle across the lake with a furry canine pal close behind. Not a sight you can call commonplace, but of course it helps that the lake is frozen over for the winter. Gets me to wondering if that bicyclist has chains on or perhaps studded tires to keep from spinning in place! :->

Great photo to start the day - sunshine looks good too! Have a wonderful day everyone.

Looks adventurous.

Novel way to get your exercise. Good bet that's his fishing shanty to, eh.

Hey everyone! Don't you recognize that biker is the guy that had a deer over his shoulders on opening day?

Brings back memories of when I was a kid. We wraped baling wire around the bicycle tires. It worked like chains on car tires. Couldn't do it with caliper brakes though.

Yes! That is the Gentleman. Thanks for posting the picture. You are sharp this morning.

Slip sliding away,
Slip sliding away,
You know you're near your destination
the more you're slip sliding away.

Beautiful spot at Teal Lake. I had a cousin who took a tumble off of Teal Lake Bluff back in the late 40s or early 50s. Busted her up a bit, but she lived through it. We used the park area for picknics.

Im 3 miles down the road from there

Is it me or does that ice shack look like it's a bit tilted? Maybe it's just the way the picture was taken.

I don't think it's you, James -- looks like that's the way the wind blows on the portable shanty. The biker dude is pretty straight up and down. (or round and round, depending)

I had a beater mountain bike set-up to ride in the wintertime. One of the keys was to run a couple of dozen short drywall screws through each tire (from the inside out) and then use plenty of duct tape on the inside of the tire to ensure the screw heads would not puncture the innertube. Used to ride the smowmobile trail from Dollar Bay to campus and back several times a week (weather permitting). Cheaper than gas and it worked pretty well! To keep my front warm on the really cold days I would place a few folded pages from the Daily Mining Gazette between my sweater and jacket.

My kiddies used to deflate their bike tires partially so they would get more traction on the ice.

Ahhhh, Teal Lake, I remember a "first kiss" there. At that moment it was the most beautiful place on earth

Lots of good memories of Teal Lake. City said we couldn't swim there so we would take a trail thru the woods and go skinny dipping at the White Rocks. What a blast. The circus could wash their elephants in the lake, but we couldn't swim in it. Hmmmmm.

Hey Mary,

Sorry to correct you, but the rocks around Teal Lake are Precambrian in age. They are composed of the Goodrich Quartzite (which I believe are pictured), Siamo Slate, and some dacite volcanics.

Sorry for the late post, but "better late than never".....

Beautiful picture not too far from where we live!

I could not believe my eyes when I saw the picture of the person riding their bike on the frozen lake with their dog following beside!!!! We had been up to Michigan Tech for winter carnival and were on our way home and were getting ready to stop at Grandma T's (?) in Negaunee and saw the same scene. This would have been on Sunday, Feb. 13th. I could not get to my camera quick enough and was disappointed. What were my chances of getting another oppertunity for a picture like that?? Needless to say, when I saw your photograph it made me very happy. Thank you.

"Home of the Winter Cyclist and Other Crazy People"
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This site discusses Tire studs and even Tire chains for Bicycles, Etc. Lots of valuable technical information is available there.