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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Ride One Kilometer for Each Year of Age?
Okay, the US tradition is to ride a mile for each year on your birthday, but I’ll give this guy a pass. He only rode 100km, but at 100 years of age. Did it in 4 hours 17 minutes, too. … Continue reading
The $100 Mistake
I’ve been riding my Orbea Orca for 5 years. My wife got it for a good deal on eBay and I love the bike. And the wife. I hated the Orca’s saddle though. It was one of those narrow, hi-tech, … Continue reading
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Quickest Bike Change Ever?
If you follow professional cycling, you’ll know that sometimes when a rider has a mechanical issue, he’ll just exchange his bike for a fresh one from his team car. Like a NASCAR pit stop, speed is the essence. Here’s a … Continue reading
Killing the Hydra
Books have been written on what I don’t know about training. For the most part, I keep in mind Eddie Mercx’s advice about getting stronger on a bike: Ride lots. And the years I ride lots, I’m stronger than the … Continue reading
Why Some Motorists Hate Cyclists
I was once one of those drivers who got angry at the slightest delay imposed by a cyclist. Being an essentially civil person, I never acted on that anger, but I cursed the windshield more than once. I’ve since become … Continue reading
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Good Blog on Perspective
Any blog post that has an editor endoing (Copy editor – Is that even a word?) into a snow field has my attention. http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/06/bikes-and-tech/the-torqued-wrench-perspective-and-80-percent_224965
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A Whooping Good Ride
Three of us showed for yesterday’s Sunday ride – one of my regular riding buddies, the new guy, and me. The new guy is 22, the same age as my oldest son. We ran into him on the road a … Continue reading
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Deerfield Dirt Road Randonnee
I was poking around Bicycling magazine’s website, and a Selene Yeager blog caught my eye: http://bicycling.com/blogs/fitchick/2012/08/22/randonneuring-a-love-story/. Yeager talks about a randonnee – which is a long, organized, and timed bike ride – in Deerfield, Mass., only about two hours from me. … Continue reading
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It’s the Second Curve That Gets You
After climbing Skiff Mountain last Sunday, what went up had to come down. We hit a glorious 2 mile descent on Clark Mountain Road in New York. Partway along this newly paved bit of heaven is an S-turn. I took … Continue reading
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