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Archive for July, 2008

Commuting

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Commute | No Comments »

A post over on MTBR hit the spot: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=4727185#post4727185 I'm glad to be commuting, and it has nothing to do with the $4 I save each time I ride. Some of it has to do with this article: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/1994/pages/13.htm Mostly though, commuting ...

Weekend Recap

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Rides, trips | No Comments »

We headed to Nederland for a quickie camping trip, just last night. This morning, we packed up and headed to a trailhead juat outside of the wilderness boundary. There's far away parking, and there's close in parking - the close ...

98 degrees

Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Commute | No Comments »

It was hot today. Not so much on my way to work at 7am, but certainly on my way home at 5. Damned hot. I took it easy on the way home, drank lots, and tried to enjoy the heat ...

Firecracker 50

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Racing, trips | No Comments »

I did the second half of the Firecracker 50 again. I was nervous waiting, watching folks finish their first lap. Once out on the initial climb up Boreas, I was nervous. I could feel the day before's ride in my ...