Category: Bikes and biking
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The 5 reasons to buy gear
Allow me to begin here at the end: gear should be a means to an end. And not just any end, but a good end. Ryan Jordan has recently written a superlative post on just this point, building on his interpretation of what a good end should be. I agree with him, I’ve written here…
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Cost/Benefit
The question which is, when attached to outdoor gear, the most relevant (and certainly most interesting) of all. Is item X worth it? The first photo ever posted on Bedrock & Paradox: me riding my old Gunnar Rockhound on Mt Elden, AZ in the summer of 2006. It’s a good point of departure. wondering if…
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Future plans
Bill Hatcher photo; the legendary Dial-Tobin-Adkins Alaska Range bike traverse. Look at that tiny pack! The past weekend of fun and the extensive germ exposure of my job caught up to me, and I’ve spent the past two days feeling achey and sluggish, trying to not get any more ill. Hopefully it works. Life up…
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Cases for and against Armstrong
Call it “physiologically believable” (which many don’t like, but I use it with its obvious intention), or call it signs of change, I do believe that the Tour is slower, and that the days of 6.3W/kg for 40 minutes are now the stuff of highlights and commemorative DVDs. -Science of Sport, 7/23/10 For a…
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2010: in review
Running through all these Christmases is the sense of an emotional cadenza at the end of the year, a braiding of feelings like hope, renewal, nostalgia, love, joy and exhaustion. Yet in the stories about this holiday, it’s surprising how often we’re reminded of a darker life, full of isolation, penury, greed, despair and the…
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Adventure film-making after Youtube (Banff World Tour review)
I’ve been lucky enough to see the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour three times now; in LA in 2008, Missoula in 2009, and here in Kalispell last night. Even in that short time the dynamic of the films showcased seems to have changed. The world tour makes a wide selection of films shown at…
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When in doubt, ride
I came home in an evil mood. There is one direct solution: get out. It worked. It’s not Missoula, but we have some ok riding. I also gave my new Homebrewed Components Nut Tugger. I prefer the simplicity of track ends (not that I’ve owned a bike with an EBB or sliders), and while the…
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Twothousandeleven
I finished the first part of the year in review video last night, so it is now time to start thinking about next year (like we haven’t all been assembling race calenders for a month already; I’m waiting on the Classic to set a date). On Sunday night I slept restlessly, and as the alarm…
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My current thoughts on shells
Monday, for moment, is gear day. Check the last few mondays for thoughts on base layers and footwear. This article will be much shorter than either of the previous, because the subject is much simpler. You need shells to keep wind and precipitation out. Wear as little shell as you can get away with given…
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