Category: N.O.S.
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Absolute Bikes Old Fashioned Bike race: August 25th. Chad is going, sounds fun, and fast. The road climb spreads the elevation nicely, and the traversing singletrack is fun, with lots of moderate rock gardens. The question becomes: Lev, or fixed? Needless to say I’d enter Expert, no point driving that far to ride 20 miles…
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Midge v. WTB
Posted up some thoughts on the two bars here. Overall, the WTB experiment has been a failure. I’ll be pack-ratting them for a little while, but they may go up on the block soon enough. My right wrist is in agony this morning, I think because that’s the side I’ve got the front brake on,…
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Mountain Fixie ride
The newest iteration of the monkey got out for some fun this evening. And fun it was. I managed to crash on a slick granite ledge in the first 90 seconds, taking a few chunks out of my knee and Brooks. Afterwards, I got the spin and hover descending bit ok. The bike is a…
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One Last Thing
Before the weekend begins. Zion National Park has released what seems (but is not specified as) it’s final draft backcountry management plan. What stood out to me, after slogging through the 88 pages, was the extent to which it doesn’t change the status quo. And that is, I think, for the most part okay. The…
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Off
I was up til nearly midnight finishing The Deathly Hallows last night. For those still in it, beware: the last ~250 pages sets the hook deep and wouldn’t let me go until the end. In a good way. I will say only this more: I liked it. Lots. Otherwise, the unplanned break from serious cycling…
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"Racing"
Sources: Dave Nice’s excellent thoughts The CTR debate I had a fantastically dense post all worked up earlier, before the computer crashed an blogger’s auto-save proved itself to be a big lie. This is a question worth pondering, but I’m annoyed at lost words and lethargic with an afternoon nap and belly full of sushi.…
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Trail 401
Fantastic work by Fred M the day before the CBC. Blair Choate and myself showing evidence that this may be one of the best trails on the planet. I like to think of myself as a fashion icon.
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On sport
If he could, Mayoux said, he would tell the riders, “Please don’t make it dirty. Keep it a real sport. It’s not important the speed that they do the Tour de France. The race is what is important.” Exactly. We all like to see the titans of our passions at the height of their powers,…
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Temporary Goodbye
The Lev is going back to it’s maker tomorrow to get doctored, sad but better done now. It’s almost dialed in, but I’ve been spending waay more time than I care to wrenching lately. The end is almost in sight. Had a great shakedown ride with the new cockpit. May need a shorter stem (40…
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If anyone out there wants to purchase, for cheap, a barely used left/front Ultegra triple brifter, do let me know. Otherwise it’s going on the ‘bay.
Bedrock & Paradox 