Category: N.O.S.
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Graven images
M’s tomato seedlings, amongst the ruins of the last months’ training. The fleet. New additions: NOS WTB SST on the monkey, Gobi XM on the Lenz, XDXs all over (save a WW on the heavy front wheel), Arch/Comp/Hope Pro II SS (old one) rear wheel on the Lenz, Obama spoke cards. Mike builds pretty wheels.…
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Bixler Trail, Bill Williams Mountain
First, I should have brought a camera, but didn’t. Felt like a silly choice standing at 9k, watching massive thunderheads unload on the Lonesome Valley (location of our home) 50 miles to the south. I did bring the GPS, intent on map generation for this presentation, but neglected to check for signs of life in…
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JMT futures
So, next year (if plans allow, and later if they do not) I plan to make a self-supported speed hike of the John Muir Trail. My post back in the beginning of January has the beginnings of all this, and the trip last month gives me a sense of the terrain, and what I’ll need…
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Independence
Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil… Absolute governments, (tho’ the disgrace of human nature) have this advantage with them, they are simple; if the people suffer, they know the head from which their suffering springs; know likewise the remedy; and are not…
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Preaching to the choir
A more systematic effort to train drivers to ignore road conditions can hardly be imagined. By training drivers to drive according to the signs rather than their judgment in great conditions, the American system also subtly encourages them to rely on the signs rather than judgment in poor conditions, when merely following the signs would…
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Vacation 2.0
It appears that I may be putting the blogger on hiatus for a bit. Too much fun, too much work, not enough interest to do much with this here thing. I may be going into Jj mode… Back on the weekend before last, M made the hard choice to not go on the trip. She…
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KMC 2008, and vacation
KMC is done for the year. Results on the race blog. Harris killed it on his Siren singlespeed, Brian and Calvin tied, I busted out my best race effort ever on a bike to round out the finishers, and Chad and Nathan rode bonus AZT and “bailed” back on the road. Andy and Rob put…
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Friday news
The Tour Divide has begun! Follow the drama! Chris will soon be off, too. Check in on him. In general, the TD/GDR should provide some good surprises this year. And that’s all I’m sayin’ for now….. RAAM also rolls along, though most of the riders are through our neck of the woods by now. The…
Bedrock & Paradox 