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After a long hiatus...
July 1, 2008
So, I let this blog go fallow for a couple years – I was trying out other ways of posting stuff (iWeb using my Mac) as well as buying a house, getting married, selling the house, buying another house, etc.
During that time I put together a different blog, focused on letting our friends and relatives know what our family is up to. That’s not a good outlet for rants, technology, bike fetish, and such, so I’m reviving this one at last!
Enjoy.
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Handbuilt bicycle show pictures
March 27, 2006
Here are some pics from the handbuilt bike show I went to. It really revived some of my enthusiasm for nice bikes! I had planned to take lots of pictures, but there was a big sign at the entrance saying “no photography” and I wimped out :-(
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Observations from the field
March 24, 2006
I found this note I made in May of 2001:
I have seen more people muttering in Washington D.C. than any other place I can remember -- They look normal, but you can see their lips moving as they walk along. Some of them you can hear, engaging in a public dialog with themselves.
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Alpine Colorado by Bike
February 12, 2006
The Adventure Cycling Association’s Colorado Alpine Expedition looks like fun…
For each of four days we will ride 30 to 40 miles on dirt roads and cross a high alpine pass between 12,000 and 13,000 feet in elevation. Set in southwest Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, often described as the "Switzerland of America," the route encompasses the legendary Alpine Loop, and then includes two additional days of riding above timberline. We’ll overnight in the lively and historic towns of Telluride, Silverton, Lake City and Ouray, stops that will provide welcome comfort at the end of each big day of high-altitude riding.
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Effective Cycling and love advice
January 24, 2006
Effective Cycling: Here’s a great intro to proper road-riding skills for urban survival… John Forester wrote a giant book on the topic, but the author of this page provides a nice summary, and gives a good sense of the flavor of the book: “Forester also gives you tips on love. (e.g., Make sure your sweetie is a cyclist; noncyclists resent all that time you spend riding.)”