Category: Cycling
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Jones H-Bar
Consider me sold on the Jones H-Bar, at least for the Kona Dew that I ride mostly on mixed loops of pavement, paths and light single track. I purchased from Jones, installed it a few months back, and now have several hundred miles of riding on them. I was interested in them because as I…
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Another Tire
A few months ago I wrote about Another Way to do my regular gravel/trail/pavement loop. That ride I did riding my Kona Dew shod in a used set of Schwalbe Marathon touring tires that I had hanging around the garage. The Marathons worked good on the roads and gravel, even doing okay on the path’s.…
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What Can I Say
What can I say? Queen’s Bicycle Race is a classic like no other, it has to be played. Then there’s the that one line from We Will Rock You that has become a staple on rides with my son and his friend; You got mud on your face, big disgrace, Somebody better put you back…
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Sans Food Cycling
I once wrote a post about “riding while fat” because to one degree or another I’ve allowed myself to be too heavy for at least the last 20+ years of my life while all the time, still enjoying getting out on a bike. Even fat, exercising kept the devil at bay for awhile. Eventually…
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Numpties, Assholes and Canadians
Likely the most important base assumption that I think every cyclist should make before venturing out on the road is this; every car, every truck, every bus, every vehicle of every kind is out to run you over. You do this because if you start from this position then you are starting out in safest…
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Adaptive Cycle Expo 2018
Bikes and mechanical things are part of my comfort zone and, to be real, people with disabilities are usually way out of my comfort zone. So why volunteer for this type of event? Because comfort or no comfort, in my gut it seemed like the right thing to do and it also involves bikes (of sorts). …
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