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Head and Heart
I read this KGMI post on Facebook today. The post mentions a claim that President Trump is housing children in concentration camps and says that Rick Larsen will speak about how families belong together at a local protest. I found this “news” item by KGMI to be both divisive and dehumanizing towards our President and…
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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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I Don’t Approve, I Understand
Spock said something really similar to my title in one of the original series episodes. Aliens were waging war using computers, with people voluntarily killing themselves whenever the computer said it was their turn. That plan avoided the messiness of war, but also avoided the ending of the war. People had been dying century…
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Raleigh R600 Road Bike
I tend to be cheap, maybe frugal, and I have an appreciation for vintage and unique bikes so I usually buy used bikes that I can service and then enjoy riding. I’ve only purchased a few bikes new off the showroom floor, with this Raleigh R600 being both the last and most expensive of my…
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North County Loop
Saturday was a nice morning for a long road ride. As a fitness goal, I signed up for the 100 mile Tour de Whatcom in July, so it is getting to be the time that I need to get my body used to the long miles on a road bike. Fitness levels for road biking…
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The Way I Do Galbraith
This is the way I do Galbraith. Push, Pull, Drag and lately riding up Galbraith Lane up to the towers to get a good workout. Then pick a trail and enjoy the ride down because it was earned on the way up. I’m not up there to fly through the air off some downhill ramp,…
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