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Tag: Tour de Whatcom

  • Coming Up Fast

    Coming Up Fast

    July 1st.  That’d make the Tour de Whatcom only 3 weeks away.  Am I ready?  Not quite, but close.  I logged 60 miles again today, including fixing a flat in Lynden, and still felt ok when I got home.   Perhaps even a little less stiff than I was after last weekend’s ride of similar…

  • Raleigh R600 Road Bike

    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…

  • North County Loop

    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…