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15 Riding Days ’til Christmas
After not working a single 5-day work week in November, I have 3 straight full weeks of work between now and the extended Christmas break, starting today. Weather (and health) permitting, I’m hoping to turn that into 15 rides. This morning was my first ride of the season that truly felt like winter. It was…
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Fixed Gear Comfort
I’m beginning to notice a trend. The more often I ride my fixed-gear bike, the more comfortable it seems to get. Last week I took my first ride on it in about 3 weeks, and my shoulders and wrists were bothering me after the first half hour. Now, a week and about 5 rides later,…
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Single Track
I rode on single track Sunday for the first time in around 15 years. I had forgotten how different it was from road biking. I woke up Sunday morning with a bit of an upset stomach, so I didn’t want to do anything too strenuous, but I wanted to get out and test-ride my newly…
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Warm November
November hasn’t been a very prolific month for riding to work. Looks like I’m on pace to top February, but that’s not saying much. I was out the first 2 weeks of the month, and it’s already a shortened month due to the Thanksgiving holiday. As a matter of fact, weather permitting, I may actually…
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Mountain Bike Almost Ready
Got my old ’93 Rockhopper almost to the point where I’m ready to ride it. To recap, I’ve replaced the fork, headset, stem, chain, brake shoes, and brake cables, and cleaned and adjusted the hubs, derailleurs and brakes. I also put a rear rack on it. This weekend I’m hoping to take it out for…
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Peeling Onions
Among the many joys of home improvement projects, are the little complications that come up and make a project take longer, cost more, etc. Certain kinds of projects are more likely to result in this than others, and a prime example is installing replacement windows. I decided I was going to install 6 replacement windows…
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Back in the saddle
After 2 weeks of business trips, I’m ready to get back into the riding routine. I managed to sneak in a quick ride around the BWI trail on Monday. I have today and Friday scheduled as vacation days, but I decided to go in today because it was a good excuse to ride my bike…