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Summer’s End
Labor Day weekend is looming, the kids are back in school, the traffic is back in the mornings, and multiple tropical systems are swirling around the Atlantic. Must be the end of August. This time last year, we had just survived Hurricane Irene, and were bracing for Tropical Storm Lee. Hopefully, September 2012 will be…
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Breaking the Chain
You’d think after 4 years of bike commuting, I’d have seen every bike malfunction possible. But today on the way in to work, my chain snapped. That was a first. As Murphy’s Law would dictate, it happened while I was crossing an intersection in traffic, going uphill, trying to make a left turn. At first…
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Reboot
I’m easing back into biking regularly after taking most of July off to rest my hip. It’s still not 100%, but it’s manageable. I honestly don’t think the time off the bike made much of a difference. The soreness is in the front part of my left hip, and it happens on downward pedal strokes,…