Mountain Bike Gear Ratios 1x vs 2x setup
I spent some quality time on my Salsa Beargrease and on my Santa Cruz Blur last week. The Beargrease is an awesome bike. It’s a lot of fun to ride and leaves you giggling as you…
Cycling
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Crossed 4000 miles for the year tonight
Tonight riding with the Logan Race Club up Blacksmith Fork Canyon I crossed 4000 miles so far for the year. Thanks to Shawn Collins and Affiliate Summit that’s $4000 towards…
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We are amazing. Riding the MS150
When I was a kid I saved up and purchased a Specialized Rockhopper. For a 14 year old the $450 spent was all the money in the world. It bought Shimano Exage components and a rigid…
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Biking and Raising Money
I woke up at 5:51 this morning and rode hundred miles. I didn’t mean to. I stayed up way to late. I didn’t eat right. I’m filled with excuses. Not meaning to ride sounds odd and…
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I put on a little fat. It’s kinda sexy
Salsa Beargrease The Salsa Beargrease is what happens when a Ferrari and an Abrams Tank have a one night stand. The bastard child of the cycling industry, fat bikes are finding…
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Beautiful day. Had to blow off work for a ride
I’ve spent the winter on a trainer. I don’t mind the experience so much. It’s not like riding outside, but I do it in hopes of maintaining some level of fitness during the winter…
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My Morning Coffee
Plenty of us working stiffs here in the United States wake up each morning a bit groggy as we prepare for another day as a cog in the grind. That means coffee is the most widely…
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Mountain Biking Oahu
Friday I managed to get some mountain biking in. Years ago I read about mountain biking in Hawaii and how awesome it was. It is awesome, but I don’t remember reading about getting…
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Logan Canyon Bridger Lookout
Took the cyclocross bike up the canyon this evening. It’s a great bike and climbs really well. However, the steeper descents in the drops lead me to be a more prayerful man. I…
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Providence Canyon
More pictures from yesterday. This time from Providence Canyon and the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. The Forest Service is putting in a new road which means the top section of the…
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Blacksmith Fork Canyon
I’m at risk of becoming a total cycling tourist but Strava be damned I couldn’t resist stopping do a few pictures up Blacksmith Fork Canyon.
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Logan River Trail
Took the cyclocross bike up Logan Canyon this afternoon. I don’t usually stop to take pictures but today I couldn’t resist. The colors are spectacular:
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Great Ride Up Blacksmith Fork Canyon
Went to Hardware Ranch with Mason and Jeff tonight and had a great time – no snakes. I thought we did pretty good – 44 miles in sub 2 hours. However, a quick check of Strava will…
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Cycling in Teton Valley (Driggs, ID)
Just spent the week with my family in Teton Valley and Grand Teton National Park. After four days of kids, mosquitoes and me biking every day my wife is not going to divorce me so…
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GearSnyper – Be As Broke As Me
I love to ride and I have a serious addiction to the gear that I use when I ride. It’s a nasty combination that frequently results in diarrhea of the wallet. Since I’ve yet to…
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Cycling is for Old Guys
I rode out to Porcupine this morning. I spent the first half the ride cussing at my Polar CS600 since it ‘couldn’t find the sensors’ and the screen kept going out. You’d think…
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Polar CS600 Error 169
I have a Polar CS600 that I use to monitor my rides. I love it except for when it comes time to change the battery. This seemingly simple exercise is much harder than it should…
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Cervelo eRide Came to Logan
Cervelo brought their test ride wagon through town yesterday so I jumped at the chance to go out and pound on someone else’s expensive bike. I and Joel took a couple of S3s up…
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Men in Tights
My MacBook died today. When you write code for a living that really sucks. Then I ran out of M&Ms. That sucks a lot too. Snow be damned when everything else falls apart you simply…
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Justin and Joel’s Epic Mountain Bike Adventure
So today I and Joel decide to go ride mountain bikes. I’ve been stuck in the house all week writing code because I’m to big of a wimp to go ride in the rain. He talks me into a…
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Snakeversary
One year ago today I trashed my knee while riding up Blacksmith Fork Canyon after running over a rattlesnake. This is how my knee looked then: My leg is straight so it is harder…
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First ride up Black Smith Fork canyon this season
The weather in Cache Valley finally improved and so I thought I better take advantage of the situation and ride. After last years run in with a rattle snake I told myself and my…
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First ride of the season
I finally managed to get out and ride today. That is significant because it’s the first time I’ve been outside on a bike since August 22, 2008 – the day I ran over a rattlesnake…
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The Pro Bikers Don’t do This
I keep my bike on the trainer in my office during the winter. My son found a new use for my Madone: . It’s just a guess but I bet the pros don’t use sippy cups.
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Uninspired
The drought of blog posts lately might reflect life in Cache Valley during the winter. The inversions in the valley trap the pollution so in addition to short days and long nights…
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A Very Sexy Madone
Lance ‘s return to cycling is something that I am sure many people are watching with anticipation and curiosity. He is one of the greatest if not the greatest cyclist of all time…
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New Diet
I now weigh 165lbs which means I’ve lost 5lbs. The secret to my diet success is what I like to think of as the consultant stress plan. If you want to loose weight I highly…
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More Stuff You Shouldn’t Hit on a Bike
Just ran into this: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/bear-vs-bike-bicycle-cyclist-missoula-montana.php I guess after hitting a rattle snake on the bike you start to see all…
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My Bike Wreck Could Have Been Worse
Instead of a snake this guy had a branch flip up and go through his leg. The pictures are gruesome enough to make me want to hurl and make my accident look like a little scratch…
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Trek Project One Launched?
Now that my current bike is a few months old my attention turns once again to bike adultery. I keep reading that the new Project One site is up, but when I visit the site I still…
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Why Cyclists Shave Their Legs. The Most Disgusting Post I Will Ever Make
It’s now a bit more than two weeks since I had an unfortunate incident with a serpent. While the leg is actually healing quite nicely I the joy of bending my knee has become a…
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Trek XXX Lite Handlebars – Single Use Item
I managed to get out and inspect my bike a bit more tonight. Turns out that I did more than just scrap the handlebars. Putting any downward pressure on the hoods bends the right…
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Cycling Reduces Your Risk of Cancer
So says a new study by some Swedish guys. Unfortunately, increases your chances of running into a rattlesnake by nearly 1,000%.
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Appreciate the Little Things
I took sort of an actual bath today. I love to shower so it really stinks that I have to find alternate means to clean up. I managed to sit in the bath and shower off a bit this…
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Found Some Stuff
I managed to find my riding glasses and my bike computer today. Neither were cheap, but it is interesting how little you care about that stuff when there is a gaping hole in your…
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Ways to Not Make Use of Your Health Insurance – Cyclist vs. Rattlesnake
Over the years I have seen a couple of bike wrecks. In one the rider’s frame was snapped in half and he took a LOT of skin off his back. It was a good thing he had a helmet. It…
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Secrets and Inspirations
I have an embarrassing secret. I love cycling (not the embarassing secret unless you count running around in skin tight shorts as embarassing). No, the big secret is that when I…
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Riding to Work Again
With all the moving around and general craziness at work I haven’t been able to ride to work as much. I finally managed to ride in again. Regardless of whatever else happens today…
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Eat and Ride
One of my favorite rides is Blacksmith Fork Canyon. If I leave from my house the loop is a little bit more than 40 miles most of which is in the canyon. During the summer it is a…
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First Real Ride on the New Trek Madone 6.9
I wasn’t going to go for a long ride so I didn’t eat lunch and only put a couple of granola bars in my pockets. Then I called Joel and said let’s go for a ride. He was good with…
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First Real Ride on the New Trek Madone 6.9
I wasn’t going to go for a long ride so I didn’t eat lunch and only put a couple of granola bars in my pockets. Then I called Joel and said let’s go for a ride. He was good with…
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Winter Was Hard on us Both
I have had colds off and on over the past few months which gave me a great excuse to ignore my bike trainer and be lazy. I had no idea just how bad it had gotten. While sitting in…
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First ride on the new Madone
I brought my bike home from the shop and in spite of the fact that everyone was eating dinner by the time I got home I gave in and went for a ride. You can’t just bring it home…
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Weather in Logan Not Conducive to New Bike
My new bike shows up today so what happens? This is Logan, Utah so it snows of course.
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Visited My New Madone This Morning
I am sure the bike shop is sick of me, but I don’t care. I visit a lot. The new Madone showed up at the shop this morning so I paid it a visit. Here are the pictures: New Madone…
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More on my new Madone 6.9
Sure I am a bit obsessed, but I have been tracking my bike’s movements from the Trek factory to the local shop. At 6:07pm it hit Salt Lake City. It should be here tomorrow. Maybe…
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Bought the Trek Madone 6.9
UPDATE: First ride on the new Trek Madone 6.9 with pictures After a year of waiting. After months of deliberating size, components and Project One or stock I walked into the shop…
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2008 Trek Madone Dilema
I have waited a year now to buy the perfect bike. For a while I was tempted to go with the 5.2, but why be responsible when you can spend an insane amount of money to shave a…
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Happy Smiley Guy
I can’t ever seem to remember Brent Carpenter’s name which is probably rude, but I have heard people here in Logan refer to him as happy, smiley guy. Almost any day of the week he…
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Let Levi Ride
Team Astana has been barred from the Tour de France and all other ASO events this year which means that Levi Leipheimer won’t be able to ride which is absurd. Team Astand is…
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Trek Madone Lust
My wife will kill me I am sure, but this morning I dropped by the bike shop. I had a few minutes and if I go in the morning I can work with the shop manager which is always a…
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Recreational Cyclists Should Not Ride Like the Pros
Well sort of. The pros have great techniques. They are fun to watch. You want legs like then and their bikes are awesome. You can learn about how to climb hills and how to sprint…
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Trek Project One Update
I just got a notification about the status of Trek’s Project One. Even if there are a few kinks left to work out and even though the pricing isn’t on the site just yet I am…
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Project One Goes Live With the New Madones
Just in time for riding season Trek has decided to turn on Project One. I am not sure if that means that they are planning on fulfilling those orders before the end of summer or…
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Logan Cycling Psychopaths
I like to ride, but I won’t be joining these guys. I must be getting old since riding in the middle of the night in the cold doesn’t seem especially appealing. I’ll stick to the…
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2008 Tour de France – Don’t Watch It
As long as I am ranting about everything under the sun I may as well add the Tour de France to the list. This year they have banned Team Astana from participating. The result of…
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2008 Trek Madonne Disappoints Big Time
It is no secret that I have been excited to see the new 2008 Trek Madonne for a while. I have now seen the 5.5 and 5.2 in the local shop. They say they will get a 6.5. I am still…
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Trek Project One Delayed
During the winter I become a little less obsessed with bikes. The fact that the only place I have to ride is in my office on my trainer while it is 19 degrees outside doesn’t…
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Cycling Pack Mentality
Cycling is an interesting individual sport that requires teams. That seems like a paradox, whenever you are riding you are alone. There is no one to pass the ball to. There are no…
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Olympic Cycling Considering Move to Ogden
There is an article on KSL indicating that USA Olympic cycling might move to Ogden (Utah). Again on Velo news. Given the strong community of cyclists in Utah and the fact that I…
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Why the medical industry sucks
There is no doubt in my mind that the practitioners in the world of medicine really want to help. At least all the doctors and nurses I have run into have been kind and helpful…
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Cache Valley Century
I rode the Cache Valley Century today. It was 100 miles of pure fun. My legs didn’t cramp up at the end this time and I met new people and I had a chance to ride with a couple of…
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Daily Commute
I rode my mountain bike into work today again. Since riding a mountain bike on the road is like only your SUV to pick up the kids and buy groceries (welcome to America), I needed…
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Returning to my Mistress
I am back. When I say that I mean I am back to my old ways and returning to my mistress of over a year. Cycling punished me with zeal last night, but like a naughty senator I am…
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Rode Blacksmith Fork Canyon Tonight
I’ve never considered myself an athlete. Athletes have to work hard and suffer and compete and stuff. Although, I will likely never compete, cycling has been the closest I have…
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For the People Who Don’t Live Here
My deepest sympathy goes out to all those who don’t make their home in Logan Utah. There are few places that offer as much in the way of the outdoors as here. This past weekend we…
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Finished My First Cycling Century Today
I rode the MS150 today. Originally I wasn’t going to, but my brother was very gung ho and I finally decided that if I was ever going to ride 100 miles I would need a reason to do…
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First Time on the new Santa Cruz Blur XC, and Near Death Experiences
My first chance to really use the new Blur XC came last night just a few hours after I picked it up. Aside from my test ride in the parking lot last night was my first real…
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First Ride on the New Bike tonight
So the new Santa Cruz Blur is very bling. I like to look at it. It makes me happy. It is very light and very silver. Tonight will be the first real trail ride. I’ll let you know…
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Gave up on Road Bike, Going off Road with Santa Cruz Blur XC
Too much research can fry one’s brain. I have been looking for a new road bike forever. In the meantime my lust for the dirt has been growing so I bought a new Blur XC with SRAM…
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Ride Your Bike to Work and Get PAID!!!
Well sort of get paid. Congressman Earl Blumenauer is my new favorite politician. He introduced a bill that would give a tax break to people who ride their bike to work. With gas…
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2008 Madone Seatpost, and Trek love/hate
Interesting discussion on the new 2008 Trek Madone seatpost. Some people like it others hate it. There seem to be plenty of people that don’t like Trek just because they are a big…
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2008 Trek Madone Weight
Light Bikes posted stating the new Madone weighs 1400 grams (about 3lbs) for the frame, fork, headset and seatpost (integrated). Weight weenies rejoice. I know I am happy.
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Differences Between the Trek Madone 6.9 and 6.5
In my hour of pain as I lament the fact that I will have to wait until September to get a new Madone I have been doing some investigating. As per my previous post on Madone…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 10th through June 11th
These are my links for June 10th through June 11th: Carmichael Training Systems: The Coaching Files: Nutrition for the Long Haul – Bike-Community.net – Mountainbike Forums – Up…
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New Shimano Ultegra
Shimano has released a new version of their Ultegra group. It comes in an ice grey color which is pretty cool and a bit lighter. The group includes an Ultegra branded compact…
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Why Trek Why?
I just went down to order a 2008 6.9 Madone. This is a $7900 bike. I am sure Trek wants my money, but damn it I want the bike. I read that they were already in production, but it…
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More Trek 2008 Madone Love
I don’t mean to be to big of 2008 Madone fan boy, but it is a sexy bike and my lust is driving me ever closer to droping the 6-8k required to put one of these under my butt (For…
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2008 Trek Madone prices
UPDATE: I bought a Madone 6.9 UPDATE: Here’s my first ride and first review of my new 2008 Trek Madone 6.9 As a follow up to my 2008 Trek Madone post I have some prices. I am sure…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for June 7th
These are my links for June 7th: Rails Forum / Ruby on Rails Help and Discussion Forum / Tutorials – trekbikes.com: – The Paceline.com – The Official Fan Club of Lance Armstrong…
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2008 Trek Madone
I am writing Ruby code today and all of a sudden I need a fix for bike porn so I do my usual search for Time bikes, this time the Time VXS which is supposed to be a comfort bike…
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I can feel the fat finding its way back to my waste
Biking makes me hungry. My body starts to tune into the fact that it needs to eat, a lot. I have to say no, but then I see chocolate and I start to think, “a little isn’t so bad.”…
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Logan Canyon
I have never ridden Logan Canyon. I was always to worried about traffic. We tried it today. It is a fun ride. The road follows the river up the canyon and there are plenty of…
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Want to lose weight?
I like how the title sounds so very spam like. I have lost 25 lbs since I started biking. 10 lbs in the past 2 months. So if you want to know my secret pay close attention: GET…
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More on my bike dilema
Bicycle ride quality is hard to describe, but is easy to feel when you are on a bike. With all the bikes I have ridden in the past few months I have made sure to include a couple…
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I love Calfee, Strong, and Time bikes
I have been seriously investing a new road bike for a few months now. By serious I mean visiting a lot of bike shops, reading every forum I can find and posting questions to some…
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Rails Conf Day One Impressions
I ended up with a major migraine yesterday towards the end of David Black’s talk so I didn’t get a chance to finish up the post. Don’t worry I probably won’t. My overall…
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Diet
I haven’t been riding in about a month which really sucks because I am gaining back weight. The trainer is almost setup though – have to make space in the basement – so I hope to…
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More riding and I feel like crap
I had the chance to ride Smithfield canyon after work. Riding in the fall is interesting. The weather is warm and then cold so dressing correctly is difficult. The canyon is…
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Tired… again
Last week I rode around Bear Lake – 52 miles. The next day it was up BlackSmith Fork canyon – 27 miles. Stupid wasp hit me in the lip on the way back and stung me. My mouth swoll…
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Ruby made me fatter so I had to do something
For years I have relied soley on typing to keep me in shape. Most of the frameworks I have used managed to help me keep the pounds off. They required plenty of code and my fingers…