Done this event?please rate it Tour de Carbs? For the last five years, I’ve spent the first weekend in August riding either Tour de Peaks or RSVP. It’s unfortunate the rides overlap, but I chose to do the Tour de Peaks again. TdP attracts more casual cyclists than many local events, which is great because […]
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Last Thursday, after dissecting the booth and sending it back to the mother ship, I planned to spend the morning biking. I headed west along Wilshire. Crossing under I-405 was nerve-wracking for the expected reasons. As soon as I could, I jumped over to a (slightly) less-crowded road, following it to Highway 1. My intent
After my visiting my long-time friend Mitch in Los Angeles last week to chart our course of continued blog dominance, I decided it would be worthwhile to accelerate my foray into yoga. It’s done wonders for Mitch’s flexibilty, complementing his regimen of Tae Kwan Do, surfing and cycling. I am uncomfortable with the spirituality aspect,
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I’m headed to Los Angeles today to spend the week visiting customers and stafffing our booth the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (basically similar to last year’s USNCCM-equivalent). Since Ride Around Washington is a scant five weeks away, I am bringing my bike in hopes of getting some hot-weather riding. I know: “a bicycle? In
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Lake Chelan is located in the central part of Washington, north of Wenatchee. I biked in the general area last year for the Chelan Century Challenge. I didn’t participate in the ride this year, but am considering doing so next year.
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I rode a modified version of the century edition of the 7 Hills of Kirkand (map, cue sheet, review it) yesterday. The Joe-Bob summary: 100.1 miles. 5,700′ of elevation gain. Rider-fu. Seven dead animal sightings. Two sore everythings. One “You really rode R.A.W.? On that thing?” flying hatchet-to-the-head comment. Three stars.
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After work, I biked to Seattle’s Gas Works Park to participate in the Ride of Silence, an event to honor those who have been injured or killed while cycling on a public roadway. I arrived to a massive turnout. People kept directing us to the back of the maze, a line that seemed to go