Author: John
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5 of America’s 100 Best Beer Bars are in Portland
According to Draft Magazine who rated America’s 100 best beer bars for 2013, these Portland Bars are in the top 100 of the country. Stop in to all of them. Yes, thanks for the input, I know I put Seattle Bars in there as well, but hey, I drive up there a lot. APEX…
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Video: How to True a Bicycle Wheel
Someone sent me this video from YouTube, it is hard to cull out a good one on any subject, the same with truing a bicycle wheel. This one is good.
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My New Bike Light–CygoLite Metro 300
This Christmas I purchased myself a CygoLite Metro 300, and have just mounted it on my commuter bike for tomorrow morning. It was a gift to keep myself alive. Over the last month or two, as the days get dark and rainy, cars have missed my older, and not too bad, headlight, and it has…
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Portland Ripplebrook 200K
Image from route on Ride With GPS Lynne writes about her pre-ride of the Portland Ripplebrook last June. I would like to ride a few more rides like this during 2013. She has more pics as well. We finished at 7:04 for an elapsed time of 12:04. I think that urban riding bit at the…
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Effective Cycling
"In cycling, practical experience still outruns science." Bradley Wiggins’ amazing Tour de France and Olympic gold medal wins has inspired us to take a break from swimming posts to dive back into John Forester’s Effective Cycling. Here’s an excerpt from Forester’s “The Physiology and Technique of Hard Riding” chapter: Abilities of Cyclists Cycling is by…