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  • Enginerve doing Ronde PDX on May 30

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    Missed the Ronde PDX on the day of the 2011 Amstel Gold so planning on tackling the route, shown below, on May 30th in the morning. Let me know if you are interested. We ride to finish! 04/01/2010 Route Find more Cycling Routes / Bike Rides in Portland, OR

  • The Making of a Soulcraft

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    FROM STEEL: The Making of a Soulcraft from michael evans on Vimeo. Filmmaker Michael John Evans sets out to visually portray “the zone” which one enters when their craft is honed. Sean Walling, owner of Soulcraft, builds top notch custom steel bicycle frames. This short film documents Sean’s fabrication methods: a well choreographed dance of…

  • Weather Underground Road Trip Planner

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    Disclaimer: I provide a local weather station for Wundermap in support of bike commuters, riders, and local weather forecasting. I ran across this application, Road Trip Planner, on Weather Underground,  for providing weather forecasts to help in planning a road trip.  I like the idea, but entering my own cities seems so time consuming, I…

  • Last Man In House to Switch Cassettes

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    I am the last man in the house to switch cassettes and it allowed me to switch wheels in preparation for building a wheel with a new rim. Commuting is a bit of wear and tear on the equipment. Cassette Cog Lockring Removal and Installation Shimano®, Campagnolo®, Sun Tour®, Sun Race®, Chris King®, DT-Hugi®, and…

  • Found on Internet: Downhill bike race in Chile is insanity at its finest

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    HERE by Justin Delaney (RSS feed) on Mar 3rd 2011 at 3:30PM   VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo. I have seen insanity and it happens on the streets of Valparaiso, Chile. The Valparaiso Cerro Abajo Race is a legendary urban bike race and is more extreme than skydiving out of an exploding…

  • Can Exercise Keep Me Young

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    Well it did wonders for the mice in this study according to the NYTimes. But shiny fur was the least of its benefits. Indeed, in heartening new research published last week in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, exercise reduced or eliminated almost every detrimental effect of aging in mice that had been genetically…

  • Injury Report: What Am I Supposed To Do?

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    Injured my calf in January and now find myself with the injury coming and going having to sit for an extended period of time.  Off the bike as it seems to tighten the calf and then it injures itself running.  After all these years of doing both, it seems odd that I finally am bitten…