Author: John
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Baby Powder your tires as well as your tubes
I may not be the last person to figure this out; however, I feel like it. I apply talc (baby powder) to my tubes to restrict pinch flats and ease all sorts of issues. And to speed finding objects in my tires I always mount the same way, the label on the tire is bisected…
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Top Rail-Trails
Thinking about quiet rides when I drive across the country this summer I came upon this on Trails.Com. Now all I have to do is find something free with a few more comments. http://www.trails.com/toptrails.aspx?area=12399
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Dixie Mountain
Did this ride Memorial Day, 2009 for the first time. I tried to input it via MapMyRide.com which put out a nice map, but was miserable to work with as I was using the free version and not the paid version so every point you edit it scrolls off the screen. So far, that leaves…
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Report Collisions
My wife observed the results, the car did stop and assist, a collision outside Movie Madness on Belmont. I reminded her to post on BikePortland.org and specifically could not remember the link to the reporting database: B-SMaRT ~ Bike Safety Monitoring and Reporting Tool community based data to improve bike safety http://bikeportland.org/closecall/home.php A reminder to…
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Find the Gnomes Ride
From the book Rubber To The Road a web site Rubber to the Road is produced by Dave Guettler. Ride information for this website is compiled and written by Jacob Erker. Rides from the print series by Peter Marsh and Otis Rubottom. I did the Find the Gnomes ride which has a detailed map at…