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  • My Favorite Droid App: Strava

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    Must be somebody else’s as well.  Now if I just get some waterproof way of carrying this for the winter I could keep using it.  What I like best about the app is that it got me out to try the West Hills this summer. 2011 Velo Awards: Strava is the Technical Innovation of the…

  • Nice Track Tires

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    When is it too cold and icy to ride?  When these tires look good!

  • Hindsight 35 on Christmas Wish List

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    I have no idea if this works or not, the pictures are from Interbike 11.  If it does work I wouldn’t mind it for Christmas. This rear blinky doubles a camera. The head unit also works as a cyclocomputer, not sure all the details because I was too caught up with the camera technology.

  • Advice a Father Passes To His Son About Tires

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    I was working on installing new tires, Schwalbe Marathon Plus w/ SmartGuard wire, that Rivendell Bikes got me to ride across the country: 4200 miles and 0 flats.  Eventually they do wear out. If I had advice to give my son it would be this: Spend a lot of money on the tires.  The $/mile…

  • Christmas Wish List: Handpresso

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    Does anyone know if this works? If it does, I want this for my next Adventure around the country. Handpresso Wild is at the core of the NOMADIC ESPRESSO. Simple, light, elegant and compact, it works without electricity. It has all the basic qualities to make a premium quality coffee anywhere. Travels with you Small…

  • Layering: as easy as 1, 2, or 3

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    Fall is turning chilly with the temps in the low 40s this morning and going colder tomorrow.  I found this article by Elizabeth on Bike Commuters, written for Chicago to be useful.  Certainly Portland is not as cold as Chicago, but the east Gorge Wind provides subzero chill factors during Winter and so I always…

  • The Zombie Apocalypse Will Not Be Motorized

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    From the PathLessPedaled and for sale on spreadshirt.com.