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  • Keeping the Rubber Side Down

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    I have had a great deal of mail on the tires.  I had my tires recommended by the folks at Rivendell Bicycle Works and that made all the difference.  Keven may not think I am riding on a wide enough tire, and he had to work a great deal for him to get me on…

  • Keeping Goals

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    I completed the Adventure Cycling TransAm from Yorktown, VA to Portland, OR this summer. I had two cycling goals for the ride. First, try to ride as close to 100 miles per day as possible, given that towns are so far apart, I averaged 98.6 mpd.  I like how I chased this goal as I…

  • Summer 2010: Rode Across the US

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    This summer I haven’t posted as I was out riding across the TransAmerica, TransAm, #acatransam!

  • Using RondePDX as a Training Ride

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    I am writing this in the room closest to the front door where I await UPS delivering my Atlantis from Rivendell Bicycle Works.  I leave for VA in mid June and I am contemplating attempting the RondePDX legendary route for training purposes.  While I know it seems silly, I do recall the mountains.  It seems silly…

  • Choosing the Right Bike Shop – Rivendell Bicycle Works

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    So my plans changed, apparently the Sam Hillborne was not the right bike for me.  It sounds silly to say it as I would have been happy to have had it and happy to have ridden it.  I believe it would have been with me a very long time.  But the frames weren’t going to…

  • TransAm Thousand Mile Club: A Trip Inside Myself

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    Inspired by the California Triple Crown I have crystallized one of my secret goals into an actual goal for the adventure which is the TransAm.  I was reading on their blog about “The Rollercoaster” which is the whole emotional up and down that comes along with riding long distances.  I didn’t know it existed as…

  • Sauvie Island Ride and iPhone Shakeout

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    My iPhone shakeout continues to prepare for my cross country TransAm ride later this year. I was able to upload a waypoint to TrackMyTour.com.  And this morning, on Danielle’s advice, I did download MS Windows Live Photo Gallery and stitched together my first panorama. I am learning to overlap all the images as it was…