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Tout a Gauche
Il ne marche pas. Je marche.I thought about calling this Ernesto and Dario's Excellent Adventure, but it wouldn't really tell the story. If it were a weekday, Ernie and Dario's Day Off would have been...
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Hamburg Cycle Chic
So I spent last week in Hamburg. I had a pretty nasty cold, but I still had a chance to walk around a fair amount. This was the most bike-friendly city I have been in other than Amsterdam. I'm talking...
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Baby Blue Baby
Well I finally got around to finishing up the Luigino. I took all the parts off a Cinelli that is now for sale. I went sort of old school...well at least all aluminum. It's a...
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The Eleven Year Old Bullet Belt
So John and I decided to ride permanent 531 today. You basically ride all over the place for 200k. You start on Mercer Island, roll around Lake Sammamish and then go south to Renton, past the salt...
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Trail-a-Bike
Munchkinhead and I went to the pumpkin patch and BikeWorks. Then we did a trail-a-bike ride to Starbucks today. Not the worst day ever.
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Three Rivers Cruise 200K. With Bonus Tooth Fairy
Munchkinhead is in on the secret of the Tooth Fairy's identity; she thinks it's pretty cool since most of her friends don't yet know. She was out collecting rando food last night.Beautiful ride today....
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Wheel Building 101
Greg decided that it's about time he made up a fixed commuter bike. As part of a highly negotiated deal, I ended up with another Brooks saddle and a promise to put together his wheel.Lizzie was all...
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State Of Clear
I recall from a pseudoscience class that L. Ron Hubbard claimed if you follow Dianetics you can reach a state of clear and see all your past lifetimes. Well I don't know about that, but I thought clear...
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Hors Categorie
So Kent offered to lead a mixed surface ride. He knows dirt; it says so right on his jersey. After a Metro bus brushed me back on Newport Way -- what's up with that? -- four of us rolled out at 10:00...
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This Just In: Brad Still Out Of The Office!
Sometimes on rides, blackberries and iPhones come out at controls. Today was no exception. People check up on news, wives, facebook, etc. Sometimes people even navigate with these things.Today, we...
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When is 480 = 200?
I wanted to get my December R12 in the books early this month. It rained yesterday, and then it dropped below freezing. The roads were pretty darned icy, and they were icy for a long time. I left the...
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Winter Solstace 200K.
No, Munchkinhead didn't ride the 200k, but she did play in the snow. With the requisite kid picture out of the way, we return to our regularly scheduled ride report.Mark sent out an innocent enough...
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New Year's Resolution
Well a few of us headed out on New Year's day for a 200K from Olympia that went out and back along the Hood Canal. Once again, it was wet.We are pretty sure people in cars thought we were doing our one...
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PegoRando
So there are a few bikes in the garage, and I decided to make one of them a lighter rando bike. Dario Pegoretti might just say, "No soup for you!" if he saw this. Or he might just smile and say, "Good...
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Weasels Ripped My Fleche
The Seattle International Randonneurs Fleche is all set for April 16th-17th. Ralph and Carol have been herding cats, and they mentioned that some of you may not have signed up yet. Are you kidding...
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Bellingham 200K
It was a beautiful spring day in the Pacific Northwest. Fenders were left home once again. A guy could forget where he lives if this keeps up. We had a fantastic route with about 80 riders. That's...
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An Open Letter to Fatty -- Let me in, and I'll do two laps.
Dear Fatty,Due to an administrative error (I forgot), I failed to sign up for the 100 miles to nowhere. But, you see, I would still like to ride. What can I do? How about you let me in, and I'll do...
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Let's First Play, "That's Rando!"
Normally we start with the ride report and save "That's Rando!" for the end. Not today. We will get to the ride report, but let's start in the middle this time, shall we?Greg's cabin was about 65...
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Munchkinhead Micro Fleche
It's a stick-close-to-home weekend as The Momster is off doing her doctor thing. Lizzie and I decided to do a microfleche. We were a team of two. We had one control at IHOP. Surprisingly, Ralph and...
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Cascade 1200. The Opposite of Room 101
So, in about a week and a half, I'm going to line up with about a hundred like-minded people and head off on the Cascade 1200. Some of you know better than I do what I'm getting into, and some of you...
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