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My plan was to grab something quick when breakfast was served at 6:00am. But I really wanted to get an early start and give myself every chance of making it to the top of Mt Evans and down before weather moved in. So, I was up before my 4:45 am alarm, dressed and packed and on my bike by about a quarter to six. I had a rear blinking light so drivers could see me, and there was sufficient light to see the road. It was a clear, cool morning as I rode the first 5 or 6 relatively easy miles from

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Long Way Home

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Published Aug. 14, 2010 at 3:07 p.m.

Not All that Wear These Hats are Good Guys ... Perhaps it wasn't a good idea, but Friday I decided to take a different route home that's a few miles longer than usual, and which I'd never taken before. Friday the 13th. 106F temperature - perhaps the hottest day of the year. Yup, things are getting boring. It didn't start out too auspiciously when I got hit about a mile from work. It reminded me that not ALL motorists are MY motorists. A rare few are rednecks in white pickups who'd be better off

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crmbt - day 2 - loveland pass

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 8:15 p.m.

We woke to fog and cool temps, and wet roads from the night before, but no rain. One of the great things about Sherpaville is getting dressed, packing your bag, and going. They take your bag, pack up your wet tent, and best of all, have it waiting for you at the end of the day ... We rode about 5 miles back towards Frisco on the bike trail, then crossed Hwy 9 and headed up Swan Mountain. I've heard this referred to as the "horrible hump". Frisco is above 9,000 feet, and Swan Mountain is only

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Random Ride Sunday

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.

I was to lead a ride of the Three Capes Scenic Loop for my social bike group today ... It would have been ~80 miles with some hills and temperatures predicted to be in the low 70's ... That would have been a welcome respite from the triple digits of the Willamette Valley ... Alas, nobody signed up ... I drove 3 hours round trip for a ride yesterday and figured I just didn't need to drive all the way to the coast to ride. I canceled the club ride and decided to go for my own ride instead ... I

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Separately Second Rate

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 7:46 p.m.

Linear Park Multi-Use Path. A Great Concept and a Useful Shortcut for Some Trips. Execution Could be Better ... I like the idea of bike infrastructure. Few would argue with the notion that bike racks are a good idea that helps cyclists, without much down side. Similarly, well designed bike lanes and paths can help cyclists, and most people would also support such things, particularly if they don’t cause congestion problems with motorized traffic. The TROUBLE is that “well designed” is a

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Levi Wins at Leadville - "That Was So Damn Hard!"

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Published Aug. 14, 2010 at 3:55 p.m.

{gallery}riders/levileadville{/gallery}This should settle the old "which is better ... the road rider or the mountain biker?" argument ... Levi Leipheimer, in his first competitive off-road race and only two weeks after finishing the Tour de France, blew away the field in the annual Leadville 100 on Saturday, beating runner-up Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski by nine full minutes ... Todd Wells finished third with six-time winner Dave Wiens in fourth in the grueling Colorado mountain race ... How good was

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Family, friends mourn 8 killed in off-road wreck

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 12:36 p.m.

By GILLIAN FLACCUS ... 2010-08-16T17:36:21ZLUCERNE VALLEY, Calif ... (AP) -- Zachary Freeman loved to fish, dirt bike and camp - but most of all, he loved to watch off-road truck racing in the vast Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles ...

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It doesn’t matter

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 6:50 a.m.

what kind of bike I ride. Well, sort of.I can have fun on any bike. Road, cross, mtn or our new family cruiser tandem. Problems do surface though. Like on my 2 hour mtn bike rides. Where the first hour is spent drilling singletrack until my upper body cries for relief. Then the second hour [ ... ] ...

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Does the world need a bottle opener for a bike?

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 5:01 p.m.

The new Road Popper retails for $40 ...

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Sad truth about women’s bike racing.

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Published Aug. 17, 2010 at 4:47 a.m.

While Snake gets ready to kill it this weekend, I’ve been pondering some thoughts on women’s racing. Since the shitstorm I created this summer, women’s racing has been something I’ve wanted to post about on DC for a long time. Here it goes. As my first year of road racing comes to an end (can [ ... ] ...

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