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A couple of days ago, Neil commented on “Attempting to Miss the Yankee Springs Time Trial” and asked, “How does one forget their pedals…I mean…aren’t they, like, attached to the bike?”
Ideally.
Last fall, I broke the rear dropout on my Jamis (see A Surefire Cause of Inappropriate Verbiage). I went for a [...]
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Tags: Clipless Pedals, Mountain Biking
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With 2010 comes a new decade. Yes, I know that the “true” decade doesn’t start until next year, but the “true” decade doesn’t exactly coincide with labels such as the 80s (my favorite), 90s, or the Aughts, which are also known as the “Ohs,” “Two-thousands,” “My life is over,” “Oh, hell,” and the “I [...]
Categories: Equipment
| Tags: Bandersnatch, Mountain Biking, Vassago, Vassago Bandersnatch
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Today marked the beginning of a new era . . . and the end of a new one.
Many people figured I bought a new bike. The reason? My 2005 Trek Fuel EX7 went out on the Trekker’s email list and the Red Jacket Forum’s Classified section for sale. It is currently for [...]
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| Tags: Bike Shops, Equipment, Full Suspension, Mountain Biking
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These last two days have been . . . consumed. I worked a twelve-hour shift, yesterday, so that was pretty much wasted time in relation to my personal agenda. I worked eight hours, today, and rushed to the bike shop for a quick repair of my rear shock on my Trek Fuel EX8 [...]
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| Tags: Bike Shops, Equipment, Full Suspension, Lifestyle, Mountain Biking, Trek
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I’ve spent the last two days converting my blog to my web server (Moronacity has been hosted by Futurequest for several years). The biggest reason for this change is that I was tired of getting blank pages every time I logged into Blogger, tried to read comments on friends’ blogs, or tried to read [...]
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| Tags: Lifestyle, Product Review
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“They’re the second most important piece of safety equipment.” This is what one of my bike guys likes to say about sunglasses. Although, if you’re like me, riding through the dark forest, your sunglasses aren’t so sunny. They are lightweight glasses with interchangeable lenses. Mountain biking days call for clear lenses, [...]
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It’s interesting how cycling helmets have so much opposition. Excuses for not wearing them are plentiful:
They don’t look cool.
They don’t feel right.
If I fall, the helmet will cause neck injury by rotataing my head on impact (this was part of an Australian study against laws necessitating the use of a helmet).Helmets among cyclists are [...]
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| Tags: Advocacy, Equipment, Lifestyle
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Cyclists like me are anticipating the warmer weather and are already hopping on our bikes for what we like to call training and commuting, but the truth is, we want to play. The minor challenge presented to us is this little thing called the weather. It continues to snow throughout most of my [...]
Categories: Equipment
| Tags: Commuting, Product Review, Road, Winter
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I rode well through November, and was jealous to find that others did a December ride up in Copper Harbor. Not only did they have dry, frozen ground to ride on, but they were riding the very trails that squashed my confidence and brought my inexperience to the forefront. However, winter truly did [...]
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| Tags: Cyclocross, Kona, Winter
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