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This past cyclocross season, I received a sample packet of Hammer Nutrition’s Perpetuem. Perpetuem is a drink mix intended for endurance rides. I finally decided to use this sample during yesterday’s four hour ride.
I ran out of Perpetuem before the end of my ride, and started slowing down before I got [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
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Tags: Nutrition, Product Review, Road
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As mountain bikers, it is imperative that we eat. Well, it’s imperative that anyone eat, but we need more energy than some, or many.
Pat arranged a Copper Harbor Fat Tire pre-ride for this morning. I started the day off right by making some buckwheat pancakes topped with raspberries picked in my yard and [...]
Categories: Mountain Biking
| Tags: Copper Harbor, Equipment, Keweenaw, Lifestyle, Mountain Biking, Nutrition, Product Review
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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 [...]
Categories: Equipment
| Tags: Lifestyle, Product Review
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I like books. Whenever I start a new hobby, I buy books. Bicycling wasn’t any different.
When I started mountain biking, it was pretty obvious I had a lot to learn regarding technique. I didn’t know how to climb steep hills or maneuver through rock gardens, and the only advice I [...]
Categories: Cycling
| Tags: Beginners, Mountain Biking, Product Review, Racing, Road, Training
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The Internet is a pretty addicting little tool. Many of us have spent hours, if not days, surfing the web with endless information at our fingertips. I spent one whole night last week surfing through the backwards chronology of the English monarchy on Wikipedia.
If you are reading this blog, it is probably a [...]
Categories: Bike Culture
| Tags: Advocacy, Beginners, Bike Clubs, Cyclists, Forums, Mountain Biking, Product Review, Red Jacket
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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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“How many of you wear makeup while riding?”
I’ve seen this question asked twice on cycling forums. Some of the die-hard feminists scoff at those who do wear makeup while riding. Some have a somewhat valid excuse: they put it on for work.
While people respect my reason for wearing makeup while [...]
Categories: Health and Nutrition
| Tags: Acne, Product Review, Tea
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