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Views of Anacapa #3 | Cycling as Metaphor
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Views of Anacapa #3. 126 miles; 6k ft. climbing; 7hrs 27 min. This past Saturday I rode my first 200k of the year with the PCH Randos. This was my third time riding this course. So by now I should know the way without putting in any “bonus miles” or having to scrutinize the route sheet too much. About 20 miles in, a small group including my friend Mark, riding his first brevet caught up with me at the info control in West Saticoy on the outskirts of Ventura. We stopped briefly as a volunteer (Foster?
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Orange County Circle Santiago 300K | Cycling as Metaphor
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Orange County Circle Santiago 300K. Haven’t updated in a while – but here’s a ride report from a 300K I did back on Feb. 5th with the PCH Randonneurs:. The night before, I stocked up on “recovery drinks” at the Bruery. 8220;What would you like, sir? 8220;All of your cookies, please”. 8220;A cookie…? 8220;All…all of your cookies.”. My total was something like $1.39 for a fist full of sugar that would propel me onward all the way up the Santa Ana River Trail. We spread out then re-grouped a few times just ...
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Sleepless in Solana | Cycling as Metaphor
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Catching up on documenting some older rides, this one was from March 19, 2011:. Just a glimpse of the fields filled with wildflowers on the periphery of Anza Borrego. Crows would rise above the swaths of yellow, like one of Van Gogh's late paintings brought to life. Sun cutting through the mist. Stopping in Alpine, I went into a doughnut shop and had a brief but pleasant chat with the girl who worked there – then moved on up the hill, sad to see Alpine Beer Company. I passed through Descanso, pausing ver...
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“Big Tujungas to Wrightwood” Permanent | Cycling as Metaphor
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8220;Big Tujungas to Wrightwood” Permanent. On a whim I rode the “Big Tujungas to Wrightwood” permanent yesterday. At 217k with around 15k feet of climbing, it’s not the easiest route. Passing through the tunnel on Angeles Forest Hwy, you encounter Hidden Springs, but since the Station Fire, there has been no water here. This was also the first time on the ride I saw one of the dreaded “Poodle-dog Bush” plants:. Rando-nesia must have set in, as I’m already planning a re-ride (hopefully I’ll f...2015 Coff...
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Four days of cycling heaven. Where? The Netherlands of course – The Everyday Cyclist
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Cyclist, digital content producer and social media manager. Four days of cycling heaven. Where? The Netherlands of course. March 30, 2015. March 31, 2015. I had my own lane. I had my own traffic lights. Motorists gave way to me when I crossed a t junction. Everyone around me on the bike lane was wearing normal clothes. I didn’t see a helmeted cyclist until I got to the Omnisport Arena, Apeldoorn where I was live blogging for British Cycling and the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. Because jour...
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The longboard and short of it – SKS P45 Longboard Beige. A review. – The Everyday Cyclist
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Cyclist, digital content producer and social media manager. The longboard and short of it – SKS P45 Longboard Beige. A review. August 1, 2014. When I acquired my Raleigh Clubman it came with an affliction common to many sports tourers of its era, namely fenders that are too narrow for the tyre. The delightful ESGE 35mm gold fenders that came stock with the bike in 1983 wore their 31 years well but with 27 x 1 1/4 tyres beneath (i.e. 32-630) they weren’t exactly roomy. As with all proper fenders, monkish ...
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The Falcon rises, reForged… – The Everyday Cyclist
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Cyclist, digital content producer and social media manager. The Falcon rises, reForged…. February 7, 2014. March 13, 2016. A few weeks ago I blogged about my acquisition of a nice, 1980s Falcon touring bike. A garage find, it polished up nice, needed no new parts, just TLC. So I went about the application of said TLC and got it to a reasonable level. But I knew I could take it a step further. So without further ado, I give you Mill and Forge #1, the Falcon Westminster. When we first saw her in a garage i...
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Man down | Cycling as Metaphor
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I’m working on a few ride reports, but I just wanted to take a moment to remember a fellow rider, Jim Swarzman. Who was struck by a Dodge RAM. In Leucadia while riding a 600K (hosted by the San Diego Randonneurs) with his fiancée and a friend. After being air-lifted out, he died a few hours later (in the same hospital I was taken to when I crashed near-by last year). I didn’t know him long, and I didn’t know him well. That said, here’s what I do know:. What consolation can we offer his loved one’s? You a...
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Wide, flared and handsome – I’m a little smitten with the Velo Orange Grand Cru Randonneur Handlebar – The Everyday Cyclist
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Cyclist, digital content producer and social media manager. Wide, flared and handsome – I’m a little smitten with the Velo Orange Grand Cru Randonneur Handlebar. October 16, 2014. October 16, 2014. The big problem, for me, with standard drop handlebars, is setting a handlebar angle that is at the same time comfortable on the drops and behind the brake levers. Is one and the Velo Orange Grand Cru Randonneur. Well, it allows the drop bar to be so angled that the tops are level with the ground, along with t...
