Outdoor Addict

Thank goodness I have the non-traditional biker’s shape. When I rode around the streets of Bar Harbor on my road bike, I always laughed that in the shadows it always looked like a number 10 rolling down the street. I, of course, played the roll of the 0. I am fine with that. Sure, I [...]

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I see people crash and as long as they are ok, can’t help but laugh a bit when I see them. Today while reading Bicycle Retailer they had a link to a video of some bike crashes. I figured I would have to share. Also, turn the volume up as it is a bit soft [...]

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Well, it has been some time since my last post.  A lot of things have happened from the time of my last post.  Thanksgiving went down.  That was a good time.  There is nothing like eating and drinking all day.  Gotta be on my top 3 or 4 holiday.  I followed that by doing a [...]

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Well it is snowing and in my opinion, that sucks. I really don’t like the cold that much and I could probably do without it ever snowing. My feet are always cold, my hands are always cold, and I complain most of the winter. Good thing I live in New Hampshire eh? If the boss [...]

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Wow, what a great weekend or riding some bikes.  I had a friend come down from the Bar Harbor Maine area and we went for a little ride, and that might be an understatement. Saturday’s ride was scheduled as the long one.  At least that is what we decided when we woke up in the [...]

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While doing some of my daily reads on the internet, I stumbled across an interesting video that is about Pro-mountain biker Tara Llanes.  For those of you who don’t know who she is, she is a pro biker for the Giant Mountain bike team that recently broke her back and became paralyzed from the waist [...]

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Today is a scheduled rest day for the riding.  My legs have been beat up pretty good the last week with more then about 10 hours of single speeding since Saturday so I figured I would give them a little break before I ask a lot of them this weekend.  A friend of mine is [...]

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Seems as if the SSCXWC happened out in Portland OR this past weekend.  Seems like Barry Wicks (Kona) beat Adam Craig (Giant) at the line because Craig stopped for a beer hand off and couldn’t get clipped back into his pedals.    That there is one sharp looking podium.  Seems like it was a fan [...]

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I woke up and my worst commuting fear has come true.  It was raining.  I went about my morning like normal and it came to that critical time to get ready to leave.  I went ahead, suited up with all my gear and went out on the bike.  Of course, as soon as I started [...]

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When using lights to ride your bike at night, make sure to charge them from time to time.  Tonight on my commute home, both of my lights went out.  Thank goodness not at the same time.  Luckily, when my lights die, they turn themselves off before they are completely dead.  With them doing that, after [...]

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