Get out there and vote or this will happen to you.

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Beautiful Sunrise This Morning

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1. Being able to ride your bike in October.
Yesterday was a beautiful day to ride bikes.

2. Roadside Fruit Stands
I left for my ride on an empty stomach and was ravenously
hungry on the way back home. I decided to stop for a fresh
from the field peach.

That peach was awesome. A perfect, no waste cycling snack.
No wrapper […]

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6:45 am commute

Mmmm Rockies

I added crosstop levers last night that I picked up for $10 at VeloSwap

Mavic Elite Wheelset also bought at  VeloSwap for $60

Old used 9 speed Ultegra cassette from my parts bin.

The crosscheck rode really well. The bar-end shifters are
brilliantly vintage. The brakes are a little iffy. The ride quality
of the frame is […]

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Cant hide that SURLY box.

Nicely packed in the box

Wrapped in that crazy plastic wrap that sticks to nothing but itself
like welded steel. Thanks Surly for packing my baby up so well.

It took me longer to get it out of the plastic than to put it together.

“Fatties Fit Fine” refers to the large amount of tire […]

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Sunday was the first day of the Homegrown Cyclocross Series.
Don and I participated in the Fresno Cycling Club’s Annual Halloween Ride out to Lost Lake and on the way back stopped in at the Cross Race to check it out. http://www.ccorc.com/06/

I saw alot of local bike buddies from various shops, and a few other bike […]

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So it turns out that Rubber Soul, Stevens and most of the bike shops in the country cannot get a 2008 Surly Cross Check. They don’t exist on the shelf. The 2009’s come out in a few months. Google begs to differ. Full Cycles in Oregon has Cross Checks in Stock.
I really wanted to buy […]

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I sold the GT I drive 5 Inch Travel Mountain Bike on Ebay yesterday.
Shipped it Fedex today.
Smell you later forever.

Hello Surly

I’m headed over to Rubber Soul to place my order for a 54cm
black Surly Cross-Check.
It will be fun:

for the 2% of the time I will ride it in the mud
and super sweet for the 98% […]

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Yay!

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Don and I Volunteered at the annual 2008 Valley Girls Ride on Saturday. We had a great time and the girls were all in good spirits. There were a few mishaps (flat tires and one crash) and there were a few ladies who had not ridden a bike that far before. Otherwise it was great. […]

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