Category: cycling
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Twilight on the Farm
Daylight Savings time means that The Farmer’s Market Ride is back — at 5:30 not 5:00. One might think that we’d move slowly back into the groove. You know, provide a little transition from winter base miles to the riding-on-the-rivet-act-of-desperation. No such luck. The usuals were there, and it seemed…
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"I’m gonna take you out to the barn…"
After reading my last post, someone actually asked if I had been smoking something, er, funny. Smoking something indeed! Mystery Men is a masterpiece. People mock what they do not understand. Speaking of “mock,” this tobacco barn sheathed in blue and rusted steel is on Mock Road in Davidson Co..…
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"We are number one! All others are two, or lower." – The Sphinx
Not too shabby. Averaged 17 ish for 64 miles and some change with 15-20 mph winds. You can see I didn’t have to do it all my self, though. A couple of the Disco Boys were out. By “Disco Boys” I don’t mean the Tonys, P and C which are…
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Friday Fixie: In Memory of Sheldon Brown
Man of Steel and Big Red headed out on a Friday Fixie ride in memory of Harris Cyclery’s Sheldon Brown. Lovely day for fixed gear ride. However, my 16-32 gear ratio isn’t quite what I need. Ferros Oxide Scott, on the other hand stuck it to me on four county-city…
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"…take me back to Muhlenberg County"
I was shocked when I made the left turn off Hedgecock and onto Teague Road. Shocked. The trees are gone and Caleb’s Creek is coming. I wonder if it will mean more patient and sympathetic drivers? More road for cyclists and drivers to share? More of the fall’s thorns and…
Backward Mutters 