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2010 Ride #26

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Emigration to Little Mountain summit. Legs felt good, lungs felt okay, but did have to hit the asthma inhaler a couple of times. The chip seal in Emigration Canyon is a little rough, but not nearly as bad as I’ve seen elsewhere.

It was [...]

Old School, but not enough

In a lot of ways, when it comes to bike riding, I’m pretty old school.

All of my bikes are steel, and all but one are made with lugs. Over the course of my life, I’ve had the pleasure to get to know both English framebuilder Ron Cooper and American framebuilder Richard Sachs, both [...]

Flatted out …

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Flatted early … didn’t feel like turning back immediately, but it’s dangerous to ride a half-glued spare. Short loop … felt like I could have gone further. Perhaps a second lap this evening after the glue dries on the new tire, and it cools off a bit from the über-high expected later.

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CX’ing on CX’es in Parley’s

Crossed the new bridge across I-215 at the north end of Wasatch, right by the entrance to Parley’s Canyon … didn’t realize it dead-ended in gravel in the gully on Parley’s Trail … so did a little impromptu CX’ing on my Vittoria CX tubbies … thankfully no flats.

Ran into A-Train, the Tri-Geek and [...]