Category: Bikes
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Thursday
Today is the 6th day in the row I’ve gone for a ride. Was a time when I rode almost every day a lot. Recently it has been more challenging due to all kinds of life things – sometimes even including the motivation to go ride. The world is invariably better when I ride and…
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Random
Recently my buddy Steve sent me a chunk of a blog post from an author we both follow over at Raptitude.com: To select a destination, I use an obscure app called Randonautica, which creates an X-marker somewhere on a map of the city. The app’s “About” section says it chooses this location through “theoretical mind-matter interaction…
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The Jeep
I’m pretty sure I’ve commented elsewhere here on my acquisition of this Surly Disc Trucker frame and fork from my buddy Matt some years ago – and how initially I didn’t really dig it. Then tried to sell it. But didn’t, and since have been grateful to the bike gods for putting the kibosh on…
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Different Suns
At some point WordPress built this ‘image compare’ block into the software. At first I thought wtf, but I’m realizing more and more it can be fun sometimes. Same spot about 2 hours apart.
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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
The atv path I ride my bike on all the time passes right by a neighbour’s house. He can see the trail through the trees from his driveway. Over the past few years he’s seen me out on the path on a bike at pretty much every time of year and day and in any…
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Earth Day 2021
Out for a nooner. Years ago I stopped riding with headphones, music etc. Every ride has a soundtrack of it’s own, be it natural, urban or other. Sounds – or sometimes the lack there-of – for me, are very much a part of the ride. Also being Earth Day and all, I picked up a…