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The Ride of My Life
Well, not my life, actually, but Rob Penn’s. I saw this great little BBC documentary last night thanks to fellow bike blogger Steve, who reviewed it a while back. It’s about a life-long cyclist who,...
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Gearing Up
There’s a lot I didn’t really think through when I decided to start racing this year. That is, everything. When one comes up with brilliant ideas like this, sometimes one doesn’t do any research...
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Who Could Have Guessed?
January 27, 2011. Today I went shopping for more essential racing gear. Correct, safety pins. What I had originally thought was a weird esoteric joke by Karsten (he asked me if I had them yet), turns...
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Juicing Up
I went shopping this afternoon…again. My local Décathlon had no EPO, so I had to settle for the stuff below to enhance my performance. From right to left I bought: 1. Sports drink. I learned the hard...
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Getting Aggressive
My learning curve continues to be, well, curvy, with my new racing hobby. Luckily I’ve got people around me in cyberspace who know what they’re talking about. Tim’s keen eye noticed that my saddle...
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Extensions
In my ongoing search for the perfect position on the bike (PLEASE tell me I’m not the only one!) I ordered a new stem from Bianchi. The bike comes with a 100mm stem, pictured here. Which should be...
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Mounting a Running Heart Rate Monitor on a Bike
You may know that I have been going old school when it comes to monitoring my heart rate for training this year (try putting your fingers to your throat while riding at 35 kph in the drops!) and,...
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Me and Rapha – Tragically Hip
I live in France, where it’s not what you do, but how good you look when you’re doing it. Following that philosophy, after I realized I needed a jersey for autumn riding, I went in search for something...
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The Polar CS500 Training Computer – a Review
Santa came early to southern France this year and a certain coach/brother has bestowed upon me a new Polar CS500 heart rate monitor / training computer – Tour de France version, baby! I know what...
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Sidi Ergo 3: Not Really a Review
Well, I’ve finally done it. It all comes full circle they say and it seems like my childhood love of Disco (it was short-lived…and I was just a kid, OK?) has been rekindled, at least in my choice in...
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