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Watching with a legend

July 31, 2008

It’s Stage 18 from Embrun to Alpe d’Huez and I’m safely ensconced in our beautiful chalet watching the race on French TV with a baguette in one hand and a Heinekin in the other. A bunch of us have ridden down and back up L’Alpe to get a flavor of the mania and now we’re [...]

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Adventures on a Bike

July 16, 2008

Same blog, different address.  I have switched my blog address to http://www.AdventuresOnABike.com to be consistent with the title of my blog and so I can talk about it more easily.  All the redirects should work, so ping me if you have a problem. I am still a team captain for Team Climb On! of course, [...]

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Parlay Voo, huh?

July 9, 2008

I don’t speak French. I’m fluent in C#, know a little German, a smattering of Spanish, but zero French.  And yet, I’m leaving for France next Saturday on a whirlwind tour of the greatest sporting event known to man – le Tour de France. I now rely on you, my community, to help me out… [...]

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Read “The Rider” by Tim Krabbe

July 5, 2008

Got a recommendation to read The Rider, by Tim Krabbe and wow – am I glad I did!  I’ve read a few books about bike racing, but this was the rawest, most exciting and genuine account of a bike race I’ve ever read.  Here’s the first paragraph. Meyrueis, Lozere, June 26, 1977. Hot and overcast.  [...]

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Oh, the places we’ll ride

May 30, 2008

I love Jill’s Up in Alaska blog for both the great writing and excellent pictures. Today she hit it out of the park with Oh, the places we’ll ride. I gotta get to Alaska.

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