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Life and Death of my Garmin Edge 305

January 10, 2009

I bought a Garmin Edge 305 in May of 2008 and have been addicted ever since. It’s become an indispensible training tool – I use it on both my road and mountain bikes. A couple of months ago it started shutting off in the middle of rides. That’s a problem – incomplete data sucks. It [...]

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12m: “Well that sucked!”

December 29, 2008

In a fit of frustration and anger, I picked up a good sized rock and threw it as hard as I could at my bike. The rock bounced off the saddle. I’m surprised it didn’t bounce back and hit me in the head. That’s just the kind of day I was having. All I wanted [...]

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Arrogant Bastards

December 11, 2008

What’s in a jersey?  It’s just a small amount of synthetic fabric, designed to keep you from being naked while riding your bike.  Cyclists love jerseys though; you see such a variety on the road. Something interesting happens when everyone wears the same jersey.  I first experienced it while riding for Team Climb On! – [...]

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So you wanna be a cyclist…

September 18, 2008

Authors note: My baby brother Andrew just bought a road bike in his quest to become a competitive triathlete.   I was about to fire off a congratulatory email with a bunch of my opinions on gear, training, etc to help him get started then thought it might be useful for others too.  Dear Andrew- [...]

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Taking the Adventure off road

September 16, 2008

I’m so stoked, I can hardly maintain.  I just bought this mountain bike! I used to mountain bike years ago, before I got into road cycling with such passion.  In fact, the reason I quit mountain biking was that I wore out my bike, which I take as a good sign.   With my Tour de [...]

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