Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Point Reyes Coast Campground

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Point Reyes has two fantastic campgrounds, one of which is Wildcat , the other is Coast Campground . (the other campgrounds are either only ...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Review: The Escape

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 The Escape won an award for the best Sports-related book of the year. It was on sale for $3 on Amazon (and the library didn't have a c...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Review: Jan Ullrich - The Best there Never Was

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 I saw Jan Ullrich on the used book shelf at the library for $3, and at that price I bought it and took it home and read it. The book is wr...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Building Xiaoiqin's Ritchey Montebello

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 Last year, we purchased a Lynskey GR300 for Xiaoqin. But she never really liked the bike that much though she appreciated the SRAM Force el...
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Monday, October 13, 2025

Capitola Overnight

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Video from Xiaoqin's GoPro This year the kids declined to do any biking for Labor Day, and we ended up doing a hike or two instead. Bu...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Review: Hileen replacement nosepads for Oakley cycling glasses

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 One of the most annoying things about cycling with glasses is when they keep sliding down your nose. I've tried stuff like nerdwax whi...
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Review: Wolftooth Encase Hex Wrench Kit

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 If you have a minimalist toolbag on your bike, you probably at some point run out of space. One alternative is to stow your tools into your...
Friday, September 19, 2025

Long term review: Waxing Chains

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 I've been waxing chains on my family's fleet of bicycles for about 18 months. When I first started doing this, I considered it a ha...
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Thursday, September 18, 2025

Review: Gabaruk 11-50 11s cassette

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Gabaruk's 11-50 11s cassette can be gotten for $211. For a weight savings of approximately 300g, it handily beats the $1/gram of weight...
Friday, September 12, 2025

July 4: Lustenau to Lindau (Germany)

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  The day started with cloudy skies but dry roads as we rolled the remaining kilometers down to Hard, a small town right on the Bodensee w...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

July 3: Lenzerheide to Lustenau

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  The forecast was for rain today, but of course the weather in the morning looked fantastic. After a very full breakfast in which we had ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

July 2: Bergun to Lenzerheide

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  Once again, we had another beautiful morning to start our ride down the rest of the Albula pass. The descent was cool enough that we had ...
Friday, September 05, 2025

July 1: Madulain to Bergun

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  Despite the rain last night, the morning brought us beautiful sunshine, giving us motivation to ride the Albulapass. It was a shortish ri...