Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Review: Everything's Eventual

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After reading Duma Key , I resolved to read more Stephen King, since I found Duma Key so much fun. So I picked up Everything's Eventual...

Review: Zoe's Tale

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Zoe's Tale ( Kindle Edition ) is the latest book in John Scalzi's Old Man's War universe, taking place concurrently with The L...

Conclusion

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Having ridden the France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, and Italy, I have to say that the food in France is better, but you do pay a price ...

Review: Exposure Lights Joystick Maxx

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When I learned that my commute was going to be 50% unpaved, I realized that my Lumotec/Shimano generator hub combination wasn't going ...
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Monday, September 29, 2008

Bourg-en-Bresse Rest Day

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This rest day composed mostly of us riding around meeting Roberto's old friends, then coming back to the Solers' house where Rober...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Athens Slideshow

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The last slideshow I have from Greece. This was the day I spent walking around Athens. Note you can view the high quality version by double...

Remuzat to St. Julian en Vencors

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We woke up in the morning to consider whether or not to go over to Rosans to attempt Col de Pommerol (1072m). On second look, not only was ...

Orange to Entrechaux

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We woke up to a breakfast buffet that was satisfying, and then started riding North to Entrechaux. A stiff headwind blew in from the North,...

Long Term Review: Custom Frame from Carl Strong

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I first got my custom frame in February , just before moving to Munich. Since then, it's seen almost daily use, whether on my commute , ...
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Saturday, September 27, 2008

Review: Traffic

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Tom Vanderblit addresses a problem as old as the first cities --- traffic. Each chapter of this book ( Kindle edition ) is relatively indep...

Equipment Review: Vibram Five Fingers

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When one of my colleagues mentioned that he used Vibram Five Fingers as his touring shoes, I was intrigued. These shoes looked like they co...
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Assling-Chiemsee-Grafing

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  With the weekend forecast to be sunny, I wanted to do a ride, but not something painful, since we'd just come back from the Tour Acros...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Pictures of my feet on Guy Kawasaki's blog

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Guy Kawasaki visited Google Munich on the day of my departure for the Tour Across France , so he caught me wearing my Vibram Five Fingers a...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Equpiment Review: Bagman Saddlebag Support

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After years of using a saddlebag without saddlebag support (and wearing holes in my Nelson Longflap as a result), I finally gave in this yea...
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Luz-St.-Sauveur to Arreau

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From Screen Captures We had shopped for groceries the night before, so we ate breakfast in the hotel room, and got ready for an early start ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Cycling Culture Differences

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Sitting in the office cafeteria the other day with Sara-the-Intern , we had the following conversation: "I don't like cycling....
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Bielle to Luz-St.-Sauveur

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We woke up this morning excited, because we were to climb none other than Col d'Aubisque (1709m), a storied climb that had seen many fa...

Day 3: Oschagavia to Bielle

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Despite Roberto's protests, he seemed quite recovered the next day, but in the interest of trying to cover some ground, I gave up on th...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Appendix B: Tour of the Pyrenees Statistics

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We totaled 1649.7km of riding over 28331m of elevation gain. The spreadsheet with daily breakdowns show that while in previous years we had...

Day 2: St. Etienne to Ochagavia

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We woke up to cloudy overcast skies. Roberto felt that the pace yesterday was a little too much, and asked for a shorter day. I didn't ...