Saturday, July 31, 2010

Review: The Upside of Irrationality

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The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home is Dan Ariely's sequel to Predictably Irratio...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Review: The Scar

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The Scar was China Mieville's second novel. After I read Perdido Street Station at the beginning of the year, I thought it would be ver...

Review: We Might As Well Win

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Johan Bruyneel, if you don't already know, was Lance Armstrong's Director Sportif during his winning years, as well as during Albert...

Review: The Lost Fleet, Victorious

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Victorious (The Lost Fleet, Book 6 of 6) is the last of Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" novels. Well, there's room for a seq...

Long Term Review: Dinotte Tail Light

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I originally dismissed the Dinotte Taillight on my single for reasons of not having an appropriate mount. The tandem, however, had a rear r...

Review: Mizuo Wave Ronin 2 Running Shoe

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For the first time in my life, this tour included a section where I expected to do some hiking. Last year's tour included more hiking t...
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Tour of the Alps 2010

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Cynthia Wong, Kekoa Proudfoot, Phil Sung, Lisa and I just returned from the Tour of the German Speaking Alps . As tours go, the statistics w...

Long Term Review: Canon S90

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The Canon PowerShot S90 produced all the pictures you saw in my photo album . Lisa mostly shot the on-the-bike and food pictures using full...

Long Term Review: Garmin Edge 500

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The Garmin Edge 500 GPS Bicycle Unit came through the tour with flying colors. It was reliable, surviving wind, sweat, rain, and several hik...
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Equipment Review: Garmin Edge 705

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I borrowed a Garmin Edge 705 Bicycle GPS from Roberto for this trip. Like my 76CSx , this is a navigational unit, capable of dynamic routin...

Tour 2010 Conclusions

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In many ways, this was the tour where everything went wrong. Between flight damage, lost gear, poor weather, tire blowouts, my CPAP machine ...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

Videos from the Tour

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I never shot video on previous tours because I don't like sticking cameras on my helmet: I need to be watching the road, and good video ...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

July 19, 20, 21: Epilogue

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It turned out that Chris wasn't out of town, as we thought. He had moved his departure date and came back late at night after we were as...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Day 32: Schliersee to Munich

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  We woke up to overcast skies and still a threat of rain. As we left the bed and breakfast, it was still drizzling. I usually used an alter...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Day 31: Schliersee

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  We started the morning by taking the gondola up to hill. We noticed that there was a slide you could use to get down and asked if our 6 EU...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Day 30: Kufstein to Schliersee

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  We left Kufstein at 8:30am, ready to leave Austria and return to Germany. I've often wanted to explore more of Austria, and this trip ...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Day 29: Rattenberg to Kufstein

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  We were determined to have a lazy, easy day today, so we had a leisurely breakfast at 8:00am, packed our bags, and then left around 9:00am...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Day 28: Wald to Rattenberg

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  We awoke once again to sunny weather, with dry roads and no trace of the rain from the night before. The climb from Grubl immediately begi...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Day 27: Fusch to Wald

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  Fusch was at nearly 1000m, so it was with a false coolness that we had a late start to our journey down towards Zell Am See. The road was ...