Monthly Archives: April 2005

Never trust the weather report!

2005-04-24 – 12:26

Now that I’m sitting at home with the heater running full tilt, having enjoyed two hot showers and eight hours under the heavy feather duvet, it’s hard to describe how cold I felt yesterday on Brasstown Bald. The weather reports all called for temperatures in the upper fifties, so I planned to wear several inner […]

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Training tip

2005-04-19 – 16:35

Barberito’s Fatty is a tasty meal and probably better for you than most fast or even sit-down restaurant fare, but it is not appopriate to eat BEFORE the training ride. Trust me on this one.

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Best Dam Ride ever!

2005-04-17 – 15:24

Managed to do my first ride of decent distance since 2000, going the 58 miles of the Chain Reaction Best Dam Ride in a bit under 3 and a half hours, and all without displaying an embarrasing lack of fitness! Woo! The saddle started to seem pretty small and my legs lost their power around […]

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Makezine 1 Gets It Wrong

2005-04-15 – 05:41

I’m an avid cyclist and have also been described more than once as a geek, so I was very excited when I read the table of contents for Issue 1 and saw some forgotten technology might be resurrected from old bicycles.
Imagine my disappointment when I saw it was only grooved bicycle seats with the […]

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Discovery to race Tour de Georgia without Hincapie

2005-04-14 – 06:40

According to Cyclingnews, George Hincapie will be racing Amstel Gold next Sunday, and will thus miss the Tour de Georgia.

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