Monthly Archives: May 2006

Fury’s Ferry gets a bike lane

2006-05-27 – 11:19

It seems that after two years of construction, the widening of Fury’s Ferry from Evans to Locks Road to Riverwatch Parkway is finally nearing completion. It’s got at least two lanes open in each direction for car traffic, and as an added bonus I didn’t expect, most of it has also got a bicycle lane [...]

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Kudos to Garmin Support

2006-05-26 – 16:41

Garmin’s going to repair my Edge 305 for $50!
It took twenty minutes on hold to speak to a person, but after I got through, they were very helpful. I admit I expected them to be helpful, based on the experiences of some friends of mine. I’ll drop it off at the post office tomorrow [...]

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Tour de Georgia review

2006-05-24 – 07:00

The densest weekend of the year is a few weeks past, and somehow the density didn’t fall off enough for me to comment on it. Oops! Tour de Georgia was great as always. We awoke early to drive from Atlanta to the start of my Circle the Bald ride. The girls dropped me off then, [...]

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Bicycle, meet Garage Door

2006-05-23 – 23:00

D’OH!
A while back, Fat Cyclist analysed the merits of different bike-on-car transportation methods. Whenever such a discussion comes up, one distinct disadvantage of a roof rack is the possibility that someday, when returning home after a group ride, still sweaty and hot and wearing bicycle clothes, you’ll forget the bicycle on the roof of [...]

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