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Archive for August, 2008

Chop wood, carry mail

Posted in Environment, Equipment & Gear, Miscellany, Spirituality/Philosophy, Tours on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I haven’t posted much here this summer, maybe because I’ve been going through something of a bicycling identity crisis.   Trying to reach a simple decision about changing the Redline from a two to three chain-ring system triggered a flurry of thoughts and feelings, and since the change was made, it seems I’ve rounded a bend [...]

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Sexy saddles

Posted in Equipment & Gear, Tours on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Whoa!  In all the recent changes I’ve made to LRB, replacing my saddle isn’t something that had occurred to me – that is, until a few days ago at the New Rose Cafe, where one of the barristas had parked his sweet LeMonde road bike with a lovely brown Brooks leather saddle. 

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The middle way

Posted in Equipment & Gear, Rides on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Waves of relief, joy and gratitude today as I rode 26 miles on my “new” little red bicycle with her three new, shiny chain rings. 

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Pacing the floor

Posted in Equipment & Gear on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m restless as a broody hen, with my little red bike at the shop getting changed from a double to a triple chain-ring.  It’s a bit like having a loved one in surgery – I’m wondering how things are going, when it will be done, what they are finding as they “go in.”  I just [...]

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