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Cycling the Flatlands: Tour de Tahoe (Part 2)
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Tour de Tahoe (Part 2). When last we met, I was discussing our ride down Millionaire Mile. Man those were nice houses. Once through that neighborhood, however, it was back to the highway. Amazingly the narrow two lane highways we were on most of the day never seemed as nerve racking as I thought they would be. Apparently, having already passed 500 riders cars had figured that there would be more, were looking for us, and gave us plenty of room. To the top. Exsqueeze Me?
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Cycling the Flatlands: September 2008
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Tour de Tahoe (Part 2). When last we met, I was discussing our ride down Millionaire Mile. Man those were nice houses. Once through that neighborhood, however, it was back to the highway. Amazingly the narrow two lane highways we were on most of the day never seemed as nerve racking as I thought they would be. Apparently, having already passed 500 riders cars had figured that there would be more, were looking for us, and gave us plenty of room. To the top. Exsqueeze Me?
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Cycling the Flatlands: August 2007
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Thursday, August 23, 2007. Pain, pain, and more pain. This is a tale of pain. Lots and lots of pain. The pain was incurred during the Planetarium Ride on August 11th but to begin the story properly we must go all the way back to August 10th. Does he not realize some questions are best asked in hushed tones e.g. "psst. buddy you got any chamois butter? This might also be a good time to mention that temperatures for the next day were forecast to be in the high 90's with a heat index of 100 . We get our reg...
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Cycling the Flatlands: Tour de Tahoe
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Sunday, September 14, 2008. Mark Twain once said, "To breathe the air that angels breathe, one must visit Lake Tahoe." It really is that beautiful. If nothing else I was eager for the Tour de Tahoe for the beautiful country we would be riding in. No cornfields on this ride! No group start here, you got to the start and took off headed south towards the first big climb around Emerald Bay. We passed through the town of South Lake Tahoe and soon the first climb of the day loomed large before us like some me...
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Cycling the Flatlands: Aprehension
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008. Five days until Ken and I participate in the Tour de Tahoe. It will be very interesting to see how my body responds to being back at altitude. I zipped my windbreaker back up and started my descent to find another surprise, my brakes were woefully out of adjustment. Especially the rear brake, GREAT! I never realized this in Illinois because who uses brakes in Illinois? I stopped to adjust my brakes only instead of adjusting the barrel adjuster for the brakes, I was adjusting t...
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Cycling the Flatlands: Pedaling for Kicks
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007. Last Saturday my dad, brother Jeremy, and I rode in the Pedaling for Kicks just north of here. We were all signed up for the 64 mile route but Jeremy was unsure if he was actually going to do the whole 64 miles but the way the routes were set up he had the option to bail about 35 miles in and do the 40 or 50 mile routes. My dad and I continued on. We were now headed into an area I hadn't ridden in yet from Evergreen Lake to Congerville. Right off the bat we had some fun ...While...
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Cycling the Flatlands: May 2007
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Monday, May 28, 2007. Greetings one and all. I intend to use this blog to jot down my random thoughts as I attempt to get back into decent cycling shape and hopefully lose some weight along the way. I've recently started commuting to work on a regular basis. It's a nice flat 7.25 mile trip through the booming metropolis of Bloomington/Normal Illinois. With gas prices as high as they are, it seemed as good a time as any to begin riding to work. That will be held this Sunday, June 3rd. In Peoria, IL. Hey e...
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Cycling the Flatlands: June 2007
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Saturday, June 16, 2007. Today was the Ride and Stride to support our local American Red Cross. My wife and son decided to do the three mile stride while I did the 35 mile route of the ride. We've done this the past two years as well. The last two years my parents have joined us for the fun but this year they had a wedding to attend so they were unable to come down for the ride. But it was nice while it lasted as the wind pushed me along and I was able to cruise at 20-22 mph while the route continued East.
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Cycling the Flatlands: A visit to the old haunts
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007. A visit to the old haunts. The last week of July found our family all together in Reno, NV for my sister's wedding. I grew up in Reno, living there from 1980 - 2005 minus six years while I was in the Navy. I'll always love Reno especially given the plethora of recreation options, my favorites being biking and snowboarding. A Do it and prove you wrong. B Hurt himself in the process of trying to prove you wrong. So off we went. Keystone was a bigger blast than ever. It wa...As we...
