Posted in biking on January 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Bicycle, as it is stated in the dictionary is “a vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddlelike seat”. I think there are two people to thank for giving us such a cool toy. First the Mesopotamian’s [...]
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Posted in biking on October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Feast you’re eyes on the 2008 Rock Shox SID. 2008 marks the 10th anniversary for the SID design. SID stands for Superlight Integrated Design. Totally revamped design for ‘08. It was very much needed. Some upgrades from the older SID(sometimes known as Squid) are as follows.
1: 32mm stanchions(improved from the older 28mm upper tubes). This [...]
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Posted in biking on August 1, 2007 | No Comments »
The 24 Hours of Afton is coming up faster then Alexandre Vinokourov all doped up on EPO. Just 23 days now until the big race. Training is going well, and that “wall” I talked about in my last post was just a phase. My legs are back, and better then ever. My hopes of a [...]
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Posted in biking on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Ok. Its done!! Finally, after weeks I finally have a new mountain bike. So far I’ve been impressed. I’ve gotten in a few rides. The main one was this past Sunday in Mankato at Mt. Kato. It was a scorcher as usual. The bike performed flawlessly. I did notice that it is a little more [...]
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Posted in biking on June 27, 2007 | No Comments »
Ready for the trail eh? Nope. Not quite. Maybe God doesn’t want me to ride a bike from Erik’s. Well, at least he’s making it more difficult then I would have thought. I started building up my newest edition to Bad Andy’s fleet last week. This was probably the most fun I’ve had building a [...]
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Posted in biking on June 19, 2007 | No Comments »
My collection of bicycles will almost double in about 3 months this summer. I have to say, this addition to the fleet is pretty damn cool. Feast your eyes on the 2006 Specialized F.A.C.T.(functional advanced composite technology) Carbon S-Works hardtail frame. It weighed in at the shop with our highly accurate fish scale at 2.9 [...]
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Posted in biking on June 12, 2007 | No Comments »
MNSCS #3 was this past Sunday at Afton Alps. The annual and from what I heard last Afton Avalanche. It was only fitting that the hardest race on the circuit was also going to be the hottest. I heard guys talking that during the Comp/Expert race their computers were reading 97 and even 100 degrees. [...]
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Posted in biking on June 7, 2007 | No Comments »
The transformation is FINALLY complete. For those of you who have been reading this dribble know very well how long I’ve wanted to do this. For those of you who are new to my “blog”, heres the deelio. I’ve wanted to get a new Groupo on my road bike for a good 2 1/2 years. [...]
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Posted in biking on May 23, 2007 | No Comments »
5…4…3…2…1….GO. Just like dust in the wind, were off like rockets. This years racing season kicked off with the Erik’s Spring Cup at Harmon Hills. I flat, fast, lung busting sprint from start to finish. I was hoping to have a good showing this season. At least an improvement over last year. Last year I [...]
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Posted in biking on May 17, 2007 | No Comments »
The Spring Cup is just days away. That means the summer Mt. Bike racing season is almost upon us. The Sea Otter Classic has come and gone, round 1 of the UCI World Cup mt. season has come and gone, and there have already been two National series races. We got next [...]
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