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Fitness

Mind-blowing Mega Mileage

June 28, 2009

Boy, I’m sure racking up the mileage on my bike. I realized yesterday that I’ve only had this bicycle since March and now I’m up to over 30 miles a ride. Holy cow–considering I hadn’t ridden a bicycle in decades prior to that, I am impressing the heck out of myself. And for a 49 [...]

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My Second Bicycle – if I were rich

June 22, 2009

Check out this review of the Pashley Poppy bicycle by London Cycle Chic. My original wish when I was bicycle shopping was to have a pink bike. Except for the seat, this has the appearance of everything I wanted as far as looks go.
I could so see myself as a Sarah Michelle Gellar lookalike. [...]

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Setting the bar higher

June 16, 2009

Saturday I spent the day biking with a friend. To the left is the map of our route. This is the Burke-Gilman Trail that is very popular in the Seattle area. We started up in the top right of the map (Tracy Owen Station Park), and went all the way down to where the [...]

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Choosing bike shorts for the first time

June 13, 2009

It’s not all that bad. I think I made it harder than it had to be. That’s because I’m overly analytical and spending more than $50 on anything is difficult for me. I have to study, compare, analyze things to death before I can make a purchase.
For me, a newbie bicyclist, in my late 40s, [...]

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