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Cross-country biking

March 16th, 2006 · No Comments

The best way to start a cross-country bicycle trip is to pretend you’re not doing it. Convince yourself you are embarking on a series of day trips. It will do no good to anticipate the Rockies while still smelling the salt air of the Atlantic, or to think about the East if leaving from the […]

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Tags: news · expedition · touring · education

When we all get along

February 16th, 2006 · No Comments

A recent post from the .83 forum:

This is where I always get lost.
The yuppies on $6K bikes with carbon rims, the old dude that rides a recumbent tricked out with a fairing that does no good at the 8 mph he is rolling around at, the super-squid that runs around in an ass-ton of […]

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Tags: racing · urban · commute · touring

Seattle expeditioner departs Canary Islands on Atlantic leg of Circumnavigation

February 15th, 2006 · No Comments

Seattle extreme expeditioner Erden Eruç began a four month, 4,539 mile (3,944 nautical miles) solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea aboard a 23-foot ocean rower on Sunday, departing Las Palmas in the Canary Islands for Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.
Full story from row2k.com

I first met Erden a couple of years ago when […]

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Tags: news · expedition · touring