Tag: cycling
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Fun with the Fuji Espree
Last December I bought two Fuji Espree bikes from the mid 1980s. I didn’t need them, but they were a matched set, beautiful, cheap, and in fantastic shape. And the larger bike was my size. I spent some time cleaning them up and installed new cables and new bar tape, but otherwise the bikes were…
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Bike rebuild: a 1984/2014 Trek 610/105
In the summer of 2007, not long after I moved to Denver, I bought a used Trek 610 road bike off of Craigslist. A little research showed it was a 1984 model, with a frame of Reynolds 531 steel and a nice set of Shimano 600 (Ultegra) components. It was already 23 years old and…
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A Saturday I needed
I had just the Saturday I needed. Last week was rough. I had too much stuff going on at work: too many priorities, too many tasks, too many deliverables. I was on a short break from running after my half marathon, eating too much, drinking more than usual, unhappy with the rain, and generally feeling…
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2014 cycling goal achieved!
I set a goal to ride 1,000 miles this year. I got a strong start in late winter, lost early spring to travel, and then made steady progress all summer and into fall. I had a minor setback when I broke my road bike in July, but I own enough bikes that losing one or…
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Slow start to cycling season
The cycling season is off to a rather slow start for me this year. Although we are now halfway through April, spring has not had the decency to stick around and be friendly. Almost weekly snowstorms are mixed with warm days, cool days, and windy days, and they don’t always align with my free time.…
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