Archive | November, 2011

A dirt ride in Marin

By on November 17, 2011 in Photography, Rides and Events

I went on a fun dirt ride yesterday, and used Strava for the first time.  It’s a fun website where you can track your rides and compare with other Strava members using an iPhone, Android or Garmin device.  It works like a social network, and you can join different teams to compete in challenges.  I’m [...]

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What’s New.

By on November 16, 2011 in Rides and Events

I’m now writing the blog for the shop I work at, American Cyclery.  You can check it out at www.americancyclery.com/blog. This shouldn’t detract too much from the posting here, and in fact I’m hoping to increase my posting frequency. I got two more Unknown Rolls of film developed the other day, unfortunately not too much [...]

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No More Big Extremes!

By on November 10, 2011 in Reviews

Schwalbe has really dropped the ball on their current tire offerings for the expedition touring crowd.  I just noticed that they have discontinued the Marathon Extreme tire in all sizes except for the 26×2.0” and 700x42mm.  This means that Schwalbe has absolutely zero Marathon tires in the 26×2.25” size, which I believe is a huge [...]

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camping, an art show, and a fun new toy!

By on November 1, 2011 in Bikes, Photography, Rides and Events

I’ve been running around and doing lots of riding since the last post.  Living in the Presidio has been great for the base mileage, I have to ride to get ANYWHERE! Thanks to everybody who came out to the BikeShare presentations, it was a great show, even if we did get rocked by an earthquake! [...]

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