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600km Brevet

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

This is it. The final event in my Super Randonneur series. It’s done. Fini. Completed. And I finished them all strong. Woohoo! (in spite of significant setbacks in this weekend’s ride.) I am now qualified for the grand-daddy of all brevets, the Paris-Brest-Paris, 1200km. Though this is not really the year for me to pursue [...]

The night before the big ride

Friday, June 8th, 2007

I’m all packed. Got my food, drinks, batteries, spare clothes, duffel bag with change of clothes for the rest stop in Wilmington.
The bike is ready. Um, yeah, about the bike. My trusty carbon Trek is out of commission. Done. Kaput. Fini. A scant day before the event and it was struck down in its [...]

Doug’s 85 mile ride

Friday, June 8th, 2007

This ride was the most beautiful ride of the year for me. Heck it was superlative is lots of ways–the scenery, the roads, the climbing, the group. It was all good. The people in particular were a highlight.
I got lots of pictures and even some video. Leave a comment and let me know what you [...]

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