Tag Archives: Cycling

Le Tour

July 8, 2007 – 5:54 am

We went to watch the Prologue of The Tour yesterday. Main recollections: These guys go fast even when they’re warming up They corner faster then I’d dare They don’t seem to be going that fast, but then you notice how fast the chase car is going Did I mention fast yet? I would fall of [...]

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This Is Me

June 12, 2007 – 6:30 am

Although there should be a bit of a fat man foldover spilling out of the shorts: (HT: Treehugger)

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Involuntary interval training

March 27, 2007 – 9:15 am

I promised a report on my experience so far with my new single speed bike, and I’m sure you’ve had a restless night waiting for an update. Well the short answer is it’s fun, but it hurts. Having a single gear simplifies things greatly. There’s no decision for what gear would best suit the upcoming [...]

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Single Speed

March 26, 2007 – 4:52 pm

I recently invested a whopping £13 British Pounds (approx. $26 US, or $4,000 Canadian) on eBay to download the following beauty: A rocking single speed conversion of a ‘Raleigh Marauder’. You might guess from the name that this isn’t a quality frame, but it’s got rear dropouts long enough to run a single speed, and [...]

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This American Showtime

March 21, 2007 – 10:54 am

This American Life, a great radio documentary programme not bogged down by attempts at worthiness (though it often is more illuminating than standard documentaries) is now on Showtime, apparently. Here’s what it looks like.

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