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Some random thoughts this Friday night:
I realize that I need more sleep, but I’m such a night owl that it’s tough to get the message across to the rest of my system. But I need to get up early to trek out to Warrenton, VA, for a PPTC ride. Such is the price [...]

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In part 1, I looked at my first bikes. In part 2, I reminisced about my first performance mountain bikes.
Now let’s look at my first exotic bike:
Slingshot (1990)
After the insurance payment for the Marin Eldridge Grade showed up, I went shopping for a new bike. A teammate of mine on Team Flowerchildren, Martin [...]

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Back in part 1, I mused about the first few bikes I rode, up to the point where I started racing.
Scott Axis XT (1987)
This was my first performance-grade mountain bike. Built from Tange chromoly steel tubing, it was lighter than the Bianchi, weighing in at only 28-or-so pounds. It was painted a pearlescent [...]

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Had the chance to see Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speak today on the subject of renewable energy and energy independence. It was a great speech, focusing primarily on the auto industry. He cited examples of Japanese and European automakers getting the point: that hybrid and alternative fuel technologies are for today, and that [...]

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Activity: road cycling
Location: Georgetown University > Potomac/Avenel, MD > Dupont Circle
Distance: 21.9 miles (moderately hilly)
Duration: 1:20
Weather: partly cloudy with a breeze, 71 degrees
Avg HR: 150 (max 172)
Type: aerobic
A post-ride work to take advantage of gorgeous late-summer/early-fall weather. I didn’t have my cyclocomputer on the bike, so I used GMap Pedometer to calculate the [...]

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After all, today is “Talk Like A Pirate Day.”
Be mindful, though: if you don’t show your sea legs today, I can’t guarantee that you won’t be held at sword’s end, being eased toward a date with Davy Jones (and I don’t mean the Monkee).
Funny thing: it’s not too tough to feel like a pirate here [...]

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