use the front brake

I rode LL’s bike into town.
It’s rather small and I had
to put the seat way up.

LL is a short arse very petit
and cute and her bike is correspondingly
petit and cute. Fortunately there is no
basket and ribbons on the handlebars.

I rode to the race bike specialists
and locked LL’s bike out front.
The guys were watching me with
half-grins from inside. I went in
and started throwing technical jargon
around like I had an armful of Frisbees
and one of the wrenches asked me cautiously
if I really wanted to put TT brake levers
on my bike. Uh, that’s actually my wife’s
bike, I said. Ha! Ha! He looked relieved; he
was worried there for a minute I think.

_{Crazy American waves arms around in the
shop wanting weird shit done and rides off
on this toy bike with his knees up to his
ears when he pedals.}

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High lighted Places I biked this summer,
Boundry Creek to Little Casino-
Fisher Creek, Three times
Bear Creek to Parker
Cold Springs to Warm Springs
River Run to Bald Mtn trail to Warm Springs
Prarie Creek
Fox Peak to Warm Springs (shuttle, 4th of July epic)

Park City, UT-Spiro to DeerValley
Post Canyon- WindRiver, Oregon
Washington River Trail-
Mt. Hood Trail- 4 stroke 44
Lake Tahoe Western States

I borrowed a bike to ride to work and the side
wall of the rear tyre was so rotten that when I hit
a small pothole it blew out and blew off the clincher
rim and the tube went into the cassette under the chain.

I had to carry it to the bike shop. They were amused.

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Mile 72

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Long Sunday ride back
home.

_{Appx. 81 miles}

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25 miles fast/hills.

I was bummed out because
my new Kleen Kanteen bottle
holder doesn’t work on the
Cervélo.

_Bummed

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22 miles – hill work

_{A very rare image of
me a bici that someone
else happened to capture
and then actually send me.}

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20km fast

_{Edit – Post meridian 30 mile bike ride.}

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I bought two new tyres
(folding bead) that were
on sale at the local shop.

I threw my old Michelin’s
away and took the new Bontragers
for a 25K ride. I was flying
down a hill at about 60km and
ZAP! a yellowjacket got in my
jersey and stung me about an
inch under my right nipple – ouch.

I finally stopped and pulled the
squirming bee and its stinger &
poison sac out of me and engaged
in some creative cursing and rode
home.

25km
21 ounces water
3rd bee sting on bike
this year so far – not
as bad as the one right by
my left eye.

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Rode to the ferry landing
and bought a coffee. Watched
the cars drive off the ferry
and tried to see how far the
waterline came up.

Yes sir! Orcas Island excitement
on a Tuesday evening. Zonino!

_{20.0 miles
20 ounces water/banana Hammergel
1 kamikaze insect splat on my glasses}

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