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If you ever travel to the San Juan Islands in the Puget Sound to ride your bicycle, you’ll undoubtedly hear that Lopez Island is the flattest of the bunch.
I’m here to tell you that, at least for bicyclists, it ain’t necessarily so.
My son and I recently took a 30-mile loop around Lopez Island as part of a two-day benefit bike ride. At the end of the previous day’s 30 miles around San Juan Island, quite a few people said the Lopez Island trip would be much flatter. …
OWL’S BEND, MO. - If you could pick a time to be sick, it probably wouldn’t be the day you’re pedaling the rollercoaster hills of the Ozarks.
We left Johnson’s Shut-ins in a light drizzle and immediately started climbing. A little while later, a carload of Boy Scouts who we camped with the night before pulled up alongside me, and …
There’s talk in the Firefly Brigade forum of a TOF Marshals’ reunion ride. This should be a real fun ride for all those who were with us in the 9th Tour of the Fireflies held last April 15, 2007.
The route is still to be finalized though, but by all indications, everybody wants to go […]
A problem with carbon cranksets has prompted Cannondale Bicycle to issue a recall for 2,900 bicycles that use the cranksets (road style — left; mountain bike style — right).
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commisson, the crankset could break. Cannondale says there have been two reports of breaking cranksets and one minor injury. (The CPSC issued its press release on Wednesday. Cannondale issued its own notice in April, therefore the problem may have been resolved for most customers by now.) ….
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