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Posts tagged with single-speed
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Swift Campout at L.L. Stub Swift Campout 2019 Portland to L.L. “Stub” Stewart State Park and back, 22 – 23 June 2019.
18 Dec 2019PORTLAND, Oregon — I participated in the 2019 Swift Campout* with a solo overnight ride from headquarters in the University District of downtown Portland to the foothills of the Coastal Range where L.L. “Stub” Stewart State Park lies in the Banks-Vernonia Trail. I left my apartment and made my way…
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Leave the gears, keep the Troll
14 Apr 2019PORTLAND, Oregon – A few months ago I decided it was time to end the short-lived foolishness of multiple gears for a few reasons, the most prominent being that I still rode the damn thing as if it were single speed … always in the wrong gear. While the title…
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Great Divide: Back in the USA
23 Sep 2016WHITEFISH, Mont. – Subsequent days on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route have gotten easier, but the challenge is still the same. It took a few days for me to settle into a routine of riding my bike all day and camping at night. For a first bikepacking trip, perhaps…
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Dusty adventures in Black Rock City
11 Sep 2016BANFF, Alberta, Canada – Something draws us to the worst place on earth at a high cost in time and treasure Some create or participate in epic artwork – performance, built things or both – while others volunteer (often buying a ticket to go work for free). Some go for…
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More on my Extra Terrestrial experience
12 Aug 2016AUSTIN - In an effort to test out the new Surly Extra Terrestrial 26 x 2.5 tires in something other than my apartment parking lot or my 5-mile (8 km) round trip to class, I rode around Ladybird Lake on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail in…
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The Troll goes Extra Terrestrial
10 Aug 2016AUSTIN - I wasn’t completely sure about the Schwalbe Marathon Mondial 26 x 2.15 Evolution I mounted to replace the Surly Dirt Wizard 26 x 2.75. I mean, they’re burly tires meant for the craziest expeditions over the most unridable surfaces with an elephant strapped to your bike, with an…
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The red, bulging rim strips
08 Aug 2016AUSTIN – The bulging of the Surly rim strips in the Rabbit Hole rims was driving me a bit crazy. At 2.5 bars it was just too much – I’m sure it was structurally fine, but it annoyed me It looked like the tubes (these aren’t tubeless, yet) would stretch…
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A perfect day for a small bike ride
21 Apr 2016AUSTIN – Weather warnings and watches murmur and squawk as creeks flood, thunder rattles the windows and lightning rips holes in the churning sky Perfect day for a small bike ride. We weren’t riding small bikes; I mean it was a short ride. I mean … my new Surly Troll…