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Amanda’s Alumalith
before you say “hey ronnie I thought you were all out of those things and those forks!”, well this one has been reserved for a while for a special customer. the rollerskating @skatergates of Erie PA. this one was in the works for a while — tried to have it ready for pick up at…
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Alps ATB
so after my faster friends left the Tirano area, and the big roadie climbs were under the bib straps, I got to map out my own ride and take a jab at Italian/Swiss ATB life. I could not help but notice that all of the road climbs we did also connected to other peaks and…
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non bike photos italy
there were a lot of other things to take photos of — although I know this is a bikes blog and all, I do have fun just slowly walking or riding around taking photos of other things too. this trip I only brought 1 camera — my Ricoh GRiiix with an effective 40mm 2.8 fixed…
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Dolomites pt.2 (mogast)
MOGAST: “MOrtirolo” “GAvia” “STelvio” /// 106 miles and nearly 16,000 ft in elevation gained. a monster of a roadie day, and a small event put on by a lovely guy from Tirano named Bruno. all three of the most infamous climbs of the Giro in one day. iyeeee! many of you have seen the photos…
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where the caps are made
on a rest day from riding, patz and I borrowed a car and took a 3 hr drive to the small factory that make our caps in a rural farm town, 1.5 hrs from Milan. living most of my adult life beneath the stubby shade of one of these things; from this very factory —…
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Dolomites pt 1
currently on a trip we’d kinda planned for in 2020, but things happened and all, so here we are 4 years later picking up where we left off in some ways, and not in others. after attempting the Swiss Alpine bike route in 2017, Tenzin (formerly Arya) and I really wanted to get back and…
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155 miles on a long day
for the 2nd year in a row now, the nutmeg country, country club “A” group hath embarked on a smattering of ambitious rides around the 1st of June — long days, low humidity, and before the bugs. the perfect time of year to really stretch the legs out and shake off the cobwebs of the…
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New Haven apizza century
I am headed to the Dolamites mid June to ride a few of the road climbs that I’d dreamt of summiting in my younger years –shorn chest glistening in the rarified mountain air — jersey unzipped and wide open, flapping in the backdraft of my science enhanced climbing speed — crowd roaring — ROOOOONIE! can…
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2024 Nutmeg Country Spring Brek retrospec
here we are amassing at the historic Hadlyme ferry landing saturday morning… wish I’d gotten a group shot! don’t know why I just thought of that now after 4 years of hosting this event. you will have to imagine the 100 riders who signed up and whoever ended up coming after the rain scare. rain…
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2024 Nutmeg Country Spring Break Event Details
the brooks are bumbling and rumbling here in Nutmeg Country! what better way to bring in the green season than riding the waves of water and dirt down to the picturesque Connecticut coastline. hard to believe, but this is the 4th annual Nutmeggers spring event. sometimes called the “spring fling”, but not maybe just spring…
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