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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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nutmeggers in the desert
a bit late on this post, but what the heck, why not. as some of you know I had left the mild wildes of southern New England back in early March, and drove on out to meet up with a gaggle of Nutmeg Country Clubbers for a 9 day training camp down in Southern AZ.…
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why an all metal sub 20lb mid reach road bike is relevant in 2024
well first off, because it’s my latest obsession turned passioné. much like a good olive oil — its the flavor that makes the dish. the flavor I am talking about is the much overlooked modulating maven of a stopper, the mid reach road caliper. if you’d like a run down of the options of said…
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Westward
well the time has come, or the time came … the ol’ but short nutmeg needleworks chapter of our lives is over. we got raked over the coals there at the end of it, and we nearly lost ourselves in it all, but as of last friday, we are officially through the smolders. Arya and…
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a lot going on right now
the above photo is the closest image I could find taken in the past month of how life has felt for the most part. I wanted to share this past month’s challenges in video story form on YouTube, but my video making has been a bit distracted by the above image relating to how life feels…
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walking tour NYC
not bike content, but this is my blog, not yours!😉 so to celebrate another year of making bags and bikes, Arya and I planned an end of the year city visit, if only to do something different than paddling our canoe across the CT river for “city life” in the humble “Paris of Nutmeg Country”,…
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beach club buzz
I LOVE riding this bike. it just feels dialed in, and the geo fits me like a glove. I have found myself with several road bikes, but this is the one I like most. so here are some photos and musings about a new Beach Club/Ron’s road collaboration. so I have been riding road bikes a whole lot…
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