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shoulder seasons
it is really just getting kinda wintry here in southern new England —- we are only 10 miles north of the shoreline of far eastern Long Island sound — that body of water has a warming effect that creeps up the river and generally keeps things pretty snow free and ridable year round — with…
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last gasp of the leaves ride
there is the ol’ time of year in New England (and other places but we aren’t talking about those) where the landscape seems to change overnight every night for a month and a half. im talking about oct 1st to Nov 20 or so — I love riding all times of year as it turns…
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overnight from deerfield MA
hi everyone. remember when I used to camp 200+ nights out of the year off my bike? maybe you don’t, it was years ago at this point, but it was my lifestyle on the cheep for nearly a decade. it is also how I garnered enough of a following to be able to now squeak…
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Yuusuke’s Alumalith custom build by LaRon
the custom build part of the biz is where the name “Ron’s Bikes” came from — but ironically it is what I have the least amount of time for these days. I will admit, even when I did have the time, this sort of process still took a lot longer than just plugging stock pieces…
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my crust malocchio 700×38
these bikes are the sleeper in the crust line up — presumably because of the strange caliper brake spacing. the front pads sit midway on a long reach, and the rear is near normal medium reach. technically you could run a 38 rear and 42 front — although the 38 rear would not be mud…
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we wanted some Lebanese food, so we pedaled to Yantic
a decade ago there was a Mediterranean bakery run by a Lebanese couple that would frequently have a booth at the New London farmers market inside Fiddlehead’s coop. being mostly vegetarian based, the food was just what my mom and I were looking for, so one fall afternoon in 2010, we visited their storefront in…
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nutmeg nor’easter vol 7 in memories
welp, thats a wrap folks! thanks all for coming out from far and near, straight and queer, you all had a good time, or so I hear … 500 signed up, and we had 480 of you in attendance despite some particularly saturated weather forecast. I have never seen so many soaking wet smiling faces…
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Final Nor’Easter info
Okay folks, the time is time! we will begin taking in guests at 3:00pm on Friday, and we have been requested to pack up and leave by around noon on Sunday. You can still get in one of these rides on Sunday, just be sure you pack everything up first. We will let folks know…
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2023 Nor’Easter info/update pt. 2
Hi everyone — it’s nearly time for our annual bicycle induced foliage bath here in southern Connecticut. 5 days to go! here you will find some updates and info you might like and consider etc. first off, if you haven’t received this important document to fill out via your email, then please fill it out…
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riding out of deerfield for a d2r2 sample platter
on Friday I escaped (or so I thought) the wall of rain that swept over much of New England. I drove up to Bellows Falls Vermont to pick up the alumax frames from Frank, and then back down to Deerfield, to a field, right as dusk set in to cook dinner and get some shut…
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