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Bicycle commuting update

Adam December 13, 2009 January 3, 2018Life and Everything Else bicycle commuting, commuting, cycling, outdoors 2

It is now solidly mid-December and I’m still doing my 3-mile (each way) commute by bicycle. I started biking to work for this season around the beginning of April and purchased a dedicated commuting bike on April 21st. Since then I’ve logged 770 miles commuting just about every day; rain,…

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Hinesburg Town Forest

Adam September 13, 2009 December 12, 2010Life and Everything Else cycling, GIS/GPS, mountain biking, outdoors 0

Today Spencer and I had a great rainy day mountain bike ride in the Hinesburg Town Forest. The blue line is our GPS track, the purple are the trails (provided by LocalMotion.com). View Larger Map It was a bit damp and cloudy, but the trails weren’t too muddy the woods…

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24 Hours of Great Glen

Adam August 15, 2009 December 12, 2010Life and Everything Else 24 Hours of Great Glen, cycling, mountain biking, outdoors, racing 0

This past weekend we headed to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for the 24 Hours of Great Glen mountain bike relay race. I had the pleasure of riding on a 5-person team with Spencer Taylor, Serena Taylor, Steffie Gould, and Simon Bird. Sarah and Celia filled in as our…

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First Night Mountain Ride (and Mini-Review of the CygoLite MityCross)

Adam July 31, 2009 December 12, 2010Life and Everything Else cycling, mountain biking, outdoors, reviews 0

In preparation for the 24 Hours of Great Glen mountain bike race next weekend I purchased a CygoLight MityCross 350-Lumen LED headlight (on sale for $170). It arrived on the FEDEX truck yesterday and I took it out for this evening (9-10:30pm) for my first-ever night mountain-ride. Having only ridden…

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Newest addition to the stable

Adam April 21, 2009 December 12, 2010Life and Everything Else bicycle commuting, commuting, cycling, outdoors 0

I’ve been regularly bicycle commuting since 2002 — though only since 2007 has my commute increased to 3 miles each way up from less than one. I commute pretty exclusively on my Cannondale road bike, as the full-suspension mountain bike with downhill tires is way too slow and the unicycle…

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First Ride of the Season

Adam March 11, 2009 December 12, 2010Life and Everything Else cycling, outdoors 0

After getting several inches of snow on Monday, the weather has now warmed up and I was able to get out for my first bike ride of the season. It was a pretty blustery evening with west winds gusting up to 35mph, but was quite warm at about 50°F. I…

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In Praise of the Bicycle

Adam April 13, 2004 December 12, 2010Life and Everything Else cycling, linked articles 0

I just came accross this great short essay entitled, “In Praise of the Bicycle”.Excerpts: …Man on his feet is thermodynamically more efficient than any motorized vehicle and most animals. For his weight, he performs more work in locomotion than rats or oxen, less than horses or sturgeon. …The bicycle is…

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