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The Core of Downhill

I was talking with a friend about downhilling, he was trying to figure out ways to go faster. I’m pretty quick, I wouldn’t say it is because I’m some super exceptional rider, or that I have some killer skill-set. I mean, you do get good at what you do and I’ve certainly spent a lot of time doing it, so I am faster than your average bear.

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Rockin in Rockville

I sat there in my swivel chair, staring at my monitor.  The Boddingtons pub ale getting warmer by the moment as it was slowly sweating a small pool of water onto my desk.  Glaring at it, as if to say I’m better than you, a half full bottle of Jack Daniels sat perched off to…

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09/22/11 Local loop

So the saddle time I’ve been putting in has really been making a difference.  I did my local training ride today, this will be the second time on this exact route, the third time on roughly the same route.   I was 20 minutes faster than the last time, and 30 minutes faster than the…

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Back to the falls

Funny how time flies right by you if you aren’t paying attention.  I mean, before I knew it, the weekend was upon me and I hadn’t gotten in a ride all week with my last ride being at the Salmon Falls trail the previous Saturday.  As it was now getting late in the day on…