Varsity

Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2005 @ 10:46 pm
Filed Under Bicycling, Stories
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Mom & Dad were about to leave on vacation--New Orleans, I think--when Mom handed me a couple twenties and said I should get my bike working while they were gone.  Not sure what provoked the assignment, but it's fair to say it changed my life....

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Assenmacher

Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 @ 12:35 pm
Filed Under Bicycling, Joel
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Restored? What does "restored" mean for a custom bike whose components changed pretty much at the owner's whim? Obviously I'm not returning it to original trim.

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Jeannie Longo? Jeannie Longo?

Posted on Sunday, August 15, 2004 @ 11:26 am
Filed Under Bicycling
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Watched the Olympic Women's Road Race this morning, and had lots of fun.  It was astonishing, though, to find Jeannie Longo leading the race early on, and fascinating to watch her control the pack late in the race.  Veteran hardly describes the woman; she was that over a decade ago.  Finished tenth!  I suspect she's a little different from most of us....

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The TechNomad

Posted on Sunday, April 4, 2004 @ 11:32 am
Filed Under Bicycling, Computing, Lost Friends, Model 100, Stories
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Steven K. Roberts is a person I might have been. We even look kind of alike. He grew up a nomad; I grew up a bureaucrat....

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