Wednesday kicked off the first day of the indoor expo at Interbike. I managed to make a first pass at about a third of the show floor running on only a few hours of sleep and fighting off the season’s first bug. (Not to mention the 6:12am flight this morning!) I’ve learned over the years [...]
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Here’s a great idea from an entrepreneurial cyclist David Mayer. The Clean Bottle features a removable bottom, making it easy to clean that gunk at the hard to reach bottom and middle of the bottle especially if you put Accelerade in your bottle like I do. Sure, you could easily use a brush on your [...]
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Bummer days in San Francisco as a rash of bike thefts have hit. It started in the Richmond but has seemed to spread like a plague in to other neighborhoods. My friend had his Ridley Excalibur stolen from his single family home garage the Thursday before last. In it, my cross bike. Yep, I had [...]
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Here’s something we didn’t see at Interbike last September (and somehow my mom manage to see it before i did!) It’s a foldable electric powered bike conceived by successful New Zealand entrepreneur Grant Ryan. Looks like a fun ride for commuters or going around town. At 25kph (15mph) max speed it’s probably not fast enough [...]
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The recent rains coupled with the flood tide made for an interesting ride on Sunday morning. Riding across the Golden Gate Bridge we could see how swiftly the flood tide was coming into the bay. When we rode the bike path on the way out the water was already pretty high. We knew it would [...]
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With the new year comes another year of checking out the race schedules and planning. Last year I did a total of two bike races and a big fat zero in triathlons. In fact, 2009 marked the first year since college that I had not competed in a triathlon of any distance. I was a [...]
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Back in the day, in my early years as a racer, I would have scoffed at the idea of putting fenders on my race bike even if was just for training rides. There was no way I would risk my image by doing anything that might remotely spell “Fred.” The stripe on the back of [...]
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Scott Witthoff (Fusion Sport), open water swimmer (former pro triathlete) Michelle Deasy and friends know how to throw on a good holiday party. A good time was had by all at a packed Mr Smith’s in San Francisco for their annual party. It seems to get better every year. Always good food, good drinks, good [...]
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