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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Happy new year! I hope you're as excited as I am to start training for the 2009 AIDS/Lifecycle! The first training ride for the Sunday CAT2 series will be on Sunday, January 17. We're riding 22 miles to Mill Valley. This is a great training ride ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Congratulations to everybody who braved the Alpine Dam ride on Sunday. That ride is much harder than any day on the Lifecycle and everybody who did it should be patting themselves on their backs right now. We did great!
The Lifecycle is only a month away! You should be riding back ...
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
We had a wonderful ride out to Point Reyes Station on Sunday. I think just about everybody is coming along very well. I was seeing good riding manners for the most part and we haven't gotten any tickets that anybody's fessed up about. Let's try to keep that up!
We're now ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Hi Everybody--
We had an extremely early start Sunday because they were closing the bridge bike lane for a race. Nevertheless a bunch of people showed up at 5:45 to ride up to Lucas Valley. The weather was cool and breezy but gorgeous. Training this season has pretty much been a ...
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
You burn a lot of calories cycling. The tables below show roughly how many calories you are burning according to your weight and average speed. The average speed is based on time cycling and does not include time stopping at traffic lights, breaks and pit stops etc.
Weight (lbs)
<10 miles/hr
11 miles/hr
13 ...
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
We had yet another awesome ride on Sunday. It around sixty riders braved the cold and wet to join us on our trek to Tiburon. It got a lot drier as we headed into Marin and everybody had a pretty good day. We added a big new hill this week, ...
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Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Oh boy, sorry for the lateness in getting the ride recap out to you. But this weather has been so e’ffing crazy that I’m losing my mind with the need to get out there and ride. I don’t know if you are like me but I count down the minutes until ...
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Let me start this post with a big THANK YOU. 63 riders, veterans and new riders came out to enjoy the deliciously sunny blue skies that greeted us and made the start of the SF CAT series a success.Our ride on Sunday took us to the lovely little town of ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
As most of you know, the route for ALC7 is a closely kept secret. However, those of us who have completed ALC in previous years have a good idea what the route it is likely going to be and I thought it would benefit those of you who are tackling ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
You can buy a new road bike for as little as $200 (Wal-Mart has a Schwinn) but the price for something that you’ll enjoy riding is probably in the range of $800-$1200. This will get you the equivalent of a Honda Civic or a VW Golf, at the top end ...
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