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Beyond the Best Bicycle – Part 2 – Stem and Handlebars
As I noted in the previous post to this blog, over the past 5 years I’ve slowly made modifications to my Trek Checkpoint bicycle to provide a better cycling experience. Two such modifications have been to replace the stem and the handlebars. Stem For those not familiar with bike parts, the stem of a bicycle…
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Beyond the Best Bicycle – Part 1 – Tires
I wrote previously about the 2018 purchase of my Trek Checkpoint ALR5 Gravel bike; the first new bike I’ve bought in 35 years. As I’ve ridden the bike over the past 5 years, I’ve slowly made modifications to it the better fit both me, the style of riding I do, and the things I like…
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The Best Bicycle
The best bicycle, like the best camera, the best fitness club, the best …. anything …. is the one that you’ll use. The hard part is figuring out what it is that determines that you will use it! In earlier times of my life I found that the exercise regimen that I enjoyed most was…
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Colorado’s Seasonal Transformation
While working in the Aurora, Colorado area, I discovered the Star K Ranch open space park. The name “Star K” comes from what the property used to be called, the “Stark Ranch”, owned by the Stark family. In fact the old family ranch house how houses the Morrison Nature Center. The park provides a curated…
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Exploring Colorado Hinterlands
In September and October of 2019 I was in the Aurora, Colorado area for work. Some of that time required me staying in town over weekends, so during that time I explored places in the Colorado hinterlands that one might overlook. One such place is the Paint Mines Interpretive Park, about an hour and a…
