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The Chief Ladiga Rail Trail – Northeast Alabama
The Chief Ladiga Trail is a rail-trail located in northeast Alabama. It runs between a southwestern terminus near Aniston, Alabama up to the northeast for 32 miles until it meets the 60-mile long Silver Comet Trail at the Alabama-Georgia border. Together the Chief Ladiga and Silver Comet rail trails provide a 90+ mile continuous, paved…
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Beyond the Best Bicycle – Part 3 – Gears
As I suspect every rider does, from time to time – and always when grinding up some onerous hill – I found myself wanting just one set of gears with a lower ratio than what is on my bike. Last summer I decided I would modify my bike to fulfill my wish for a “Granny…
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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…
