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I like to ride my bicycle - for long distances. I have earned the California Triple Crown and finished the Furnace Creek 508. My goals include qualifying for RAAM and ...(read the blog to find out). "The bicycle has a soul. If you are able to love it as it deserves, it will give you emotions you will never forget." "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride."
"The important decisions in my life I make while out riding my bike."
"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever.” Lance Armstrong
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Monday, December 26, 2005
It was a good day to ride the Rain BikeWe met at the Red Lot for the 10:00 am Salem Bicycle Club under theatening clouds. Just before the ride started, the threat came true and it started to rain. It was not hard, but it was quite wet. My Redline handled it like champ. I really like the disk brakes. When I applied the brake lever, there was no grating sound of brake pads contacting the rim of the wheels. Just a nice, quite stop. After a few miles, the rain stopped and stayed away for the rest of the ride. Of course, we did just 28 miles, but to give us credit, there were some hills - 70th, MacLeay and Joesph to name a few. One the down side, due to the rain, my Redline is no longer clean.
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