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a tale of two bikes…

Some more boat executions, an unsurprising situation, and in the “the stupid it burns” department… Fifty years ago I was riding across the US of A doing the Bikecentennial on my Peugeot UO8 bike. As it happens, the Peugeot UO8, a bike I’d bought new in 1971 for $90 bucks, was not the bike I’d …

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A minimal cruiser…

An interesting podcast, some solar downsides, and maybe the scariest thing I’ve read in a decade… Over breakfast, this morning the subject of bike touring came up and it got me remembering just how little I carried while cycling from Los Angeles to NYC before the Bicentennial. Back in the day, I could put most …

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My current ride…

An interesting take on AI, a 4th grader making sense, and in the “competitive authoritarianism” department… I’ve spent quite a bit of time trying to sort out where our bikes are going to reside on the Islander. At the moment, it appears that the most logical place is by the shrouds amidships. Might even hang …

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