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• Training Camp Road Trippin, vegan style... rolling ...

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  Training Camp Road Trippin, vegan style... rolling with the OrganicAthlete Portland vegan cycling crew in some internal combustion powered horse-less carriages out of wet veg paradise towards Sonoma County where the vineyards end as the Pacific begins. Forming what might have been the largest contingent of vegan cyclists this side of [...]
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  Posted: March 30, 2008, 1:45pm EDT
  

• Curse/Gift My curse as a wannabe racer ...

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  Curse/Gift My curse as a wannabe racer is endurance, suffering...just not in the way it is a curse for a lot of people. The main snag in my otherwise peaceful groove is that I happen to succeed the longer and more arduous a ride becomes. I would be happy to be [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2007, 1:21am EDT
  

• Humbled I should have seen ...

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  Humbled
  
  I should have seen it coming, bicycling to me has become such a passion, and I have a tendency to get a bit wrapped up in my passions. For a few years now I've been toying with the idea of racing, with only the occasional mountain bike or cyclocross race' [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2007, 12:22am EDT
  

• Little Wing It wasn't my intent, never ...

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  Little Wing It wasn't my intent, never wanted to harm you. I ride my bicycle for many reasons, but Peace is high on the list. No wars have been waged for my privilege to ride. I don't pollute the air where you fly. Riding has a way of bringing a harmless, [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2007, 11:35pm EDT
  

• Snow fun Arise auto, supurfluous culture- gridlock, ...

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  Snow fun Arise auto, supurfluous culture- gridlock, unnecessary exhaust...lost time and lost soul lingering commute. Sluggish like bellies, fattened legs America rejoices "The greatest!" eminating from I-84 slippery rush hour fury. Snow day, work cancelled productivity stands subdued P-town can't get anywhere fossil fuel too week. Jackknifes, stalls- where is your' [...]
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  Posted: January 16, 2007, 5:12pm EST
  

• Summer bike digest Oregon summers are created ...

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  Summer bike digest Oregon summers are created in a dream, and those of us fortunate enough to experience them never want to wake up. For those of us who experience it from atop our bicycle it is especially sweet- a sort of wet dream on wheels. So many perfectly ideal days [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2006, 9:29pm EDT
  

• Tagged Well although I've still ...

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  Tagged
  
  Well although I've still been wondering and wandering through Portland on my bicycle, I haven't been too up on writing about it. With new Gestapo-style internet controls at my work I can't even get onto most internet sites, and after a day of dealing with architects and engineers I frankly' [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2006, 1:25am EDT
  

• Back and Forth One of ...

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  Back and Forth
  
  One of the beauties of bicycle commuting is you get at least 2 bicycle rides every day. Riding my bicycle is literally the source of the endorphins that keep me going. Stronger than a cup of coffee, I'm awakened by the morning walnut trees along Tillamook Street, the' [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2006, 1:11am EDT
  

• Moving New house bought, new ...

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  Moving
  
  New house bought, new commute to explore. Champagne wishes and bicycle dreams!
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  Posted: May 19, 2006, 9:23pm EDT
  

• Fluff The white silence of the ...

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  Fluff
  
  The white silence of the ride lifted me a few inches above the ground, hovering in a state of peaceful euphoria. Solitude on the open road, a cloud resting on the ground. Cars hiding in their garages, people out playing on foot instead and a smile on everyone's faces. Marking' [...]
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  Posted: February 01, 2006, 3:29pm EST
  

• Disappearing Rider The first couple ...

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  Disappearing Rider
  
  The first couple times I crossed a certain fellow commuter coming the other direction on the Springwater path I flashed my full "good morning" smile at him, only to get no response back. That's O.K., not everyone is in such a jovial mood at 7:15 in the morning. But' [...]
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  Posted: December 06, 2005, 3:19pm EST
  

• Jazzy Riding to me is ...

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  Jazzy
  
  Riding to me is like jazz. Freedom from the bounds of automobiles, freedom into the groove. Like a Sun Ra awakening for the day, breathing rhythmic melody, essential life.
  
  Crank revolving like hypnotic drumming deep within, taking me somewhere, transporting me there.
  
  Spin, rock. Push to the pedal power burnin'' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2005, 7:53pm EST
  

• Sloppy fun Natural progression for a ...

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  Sloppy fun
  
  Natural progression for a cycle-holic has brought me to centuries, bike fairs, daily commuting, mountain bike races, a blog devoted to the sport, the velodrome, and finally to the wonderful wacky world of cyclocross racing. It's like the sky has suddenly opened up for me revealing a glorious new' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2005, 3:13pm EDT
  

• Turning Left Perpetual spin down ...

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  Turning Left
  
  Perpetual spin down in the drops deeply hunching. Rolling off the bank and no time to think before the next one arises, like life throwing its gratuitous curve ball one after another. Fighting gravity by moving faster, ascending the wall due to some sort of physical equation I've just' [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2005, 6:14pm EDT
  

• Make it a double "I ...

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  Make it a double
  
  "I think I could do more" I thought to myself after completing the Spring Century last month. I was tired, but not beat up. My heart rate slowed down to normal pretty quickly, and my breathing soon came back to a normal rhythm. Sure, the beer I [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2005, 3:43pm EDT
  

• Spring Century 1 gear, 100 ...

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  Spring Century
  
  1 gear, 100 miles, 18 average, 39.5 max, rain, 2 tired legs, 1 giant smile the whole way. My first century and glad I did it fixed. Rolling hopfields through my own heartland, long flat stretches racing alone at 23 mph fighting the wind deep in the drops. At [...]
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  Posted: June 08, 2005, 3:33pm EDT
  

• Meme-cycle Well bicycle-eye just got ...

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  Meme-cycle
  
  Well bicycle-eye just got memed by cfsmtb.... took a while to figure out what that really meant, but it turns out it's sort of like a benign virus. Not harmful, but you've still gotta deal with taking off work and riding your bike down to the hospital to have [...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2005, 3:29pm EDT
  

• Riding as artform Lately I've ...

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  Riding as artform
  
  Lately I've been intrigued by the concept of bicycling as a form of creating art. A spiritual fixed rider from Bend, Oregon, Ken Cox's beautifully articulate portrayals of a very poetic essence involved with riding fixed has opened up a whole mode of viewing the world with the [...]
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  Posted: May 20, 2005, 6:18pm EDT
  

• Set the Controls for the Heart of ...

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  Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
  
  Hour lunch break, Oregon springtime with the green-ness of Willamette Valley lush and even in the city a sort of blissfully natural essence, certainly for me right now on my bike pushing a just-right 78 gear inches and it's an easy 72' [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2005, 7:28pm EDT
  

• 28 a day ...

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  28
  
  a day of magic and beauty
  caressing my skin and
  soul soothing as I ride
  arms spread wide
  a warmth
  the leaves
  wrong way down one way
  feels so good
  feels like the
  right way for me
  thank you god
  whatever you may be
  for giving me the ability
  to appreciate this day
  like a kid
  on a bike
  on my birthday. [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2005, 5:18pm EDT
  

• Hooked Somehow I've officially become ...

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  Hooked
  
  Somehow I've officially become a roadie. Went on my first group road ride last weekend, and got hooked like so many other hooks before... First time up McDonald forest on a mountain bike, struggling to make it but loving every second of it. First kiss- what a feeling- instantly looking' [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2005, 4:10pm EDT
  

• Check It Nailed on the ...

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  Check It
  
  Nailed on the new cross check it out it's an amazing ride...putting the fun between my legs causing revolution at the speed of a dream awakening to the fix of broken speed. Only one, one for me like chakra eminating from 46 tooth chainring and a cog with 16' [...]
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  Posted: March 22, 2005, 3:13pm EST
  

• Closure It'a 5:10, a quick ...

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  Closure
  
  It'a 5:10, a quick pedal downtown after work and I easily found the mass with the bass drums and the whistles and the chanting, chanting, fists in the air, marching like the good soldiers they are. Revolutionaries with scarves covering their faces. People in business attire. Old people. Very young' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2004, 4:13pm EST
  

• Introversion Lowering my chin, looking ...

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  Introversion
  
  Lowering my chin, looking down... riding... this is me. I'm in total control of this ride. The air feels nice, I love the sound of the tires mumbling, hissing, gurgling. The softness, like erasing all that I've just ridden past. The intimacy of holding on to the bars, a dominant-submissive [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2004, 4:11pm EDT
  

• Trail reviews- MTB After yesterday's ...

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  Trail reviews- MTB
  
  After yesterday's glorious Brown's Camp romp, I feel entitled to include a severely neglected portion of my bicycling experience on these pages. I was first a mountain biker before I even considered riding down paved roads for a good time. I am still a mountain biker, and always [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2004, 3:42pm EDT
  

• Bicycling and Veganism Within this ...

  Bicycling and Veganism
  
  Within this life and all the subsequent realities alive throughout it, there exists an infinitely structured interconnected embodiment of life's fundamental nature. A breath in, Yin. A breath out, Yang. One could not exist without the other. Regarding the topics of bicycling and veganism, one could indeed exist [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2004, 3:21pm EDT