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TweetMy friend Nils sent me a link to the New England Bicycle Club (NEBC) and pointed out that there’s a Tuesday night ride for Women that focuses on paceline skills. Cool. The first Tuesday was a washout … too much rain. But the following week I went and did the “beginner” ride. It was great. […]
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TweetOver the course of the last three weeks I have been through the ringer. The bike I bought last summer was the wrong fit. I was raised in the school of “it never hurts to ask” so I went back to Wheelworks in Belmont and talked to the owner about my dilemma. The crux of […]
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TweetI had agreed to meet Nils at Quad Cycles Saturday am for the 9.30 ride. It was a bit chilly and overcast, which is kinda nice, actually. The first piece of the ride is from Arlington out to Lexington and then we hook into the MinuteMan Bike Path. At Bedford, we regroup. There’s a scary […]
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TweetSunday afternoon Nils called me and asked if I was up for a bike ride. Sure! I knew I wanted to check out slimmer saddles so we agreed to meet at Quad Cycles in Arlinton and do like a 25-30 mile loops out the MinuteMan Bike Path and toward Acton. As I drove over to […]
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TweetOver the past two weeks I have been learning more and more about cycling. I perused some books at Barnes and Noble one afternoon. I consulted a friend and former racer. I spent an hour and a half talking to the bike shop guys in NC and getting refitted. What did I learn? Well I am […]
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TweetSaturday morning I went to Boston University for the Team in Training Kick-off event. This season (summer/fall) there are six teams training: 3 marathon teams, 1 TRI team, 1 cycle team, and 1 hike team. We all gathered for the same pep-talk, to meet our team mates, coach and mentors and to receive our training […]
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TweetSuffice it to say … I am insane. 🙂 So, I went to visit my parents who now live in the greater Asheville, NC area and I brought my bike thinking it would be a great time to get some rides in because the weather is so predictably nice there. Originally Michelle and me were […]
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TweetQuad Cycles in Arlington has group rides both Saturday and Sunday mornings at 9.30am. My friend Nils told me that he’s gone on the ride a few times and it’s well done. Just Nils and me cycled the route two Saturdays ago and I was pretty slow (he was home late and Melanie — his […]
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TweetI went for a ride on Sunday with Michelle. She lives up in North Andover and so I drive to her house and then we head out. We didn’t have a lot of time so Michelle thought up a route that took us about 14 miles around NAndover and Andover. Sunday was a pretty day, […]
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TweetI knew I wanted to do a significant (mileage) ride and so I started checking out organized rides in the area. The biggest obstacle is that each ride usually benefits a charity and they all want you to do a tremendous amount of fundraising in order to participate in the ride event. I happened upon […]
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