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Utilitaire 12, Week 3, Controle 6

Posted on February 19, 2012 by the sloth

I’m cheating. Well, actually, I’m taking advantage of a technicality. The Utilitaire 12 rules state that only once can I hit two controls in one day. Since I hit the first control of the week yesterday and was unsure of … Continue reading →

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Utlilitaire 12, Week 3, Controle 5

Posted on February 18, 2012 by the sloth

We’re down to the last 2 days for week 3 of Utilitaire 12 and I hadn’t done any riding at all. Deciding to have Neato Burrito for dinner was easy. I’m always up for burritos. Riding there is kind of … Continue reading →

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Utilitaire 12, Week 2

Posted on February 17, 2012 by the sloth

Now that week 3 is drawing to a close, I figure it’s time to jabber about week 2. If you don’t know what a Utilitaire is, read my previous post or just go to the source at Chasing Mailboxes. Controle … Continue reading →

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Utilitaire 12, Week 1

Posted on February 8, 2012 by the sloth

For those of you who live under a rock, the lovely MG over at Chasing Mailboxes has challenged the whole, wide world to participate in the Utilitaire 12.  I missed the Coffeeneuring Challenge (because I was living under a rock).  … Continue reading →

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Double-boinger blubber bikes

Posted on January 11, 2012 by the sloth

The rumors started yesterday.  Salsa’s working on a double-suspension fat bike.  “Oh, goody,” thought I.  “Sheldon Brown’s not dead and it’s April 1st.  This is awesome on so many levels!”  As it turns out, I was only dreaming about waking … Continue reading →

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Learning to Write from a TV Set

Posted on December 30, 2011 by the sloth

I sought him out because he had studied with John Gardner at SIU Carbondale.  He made us watch film adaptations of the shitty short stories they made me pretend to read in high school.  For three class meetings I stared … Continue reading →

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Tried and liked…

Posted on December 29, 2011 by the sloth

Per the annual iBOB tradition, here’s my list of stuff I tried and liked during 2011. Warren Zevon.  OK, not really.  I’ve been a fan for years and years, but was only familiar with the regular radio stuff.  Over the … Continue reading →

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A few notes about my S24O kit

Posted on November 17, 2011 by the sloth

For those of you who still don’t know, S24O means “sub-24-hour overnight”.  It’s bike camping.  Dig out your old hiking gear, lash it to your bike, ride a couple hours, camp, come home.  Do it in less than 24 hours.  … Continue reading →

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Expedition to Running Gap

Posted on November 16, 2011 by the sloth

Whereupon we climbed high mountains, exhausted our daylight, froze nearly to death, lost our maps, and rescued a fair maiden I hereby offer my testimony of our harrowing expedition.  The account is truthful to the best of my abilities.  My … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Fenders

Posted on October 17, 2011 by the sloth

I met up with Johnny Trashbike this morning at the local Starbucks. We traded bike bits for coffee. He’s got some work ahead of him mounting said bits on his Nishiki. I’m working on a caffeine high from some freshly … Continue reading →

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