Archive for May, 2009

WOW: Wheels Over Wildwood

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It was a cloudy, relatively cool Sunday morning. My friend Judy and I parked the car at my in-laws’ and began to make our way down the road to the Wheels Over Wildwood crit course. Elaborate landscaping and fancy mailboxes abounded.

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5 Hour Energy v. Clif: A Scientific Study

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This was kind of like asking the question …”Which friend, out of two different circles of friends, is the better friend?”

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Wool is Cool?

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In lieu of a full report on Saturday’s MTB 101 (where we unloaded a great deal of Icebreaker clothing to a great group of muddy, not-too-bloody-and-bruised women) here’s a quick testimonial to wool’s year-round glory. Got yours yet?

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Is Sitting a Sin?

Tuesday morning came and I made my way to the new Western Wing of the BR Outdoor Testing Facility. I performed a battery of tests to determine what impact standing in the saddle had on acceleration.

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Baby Beavis on Biking Fashion

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I’m so used to going commando in my cycling shorts I sometimes forget to wear panties to work.

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The Unplanned Plan

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Something that we had always talked about and threatened to practice was actually happening…

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Mother’s Day Ride-Updated Information

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St. Louis Regional Bicycle Federation along with the South Grand Community Improvement District announces the
second annual South Grand Bike Tour St. Louis for Mothers Day…

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Embracing the Slogan

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Just do it. This is a phrase that has been very popular by the Nike folks. What is “it”?

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Pig’s Time Trial Test

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ig and I passed Apple Bee’s, my beloved Friar Tuck, Crestwood Mall and approached the start of the TT course. I clicked the gears into the appropriate setting, checked the time on my failing Indiglo Timex by the light afforded by the first light post of the Kohl’s parking lot and gunned it for all it was worth.

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