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Stone Mountain PATH Trail

I ventured a little further from my comfort zone again today. First, my hopes of being able to calmly and fully explore the entirety of the Eastside Beltline trail were interrupted by some sort of high-pressure spraying being done to the trail, thus blocking the trail. Another cyclist told me

Granny is no Slouch

I've been biking at the Greenway instead of in the mountains while I wait for my replacement brakes. My current Avid BB5's are no longer trustworthy enough to slow me down on some of the hills/corners. Meanwhile I also swapped out the Shimano M324 pedals

Three Gap

For a couple years now I've done this 3-gap ride up North, which includes Woody Gap, Wolfpen Gap and finally Neel Gap. Having recently learned of the "elevation profile" feature of Google Earth, I grabbed my GPS and loaded the last ride. I've heard

AZW-0503

Dear Sir, It is my hope that one day you'll decide to Google your license plate and that you'll find this blog post. I'm sorry that my bicycle descent from Neel Gap wasn't fast enough for you. Because you held down your

New Bike

My birthday is tomorrow. It's been my custom to be out-of-town on my birthday whenever possible. My job situations (yes, plural) conspired against me this year and prevented that from happening this year. Recently I acquired a new bike (very similar to the picture below; a Civia Bryant)

And squirrels

I spent an hour+ driving to "the loop", and another half an hour waiting for sunrise reading about the application of genetic algorithms to StarCraft 2 game strategy - all the while contemplating which fantastic albums I was going to listen to while biking for the next three

I So Rule

Despite a moderate level of intoxication, I rode my bike without hands while standing up-right on the pedals and made a controlled 90-degree turn from one street to another. You should have seen the smile on my face as I stood up tall; the wind blowing in my face; hair

New Trick

I headed to the Southern Greenway park for a leisurely automobile-free afternoon ride and decided to see if I could hands-free the whole thing; or at least the bulk of it. So, there's one blind turn at the top of a hill onto a narrow bridge that I

Thirst Quenching

Lesson learned. Be vigilant when rinsing out your bike water bottle and don't neglect the cap. That distinct Palmolive taste isn't exactly thirst quenching so much as it makes you want to not drink any more. Eesh.

Blood Mountain Loop, II

Did it again, this time with the Garmin 450 (which really is a sad replacement for the venerable 60CSx) mounted to the bike stem. It was cool seeing my speed ~35mph while cruising downhill; and depressing seeing it teeter around 5mph while struggling uphill. Oh, and it's very

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