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Friday, January 31, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Being prepared.
I read where a runner broke her pelvis in the mountains and saved her life by virtue of a shower cap in her kit despite two nights in sub zero conditions. Then of course she was left with debilitating hospital fees to try and pay off. We don't know how lucky we are living...
Thursday, January 23, 2014
I told you it was random
Malcolm searches for his still yet to be found "conversation threshold". Roll on the next 70 years Malcolm. I found this roll of 120 film which had to be at least 20 years old. I loaded it into my Mamiya Press but this was the only useable shot I got.
A pensive moment...
Thursday, January 16, 2014
A different approach for Kiwi Brevet 2014
For the previous two Kiwi Brevets I have gone with the comfort of a 26er fully. This time I am going with a 29er fully-rigid. Roll-a-bility versus comfort is the plan. I'm also planning to carry all water on the bike rather than have 3 litres of it on my back, to cut back...
Thursday, January 09, 2014
More wonderful than you can believe it
X-fusion Velvet RL2
In the world of cycling we are bombarded with
more BS than we can deal with with regard to so called improvements in
bicycle design, which in my opinion often serve only to further complicate what
was in its original format an elegantly simple...
Use-only-as-directed
I heard a very interesting podcast about the drug Tylenol the other day on This American Life. It is the over-the-counter legal drug that kills more people
than any other in the US each year.
Image from BaldBoris
It
struck a chord with me because I remembered seeing a...
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