The Broken Seatpost

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

I take a long time to learn my lesson.
There are plenty of documented times when bike maintenance should have been done, but didn’t get done, resulting in a not-so-good ride. There are other times when I’ve done some slightly crazier offroad riding and broken parts, which is to be expected, and that is all in [...]

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Saddles for Long-Distance Riding

Monday, November 9th, 2009

My butt hurts.
To put it bluntly that is the challenge I am having right now as I increase the distance of my long rides. I’ve never really had this problem before, but now it’s getting to me.
Racing vs Randonneuring
The biggest difference between these two is the speed and the time on the bike.
Racing is faster [...]

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