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The Westside Dirty Benjamin

Monday, June 21, 2010

There really is something to these DIY gravel races. On Saturday I rode the first (of many I hope) Westside Dirty Benjamin. We set out from Chaska MN around eight in the morning with a hundred and ten or so riders. The weather was fantastic, low seventies with cloud cover in the morning. There was a [...]

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Almanzo 100

Friday, May 21, 2010

This last weekend I rode in the Almanzo 100. The Almanzo is a 100 mile gravel race in southern MN. Usually it starts in Rochester, but due to some difficulties this year it started in Spring Valley. While unfortunate for the race organizer (sounds like he had quite a few problems with the Rochester powers that be [...]

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One of my favortite pictures from RAGBRAI

Friday, September 11, 2009

My Rivendell Sam Hillborne on a foggy morning. I’ve been sick and off the bikes for over a week. I’m having serious withdrawal problems. Hopefully I’ll be feeling good enough to get out of the house and do the St. Paul Classic this weekend.

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Big dummy on a trunk rack

Monday, July 27, 2009

I had been wondering for awhile if we could fit Dave’s Big Dummy on a trunk rack. For RAGBRAI we were going to have to figure something out. We were able to make it work without too much trouble. The rack we used was a Saris Bones Trunk Rackon a 2007 Nissan Altima. Dave and [...]

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Weather for RAGBRAI 2009

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I’ve pulled this information from weather.com for the overnight towns. I’ll update when the 10 day forecast gets the last two towns. Looks to be cooler this year than the last few years, with perhaps more rain. I welcome the drizzle and cloud cover, hopefully we will avoid the downpour we had one day last [...]

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RAGBRAI packing list

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

RAGBRAI is coming up and some folks have been asking me what to pack / what I bring. I try to keep things small and simple. I can fit this all into a Large REI bag. Here is the list I follow: Bike (Rivendell Sam Hillborne this year) Tent (In the past I’ve used a [...]

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