What’s better than climbing Highland Valley on a beautiful sunny afternoon and shaving 2:48 off your best time?
Screaming down Highland Valley at 43.5 mph on brand new Mavic Ksyriums.
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From the monthly archives:
April 2008
Last week I rode 224 miles. I did Highland Valley backwards, rode to Julian, had a short ride around Miramar Lake and rode from Anaheim to Solana Beach. That was a good week.
I wonder what I’ll do this week.
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What you do is take the train from Solana Beach to Anaheim with your bike and ride back. It’s about 80 miles of beautiful California coastline along Pacific Coast Highway. The beauty is the ride ends at the Solana Beach train station which is perfectly located across the street from Pizza Port.
It seemed [...]
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After riding over 125 miles this week, my legs were tired and sore. So I went for a slow ride around Miramar Lake to get some of the acid worked out and to test my new wheels.
The wheels are fantastic. They are a lot more responsive when getting out of the saddle or [...]
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I used to ride with a spoke wrench in my saddle bag. Not anymore.
I’ve had chronic problems with my rear wheel getting out of true. My local LBS has replaced the rim once saying it was bent, but the new rim quickly went haywire too. On yesterday’s ride, I had to true [...]
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I haven’t been riding like I need to. I’m headed to France in just over 3 months and I have not been focusing on the big mountains. So, when Mike called this morning asking if I was interested in heading to Julian for some pie, I was IN. Even though I just [...]
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