Cycling in and around Union County, NC
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Here is the first part of my fall bike project. I had an unused frame sitting in my garage, and a box full of various parts from various bikes. So this frankenbike will end up being my bad weather ride. This first gallery is what the frame was, and now what it looks like after Drake Coatings of Monroe, NC got done with it.
As the weather gets colder and hopefully wetter (we could sure use the rain), it might be time to think about indoor training. I have used the winter months in the past to build better technique. It is also a good way to help you not lose so much of the conditioning you gained over the summer of outdoor riding. It doesn’t always have to be a chore, sometimes it can even be fun. Here are some tips I have used in the past to get through those tortuous trainer sessions.
According to an article on GPSLodge.com, Garmin has confirmed that the Edge 605/705 units will not be available for the Christmas buying season and has been delayed until the first quarter of 2008. This news has also been posted on the Garmin store website.
Here is a clip from last Sunday’s ride. It is the portion of the ride that is on Crow Road. The video is about 10 minutes long.
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The actual video is clearer, but to save bandwidth it has been re-encoded to approximate the quality of a YouTube video
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Celebrate cycling with NOC! Bring out your inner George Hincapie and join us for NOC’s more than a full-century road ride through Nantahala National Forest.
The Tour de Nantahala will challenge riders with everything from burning climbs and tight curves to rolling pastures and scenic downhill coasts. The start of the ride may be chilly, gear up accordingly.
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Acclaimed as perhaps the most inventive and well-crafted animated feature ever, The Triplets of Belleville has quite a reputation to uphold. As the story goes, a boy named Champion goes to live with his grandma who encourages his love of cycling. She pushes him to enter the Tour de France once he’s of age, unwittingly enabling an evil plan by the French mafia to kidnap him. Hot on his trail, Grandma and her faithful pooch encounter some eccentric ’30s film sirens who aid their search. Can her new friends and Bruno’s nose help her find Champion?
The Flying Scotsman is a true story based on the inspirational and remarkable Scottish cyclist, Graeme Obree. In 1993, this unemployed amateur cyclist broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine. Shortly after Graeme broke the record, he lost his world title when another cyclist beat his time. This only served to motivate Graeme to break the record again, while also battling mental illness. If you have not seen this movie yet I suggest you rent it today:
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