Cycling obsessed wordsmith, recovering tech journo, hack racer, and (d)evolving parent of a #CX junior
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POOL NOODLES ARE BULLSHIT. JUST GIVE ME THREE FEET AND GET OFF YOUR PHONE.
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Trek to create equal pay Junior Women’s CX race | The Trek Blog | #Helen100 blog.trekbikes.com/en/2019/0…
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As Mark Twain said, there are lies, damned lies, and the myth that bicyclists don't pay for the streets. – at Los Angeles, CA
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I've said it before, and it's even more true, today. Cyclocross is not punk rock. – at Canada
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The war on cars - almost as real as the war on rich middle-aged white guys. xitter.gq/sdut/status/8646230917…
Got questions about San Diego's war on cars? Submit questions to [email protected] sdut.us/2qpGkur #carwars
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F yea! Cascade sponsors step up at the last hour to cover equal prize money for UCI women's race. cascade-classic.org/cascade-…
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Executive summary:
Cyclists break the law and it's a problem.
Drivers break the law and it's an exponentially bigger problem.
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Yoooooooo. Wth xitter.gq/claymurfet/status/8871…
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Just attempted a CX mount in road cleats and all I have to show for it is a sick bruise and a ripped pair of bibs. #cxisneverervercoming
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important learning: if you're riding your bicycle extremely hard & you violently swerve to avoid a duck, something might quack
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train worldly, race locally xitter.gq/laulaubird/status/8786…
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You don't need two arms to race a bike — you need a big heart. xitter.gq/pelotonmagazine/status…
In our first "Human Race" feature, @Pflax1 tells the inspiring story of @lefty68usa| bit.ly/2rN5hgj #humanrace #pelotonmagazine
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As cool as bike tunnels sound, it'd be cool if you used your influence to support car pooling, use of mass transit, simple stuff that works. xitter.gq/elonmusk/status/876517…
Promising conversations with @MayorOfLA regarding tunnel network that would carry cars, bikes & pedestrians. Permits harder than technology. xitter.gq/abc7adrienne/status/87…
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it just seems to me, just about every day, that the day will be better if I get on a bicycle at some point
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I wish someone would start a GoFundMe to develop creative new tropes for motorists to use as they complain about cyclists. – at Hermosa Beach, CA
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1) Driver operating bus where he's not supposed to kills cyclist;
2) NYPD tickets cyclists;
3) Repeat no. 1.
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