Category: Travel
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Raleigh At The Mall
The Mall.Sunshine.Lively crowds. Tourists.Horses.A marching band. One bike. Happy. One smiling man. Simple.Jus’ my happy space. Raleigh.Never a lonely ride.
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Namibia: Land of Beauty
YouTube is an awesome place. During my usual morning prep and note-taking for my upcoming summer tour, the good ‘ol YouTube algorithm linked me up to an interesting video. The clip is from a channel that I subscribe to, and is one of those videos that I’ve seen briefly and skipped before linking up to…
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Do hills become easier with time, or do they gradually get harder with age?
Do hills become easier with time, or do they gradually get harder with age? This is the question I’ve found myself asking over and over again on my local climbs. It was just like yesterday. I remember the tears from my first climb. The staggered pause and glare at that frozen road ahead. Unbelievably hard.…
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Sometimes our passions become our ultimate sacrifice
The Titan submersible story has been burning through the news over the past few days. Five people remain missing after an exploratory dive into the ocean to visit the ruins of the Titanic. At this point, it appears as if all realistic options to rescue the missing five are now futile. Apparently no rescue vehicles…
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Check yo’ speed pal: chasing an elusive average speed for my school run.
I finally managed to crack through the 50mph max speed target that I had set for myself earlier this year. Descending at 52mph and averaging 33mph on flats on 85GI (52/16). Back in autumn of 2022, pushing the limits of my Dawes Lightning fixed gear bike to 42mph on the A616 had seemed like…