Bikes, Barbecue, Boy Stuff
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Pressing Issues
I like to cook. No, I really like to cook. Back in the day photography was my craft, and cooking was my art. I still take photographs but don’t get paid to do it anymore. Cooking for friends and neighbors is a pleasure. It’s not without stress. But I love it. Will the brisket in…
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Mushroom Madness
The other day, Dan the arborist from the Tree Squad came over to give our two Ash trees their treatment to protect them from the evil Emerald Ash Borers. While he was resting, She Who Must Be Obeyed asked Dan to look at our Linden ( Basswood ) tree in the back yard. It was…
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Use Your Head
I went on a Damndemic bicycle ride the other day. It was a beautiful day, 68°f, and sunny. It was the first day this season I had bare knees. There was a bit of wind, though. 10 to 20 mph coming out of the Southwest. I use the wind’s whims to direct my bicycle rides.…
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Fat v The Finest
This post was perpetrated by what went on in the movie Ford v Ferrari. There was fierce competition between two different factions. They had different approaches and they both wanted to win. You’ve got the same kind of thing constantly going on in the world of bicycles. It’s suggested by many, that you would get…
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My New Fat Bear Bike
What triggered this particular verbiage assault is the new fat bike I bought in January. I really don’t know why I waited so long to tell you about it. My new ride is an Otso Voytek. “What is this crazy thing you just mentioned?”. Well, Otso Cycles is in Burnsville, Minnesota. They make a whole…
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Coffee, Bicycle, & Breakfast
When the weather permits, I like to ride my bicycle to a spot for some coffee and a treat. I can hit two places when I ride around Lake Minnetonka. If I feel ambitious I can do the 50 mile, 3 coffee shop ride. It entails riding to the J&S Bean factory in Saint Paul…
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Sous Vide, or not Sous Vide, that is the question:
Sous Vide, or not Sous Vide, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to fire up the grill and risk over or under cooking meat. El Diablo gave me a Sous Vide device/stick to play with. I did some research on the inter-web about how Sous Vide devices are supposed to work…
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“It’s a Friday night”
Last Friday, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I independently had the same thought. “After work we should head out to Maynards for some sun, supper, and people watching at Lake Minnetonka.” When we drove up to park the car we could see it was nuts. The main car parking lot was full. There was…
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Tubeless Redux
It seems like every 5 minutes there is a new product guaranteed to make your bicycle riding experience better. In 2001 a man named Stan Koziatek got sick of getting flat tires while mountain biking. Stan came up with, and marketed the thing that today we call “Tubeless”. Stan’s NoTubes, and Orange Seal products have…
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Rever MTN1 to the Rescue
In the world of bicycles today, disc brakes are the present and future stoppers. Calipers, V-brakes, Center Pulls, U-Brakes, and Cantilever brakes may never go away. These oldies but goodies, are being run over by all kinds disc brakes. Just like anything else, there are many flavors of disc brakes. You’ve got your hydraulic ones…
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