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• Posted in thread: Street riding, I think I'm hooked on 05/23/2012 at 3:20PM
  New thing to work on, from last night's ride: Learn how to make a sharp right turn from the righthand
  lane onto a driveway where the pavement is not level with the street. Ended up going down, messing...

• Posted in thread: Cycling Blogs - Which ones do you read? on 05/21/2012 at 6:55PM
  There's also fatcyclist.com

• Posted in thread: Scout badges on 05/20/2012 at 7:17AM
  I believe so, the wording is a bit odd. did find several articles about scouts doing a 50 mile route for
  it, some on rail trails. I also saw one scout with spinal bifida that doesn't have use of his ...

• Posted in thread: Scout badges on 05/19/2012 at 7:08PM
  You're right, I missed #5.

• Posted in thread: Scout badges on 05/19/2012 at 12:20PM
  The requirements are to show what areas need lubrication, the ABC quick check, adjusting brakes, steerer
  and saddle.Oddly, they don't seem to require that you show how to change a tube, but does requi...

• Posted in thread: Book Review on 05/16/2012 at 6:59PM
  I'm currently reading Around the World on Two Wheels, the story of Annie "Londonderry"'s trip around the
  world by bicycle in 1895. The fact that anyone could get from New York to Chicago on a 40 pound...

• Posted in thread: Training wheels are off! on 05/14/2012 at 8:29PM
  Congrats! These days where parenting seems risk averse, it seems that a few scrapes are something to be
  avoided at all costs.He's ahead of a lot of kids several years older (and some adults). Great wo...

• Posted in thread: Street riding, I think I'm hooked on 05/13/2012 at 9:18AM
  Just give up, Peters!You ARE hooked!It's all downhill from here. LolOr, at least you'll wish so on a big
  climb one day.Welcome to the club.Don't throw out the MTB. Lots of fun to be had on anything wi...

• Posted in thread: Street riding, I think I'm hooked on 05/09/2012 at 7:02PM
  It's kind of funny, we went down a fun hill in Eden Park, a big park in the city, but didn't have a rough
  uphill. Thinking it was a beginner ride, I brought a friend, who told me to stay with the grou...

• Posted in thread: Street riding, I think I'm hooked on 05/09/2012 at 6:42PM
  I've always been a bit wary about street riding, I've mostly stuck with trails. But our local Cycle Club
  started a beginner ride with the owners of a local shop. I went on the first ride, and I think ...