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Howdo. My name is Zach Magoon and I have been commuting year-round by bike for the last 7 years in both Boston, MA and Portland, ME. Because each day brings new challenges, whether it be changing weather conditions, crappy drivers, sore muscles or mechanicals, I think my ramblings will be, at the very least, moderately amusing. | |
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Greetings and salutations. My name is Rick Nelson (no, not that one damnit) and I am a rider for Team Bikeman.com. You can check out my profile in the team rider section. “Racin Rick” covers my trials and tribulations as a mountain bike racer, commuter, new father etc. In truth, its just a way for me to kill time at work and to see pictures of myself on the web. So here are some excerpts from all my blogging, hope you enjoy. | |
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Welcome to Tales From The Soiled Chamois. This is going to be an online journal taking you through my season of training for and racing marathon, 6, 12, and 24 hour solo endurance races all while working a full time job, being married with a two year old son. I'm no pro, even though I do occasionally race against them. I'm just out there having fun pushing myself. | |
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Not to be confused with the time-trial and women's-specific 650C wheel, the 650B wheel is all about comfort, versatility, and speed over varied terrain. The key to this is all in the tires. A 650x38B setup is about the same diameter as a 700C wheel with a 19mm tire... | |
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Written by Rick Nelson
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Tuesday, 30 May 2006 |
 Over the last few months, we've been getting comments on how tubby our pooch Chancy-Pants is getting. In fact, sincy Brynna was born, he's gone from a svelt-ish 115 lbs to a stalky 126. Keep in mind he is a big dog to begin with, standing at over three feet tall to the top of his head but still, he is getting a bit thick. As a result, I've decided to try to take him on more rides to try to trim him down.
Its been tough though because the slower and fatter that he gets, the less I want to take him with me on rides and therefore he gets even slower and fatter. Its a viscous cycle. To top it off, he doesn't handle heat well so as we get into swamp ass, hot as frick weather this spring and summer he'll slow down even more. So I guess I'd better get my ass in gear and get his ass in shape before it gets too hot out.
With that in mind, I took him out on the DAMNelsons ride on Saturday. It was the warmest it has been in some time and by 30 minutes, the pooch was cooked despite us waiting for him constantly and letting him rest so I ended up calling Marcy to pick him up in the mom wagon. The sorry s.o.b. couldn't wait to climb into the car. Thankfully we had come out to a road but it would have taken forever and a day if we had to backtrack through the trails with him.
To keep things going, yesterday I brought him to work with me for a post work ride at the Schmid Preserve. He ended up doing very well for our first 40 min loop. I briefly contemplated taking him out for another but he was looking a bit peekid and I didn't want to push him too hard so I called it quits there. Hopefully if we can keep this up, he'll get back into good enough shape to go on real rides with me again. Now if I could just keep him from wandering off sniffing everything in sight...
 One bummer from yesterday's ride was that my Sidi's seem to finally be giving up the ghost. I've had them for four years I believe and the soles are now starting to pull away. I guess I'm in the market for a new pair of shoes. I'll probably end up with the Sidi Narrows this time since all of my shoes seem to fit too wide. Hopefully the narrows will be the answer so I can finally have some shoes that fit properly.
Rick
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