Category Archives: Rides

Day ride through the Santa Cruz Mountains

Thanks to a couple of weeks off of work, I'm finding myself with a few free days in which to play around on the XT. On this particular day, I decided to head south into the Santa Cruz Mountains. Better … Continue reading

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Puttering around California Caverns

We got an invitation to go caving at California Cavern with Viv, her boyfriend Aaron, and their friends Loren and Esther this weekend.  Peter jumped at the idea, but caving isn't really my thing.  I liked doing the touristy thing at Carlsbad … Continue reading

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Dualsporting near Seattle

I spent the weekend up in Seattle, dualsporting with Colleen. Click here to read about it!

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Frank Raines, part 2

OK, so last we left our intrepid adventurers, they were about to encounter The Hill. After dissecting the following events with the benefit of hindsight, it seems that the problem was that Peter thought that he was riding up The … Continue reading

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Frank Raines, part 1

In the immortal words of my coworker: “Why is there so much dirt on your bike?” The short answer: Andy, Don, and Doug from the Chain Gang met up with Peter and I at Emil Villa’s in Livermore on Sunday … Continue reading

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