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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Nice Ride in Boulder, CO

We went to Boulder, CO for the weekend, thanks to Amex and hotel points. When there the wife said, "Say Jerkstore, what you say we do a little mountain biking while in Boulder?" What, are you kidding me? Yeah! So we went to Boulder Bikesmith to rent some bikes. Unfortunately, as the mutton-chopped Bikesmith explained, they had received tons of rain and the trails were washed out. (You know it's a good bike shop when the guy waiting on you is out of the mainstream but is super eager to help you, even though you don't look like a bike messenger.)

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Bless me father for I have sinned. It's been 3 weeks since my last ride

Just like I said, I've been slacking. In mid-june we lost our dog Parker to cancer, which made it hard to get out. Then I had 2 weeks of travel for work. I spent a lot of time these past few weeks eating and feeling sorry for myself.

Last week I went on a trip to London which took the entire week. One thing I noticed was all the people commuting to work by bike. In central London, the cyclists were dodging cars that I was sure were trying to run them over. It was