An uncharacteristic Saturday night posting, though I did not ride today. I wanted to point your attention to a group of new blogs that I've added to the Favorite Blogs list on the sidebar. Each of these came to my attention from the list on the Purple Pig that I mentioned last time. By surfing through many of Alberto's favorites I came across these that I really enjoyed. First, of course, is The Purple Pig itself. Then I found Crazy Biker Chick, which I really enjoyed, Then came The story of a bike and a stubborn cyclist and The DrCodfish Chronicles all really enjoyable and well done blogs on different aspects of the pastime. Finally I just loved The Old Bag, a wonderful, witty blogger. All of these have been added to the sidebar and I invite you to check them out.
The best part of surfing the blogs is learning things you don't know. While I enjoyed all of these, it was reading The DrCodfish Chronicles that brought my attention to Randonneur-ing, or long-distance, non-competitive cycling. There is a national Randonneur Association as well as local ones and they sponsor a series of events called Brevets, unsupported long-distance rides of differing lengths. I am just learning from the various web pages what this is all about, but this may be a new and exciting direction for me to take in the future.If you're interested here's a final link for tonight: the Randonneur USA site.
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It's great, Ira, that you found some of the links useful. No surprise that you would find randonneuring interesting. Good stuff, ins't it? Those guys are amazing. A good blog in that regard is Long Distance Cycling http://www.readytoride.biz/. You will find some very good technical advise there. Keep riding!
Thanks for the mention, Ira. I'll pop over to your blog and see how you're doing as often as I can.
Happy Pedalling!
Hey Ira -- good to make your acquaintance (even though it's a bit late). Thanks for the kind word!
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