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Our office is located about 2 miles from the Minnesota river, home to one of the original mountain bike trails in the Twin Cities area. In the summertime, you can ride these trails along the river until it links up with the Mississippi river and take that all the way back into Minneapolis or Saint Paul. So basically, I can ride almost all the way home from work off-road. Yesterday was one of the most stellar days Minnesota has seen in a long time, 72 degrees F and sunny with little wispy clouds and a very blue sky. I rode…

There was a blog posting about a New Zealand man a few weeks ago who is attempting to ride his bike through 2,000 km of the western Australian desert on a Puglsey. Here is his brand new website for all of you to check out and keep track of his progress. It's nuts! -----

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There is something amazing that happens to you when the weather makes a sudden change. For instance, it has been humid and hot for the past two weeks straight. While there are ways to cope with heat like swimming, riding through lawn sprinklers, stopping at some kid's lemonade stand or wearing the thinnest old concert t-shirts you still have leftover from the 80's with sleeves cutoff. But as good as hot and sunny weather can be, a change of pace is always very welcome. It rained so hard last night on the ride home, it was starting to flood in…