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All The Snooze In Fits MPLS local periodical The Rake with an overview of cycling in the Twin Cities. "If, instead of seeing bikers on weekends in spandex racing gear, you saw lots of everyday people biking to work, picking up their kids, going to the grocery store, then you'd start to identify with biking as commonplace, as functional transportation.” The state's Big Newspaper's Take On Same, though it looks as if you have to sign in for this one. Can't figure out how to link it without the red tape, so just go ahead and enter your gender and…

SSEC 07 Well, I'm back from Piolenc, France, which was the location of Single Speed Euro Championships last weekend. Don't bother looking for it on the map. Even the French people we asked about it hadn't heard of it. But it does exist. Oh yes, indeed. Luckily we had a handy dandy GPS unit in our rental car, making it a piece of cake to find. Well, a bit harder than cake, but we made it there didn't we? Day One - Thursday We stayed at a campground in nearby Mornas, in small two bedroom mobile home units with wood…

Oh sweet mother of God, if there's a reason I exist it must be this. Note the 'tongue in cheek' of the video. Note the use of the driving beat in the music. Note the public access modern dance portion. I'm including the bizarre lyrics to give it 'context' and to act as a sort of shot across the bow. Don't miss the credits. And best of all, at T Minus ThirtySomething they cut to a bit of their truer colors which is, when squared against the song and its era, not so bad. Dig the guitar strap of the…

Interested in how to size your new Surly frame? Just look yonder to the right. Brand new spew #17 about fitting yourself to a Surly. ---> On a different note, here's a shot of me (on the left) racing back in '79. Me and ol' Yeller don't exactly look like we're getting the hole shot. I was a terrible BMX racer. Seriously. My foot's not even on the pedal. And what's with Gregg Allman back there officiating? He looks like he was tied to the whippin' post the night before. Eat a Peach. -Skip -----