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	<description>The adventures, rants and ramblings of Ken &#38; Sheldon, two guys who like to ride bikes.</description>
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		<title>Google Maps Adds &#8220;Bike There&#8221;</title>
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With the surge of bicycling commuters across North America, Google has finally added a &#8220;bike there&#8221; option in their next-to-ubiquitous online mapping application. From Google&#8217;s description, it&#8217;s pretty much everything I&#8217;d hope it would be&#8230; Optimizing the route for bikes by &#8220;taking advantage of bike trails, bike lanes, and bike-friendly streets and avoiding hilly terrain [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/09/bike-vs-helicopter-vs-car-vs-runner/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Bike vs. Helicopter vs. Car vs. Runner'>Bike vs. Helicopter vs. Car vs. Runner</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/07/mtb-trail-maps-care-of-rvcns/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: MTB Trail Maps Care of RVCNS'>MTB Trail Maps Care of RVCNS</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/06/the-bike-shop/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Bike Shop'>The Bike Shop</a></li>
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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/03/google-maps-bike-there/</link>
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		<title>Goldsprints &amp; Good Times</title>
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This past Saturday BowCycle held a &#8220;Club Appreciation Night,&#8221; honoring their sponsored clubs with free run of a closed store, some killer deals and some Goldsprints mixed in for good measure.
For those unaware (as was I), a Goldsprint is essentially a roller race held in front of a crowd. In our case there were three [...]


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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/03/goldsprints-good-times/</link>
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		<title>New Sled</title>
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I can&#8217;t be unique in &#8216;thinking/dreaming&#8217; about getting a new bike every time I walk into a bike shop. If you&#8217;re a rider, you just can&#8217;t help it. I think it&#8217;s the smell of the rubber&#8230; haha&#8230; I don&#8217;t know. Maybe it&#8217;s something the shops pump into the air &#8211; some kind of &#8216;buy-a-bike&#8217; mind [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/06/the-bike-shop/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Bike Shop'>The Bike Shop</a></li>
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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/03/new-sled/</link>
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		<title>Pullin&#8217; the plug</title>
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Sometimes I like to consider myself I fairly hardcore guy. When the goin&#8217; gets tough, most times I&#8217;m able to hunker down, grit my teeth and get through it. I might not get there first, I might not get there smilin&#8217;, but I&#8217;ll get there.
With that said, there are times (albeit few) when a guy [...]


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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/03/pullin-the-plug/</link>
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		<title>The Elephant and the Rider</title>
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Sometimes, although it&#8217;s rare, I can have trouble sleeping. I recall vividly, summer holidays between grade 5 and grade 6 was the first time I experienced this. It was so strange to me. We were camping at the time, spending all day outside, running around, biking, fishing, hiking. Come night time, I would be tired, [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/12/the-rider/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Rider'>The Rider</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/11/burn-out-by-kirk-hamilton/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Burn Out &#8211; by Kirk Hamilton'>Burn Out &#8211; by Kirk Hamilton</a></li>
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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/02/the-elephant-and-the-rider/</link>
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		<title>Own the Podium</title>
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Canada&#8217;s &#8220;Own the Podium&#8221; has come under a lot of heat lately, in light of some peoples *disappointment* with Canada&#8217;s medal performance.
For those unaware of the Own the Podium is a program Canada launched in January 2005 to:
prepare our athletes to become the top winter sporting nation in the world by 2010. To achieve the [...]


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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/02/own-the-podium/</link>
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		<title>Sugoi Winter Riding Bootie</title>
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Winter riding is still very new to me. I&#8217;m loving it though, and slowly amassing all me gear; base and mid-layers, shells, gloves, neck warmers and, yes, booties! I started the winter riding season with just varying combinations of multi-layer socks. That was okay, but not great. My feet would stay warm for a while, [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/11/the-winter-kit/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The winter kit'>The winter kit</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/01/winter-riding/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Winter Riding'>Winter Riding</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/12/riding-through-the-pain/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Riding through the pain'>Riding through the pain</a></li>
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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/02/sugoi-winter-riding-bootie/</link>
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		<title>So I decided to try EPO&#8230;</title>
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Well, ok, not really. But despite our ethical views against doping both Sheldon and I have wondered over a beer or three just what it might be like.
Would we instantly feel like supermen and fly past our competition, ascending hills as if immune to gravity? Or would it be something more marginal… An increase based [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/07/sheldons-june-training-diary/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sheldon&#8217;s June Training Diary'>Sheldon&#8217;s June Training Diary</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/09/coffee-an-athlete%e2%80%99s-edge/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Coffee &#8211; An Athlete’s Edge'>Coffee &#8211; An Athlete’s Edge</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.bikeridr.com/2009/06/may-training-diary-sheldon/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: May Training Diary – Sheldon'>May Training Diary – Sheldon</a></li>
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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/02/so-i-decided-to-try-epo/</link>
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		<title>Itchin&#8217; for spring</title>
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Ran across this ad the other day and it definitely got me itchin&#8217; for spring. The open air, the open road, the catchy music. I just wish I could blast full throttle out of the saddle at all times like people in commercials can. A lot of the views actually remind me of some of [...]


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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/02/itchin-for-spring/</link>
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		<title>Calgary welcomes BikeBike</title>
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It&#8217;s not every day you get a new bike shop in town – and definitely not every day you wander into said shop and barely recognize any of the bikes sitting on the floor. I think that&#8217;s part of what makes BikeBike so unique, it&#8217;s bringing something different to not only the bike scene in Calgary, [...]


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		<link>http://blog.bikeridr.com/2010/02/calgary-welcomes-bikebike/</link>
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