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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Great Egyptian Omnium Circuit Race
The Great Egyptian Omnium’s first day went off Saturday with a time trial in the morning and a circuit race following. Attendance and participation was down from some of the previous GEO’s I’ve been too, which is to be expected … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2016, barn door cycling, bicycle, bike surgeon, circuit race, cycling, Great Egyptian Omnium, Matt Gholson, Photos, Pictures, ride, Southern Illinois, St. Nicholas Brewing Company
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Knockoff SPD-SL Cleats: You Get What You Pay For
I have only one problem with my Shimano SPD-SL pedals, the cleats wear out every year. Shimano cleats are made of plastic so it’s not like they should last forever, but at 29 bucks they are some really expesnsive plastic. … Continue reading →
Posted in Barn Door Cycling, Bikes and components, Reviews, Stories
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Tagged aftermark cleats, barn door cycling, cheap, chinese, cleats, junk, review, Shimano, spd-sl
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Tour de France 2016 Final Thoughts
For me the best part of July has always been watching the Tour de France and I always feel a particular sorrow when it’s over since the end of the Tour bodes the end of Summer. This is a … Continue reading →
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Tagged dominance, Froome, Team Sky, tour, Tour de France 2016 final thoughts, tourdefance, tourdefrance
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Get Ready for the Great Egyptian Omnium 2016
The Great Egyptian Omnium (GEO) is the only cycling race in Southern Illinois so I was sad to see it canceled last year. In all honesty I didn’t expect it to come back, it was a great event, but we don’t … Continue reading →
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Tagged barn door cycling, bicycling, bike race, cycling, DuQuoin, GEO, Great Egyptian Omnium, racing, Southern Illinois, St. Nicks Brewing COmpany, The BIke Surgeon
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Colorado Adventure
Guest Post by Moe I have been wanting to get out to visit Luke in one of his adventurous locations for a couple years now. Last year he was in Arizona, now he is in Colorado. This year, I finally … Continue reading →
Posted in Barn Door Cycling, Bikes and components, lifestyle, Mountain BIking, Rides, Stories
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Tagged 3, Adventure, barn door cycling, bicycle, bicycling, bike, Buffalo Gap, cannondale, climbing, Colorado, cycling, front range, Habit, Mountain Bike, mountain biking, Photos, trip, Winter Park
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Whirlwind Tour of the North 2016
Road Trip After doing a short 3 day road tour on my own last month I wanted to do something a bit longer and farther out. With our recent purchase of a van, and the fact that my wife’s best … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, barn door cycling, best, bicycle, bicycling, brown county, comrock, copper harbor, cycling, epic, mackinac, marquette, Matt Gholson, midwest, mountain biking in michigan, north, Photos, Pictures, traveling cheap, upper peninsula, van camping, Venzo, wal-mart camping
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Camping Van and Bike Maintence
So when I rode to Mammoth Cave I met a guy with one of those tear drop campers and it was really cool. My wife has always wanted a tear drop camper because while she likes to camp she doesn’t … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventure, band between the lakes, barn door cycling, bicycle, bicycling, camping van, dodge caravan, hillman ferry campground, LBL, Matt Gholson, Mountain Bike, mountain biking, Photos, Pictures, stow and go seating
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