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Year: 2011

Your Story: Two kids, two reasons to ride; Ron vs. Gordon

By Alex Posted on January 24, 2011 Posted in Arizona, Your Story

Gordon, taking a nap at one of the many Interstate rest-stops he calls home. Two kids, two world’s apart; two stories, two different reasons to ride. In 1939, at age 13, Ron and his three friends rode their single-speed balloon …

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People are strange, when you’re a stranger

By Alex Posted on January 22, 2011 Posted in Arizona

A couple of days ago, after the whole CHIPS episode, I arrived in Arizona. Wow. The beauty of the desert is so much more than I could ever have imagined. The cycling, however, is the most boring I’ve encountered to …

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California Highway Patrol to the rescue

By Alex Posted on January 19, 2011 Posted in California

Tuesday really was quite the adventure; ups and downs, ups and downs; and I don’t mean climbing hills. Leaving El Centro ’round noon, I rode south then east through Heber, CA along route #86, turning right onto route #111 which …

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Desert Lessons 1 and 2

By Alex Posted on January 18, 2011 Posted in California

As I type this posting, I am sitting behind a derelict building just off the secondary–and equally as neglected–road that runs parallel to Interstate 8, about 50kms west of Yuma, AZ. Having ridden 56kms already today from El Centro, I …

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Welcome to the desert

By Alex Posted on January 18, 2011 Posted in California

A few shots taken between Poway and El Centro.

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