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Nice article in VeloNews about the Longsjo. It starts Thursday July 2 in Fitchburg.
Massachusetts’ Fitchburg Longsjo Classic is celebrating its 50th anniversary – VeloNews.

A fantastic article at The Register about copy fraud
Copyfraud: Poisoning the Public Domain
The author is a little fixated on Google (understandably so) but there are other equally egregious offenders out there. Disney comes immediately to mind.

Check out The Atlantic’s “Idea of the day” for my birthday today:
Create Bike Only Roads by Max Fisher
Citing a need to alleviate motor traffic, reduce air pollution, and increase general health, cities are carving out more bike lanes. But bike lanes simply don’t work. Maybe something about America’s competitive cowboy culture means drivers just can’t [...]

I guess GPS’s and I aren’t meant to get along.
I had the GPS on teh bike for the P-town ride, but for some reason, it didn’t “track”. So I have no record of the times, &c, other than the cyclometer. I guess it’s time to get rid of them.
So, I have two Garmin GPSs for [...]

25th Anniversary Outriders ride
It was great.
Made it to Provincetown at about 5:00 after leaving Boston at 6:15. Not bad for 130 miles considering my (non)condition and lack of preparation. Took a 15-20 minute break at the 3d rest stop which helped immensely. The only thing hassling me is my lower back which is protesting being [...]

Went to the A-House on Sunday night. I hadn’t realized until I got there just how long it’s been since I’ve been to a dance club. Ages, apparently. Loud, Lights, and Smoke. That, plus it was 80’s night made it feel like a time warp. (No, not that one.)
But the thing the suprised me most [...]

Can’t stay any longer and so must leave. Seas tomorrow are a bit down but still supposed to be 8 – 11 feet, so no ferry. They’re substituting a bus which will take at least an hour longer. They seem to know what they’re doing with bikes. At least it will be better than having [...]

Made it into P-town at about 5:00, very tired. The ride went well and the day turned out much better than forecast. I even got sunburned a bit. The ride, as always, is really well supported and everything went off without a hitch.
Was going to go out last night, but laid down ‘for a minute’ [...]

The 25th annual Boston to Provincetown ride is Saturday. The e-mail from last night says there are 250 people signed up which is quite a few more than the last couple of years. Maybe people aren’t travelling as much due to the economy or something.
I’m not terribly worried about the distance (130  mi), it’s relatively [...]

Bicycle Comics – Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery | He’s Good….

A friend and I are trying some of the spendy places around town that are offering Prix Fixe menus (I suppose because of the economy). Last night we went to Flemings.
Very good. The Spring Prix Fixe ($36) was a choice of steak, chicken or salmon. He chose Steak (Steak Caribe: Jerk rubbed hangar-style steak, parsley-garlic [...]

I just figured out how to do something tricky in ColdFusion. Maybe once I get the whole package finished I can release it into the wild.

My odo ticked over 11,000 miles on the ride on yesterday. While it’s not exactly right, it’s pretty close. I’ve tried to transfer the numbers when I get a new one or replace the battery on this one.  That’s the odo I use on my Fondriest. So, 11,000 in less than five years on that [...]

For anyone who has ever worked for himself:

via Joe.My.God

The end-of-season darts banquet was Monday. Good food.
Now the question is: return next year? The initial answer is No. But I have the summer to think about it. Can’t see my mind changing at this point, though.

Yesterday was the Tour de Cure North Shore. I did the 100k. The GPS says:

Lin Dist: 64.1 mi
Terr Dist: 64.1 mi
Climb Dist: 32.7 mi
Desc Dist: 32.4 mi
Elev Gain: 2.6 ft
Climb Elev: 3549.4 ft
Desc Elev: 3546.7 ft
Avg Grade: 2
Min Elev: -.06 ft
Max Elev: 132.6 ft

I forgot to take my camera.
The ride went really well. It was [...]