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My friend and biking buddy, Drew, wrote up my impressions of the Salsa Pistola that I tried out today. Besides this, I’ve got to give a very special thank you to Tom of Famous Bikes in Taichung for letting me try the bike out on a real 80 kilometer ride than just around the block.
My [...]
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Saturday afternoon I took the bike and I onto U-Bus from Linkou-林口 to Taichung-台中 to meet up with Michael T and Drew K for a bike fitting and testing out some Salsa, Surly, Specialized and other custom rides. As I’m looking to buy or build up a new road bike soon, this trip to [...]
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Thankfully, it finally happened, I got back on the bike for a serious ride in late October after being convalescent for three weeks due to too much work and surgery. Of course, a little wimpy ride would be no good. A major, hard pulling ride would be needed to get my enthusiasm and juices [...]
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Let’s ride across Central Taiwan. Comment below or email Michael or I to join.
From Michael Turton
Mark your calendars:
Oct 24-26th we’re riding up from Taroko Gorge to 2600 meters, then
leaving the main road for quiet single lane roads through aborigine
villages, down to 1200 meters, then climbing back to 14 A and
finishing in Puli. Taipei people can [...]
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Another day of riding has been.
Down a road traveled before till a new turn we take.
Onto a spur grade we go wondering.
How many bicyclists to encounter this late.
Packed it was not, yet many smiles and distractions no.
Across the raging river after Marokot,
the bridge calmer than the people.
around a new bend, up, a ridge [...]
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Michael Cannon: Paul, I definitely prefer the dropped position to help with getting speed up and wind resistance... Michael Cannon: With being on the hoods, the Sora shifters are great. It’s getting into the drops that really... Michael Cannon: Range, thanks for the thoughts. * the stem is short at 90 mm * handlebars were changed to ones that...
Paul: Oh man! You are going the way of the racer. This looks to be similar to the geometry of my twitchy road bike...
Michael Turton: Nice review, man. I don’t like the thumbtack shifter either, but don’t notice it as much...
