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• Portland VeloSwap 2009: Get Your Gear On

  Mark your calendars for January 10, 2009 and get ready for the 1st annual Portland Velo Swap. Based on the press release, it sounds like a Portland-style cycling swap meet on crack, I mean beer. Yeah, that’s it - a drunken cycling-related swap meet... Posted Dec 23 2008, 01:11 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, bikes, announcement, news

• Obama!!!

  This video, from last year’s SSXCWC at Estacada, probably says it best. I’m cringing to post it again but - unfettered joy is unfettered joy, ya know? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F11%2F04%2Fobama%2F';... Posted Nov 04 2008, 11:57 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cross_crusade, cycling, cyclocross, life, news

• Lance Off Pants Off: The Rumors are True

  Well, Daniel Porter pointed out in the comments of the last post that the rumors are true - Lance is coming back to try for an 8th tour win. Unreal. Check it. Score one for Neal Rogers at VN for breaking the story. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog... Posted Sep 09 2008, 05:42 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, announcement, news, pro, rumors

• The People’s (Bike) Republic of Portland

  I love this crazy town. Sherry just emailed me a link to Jonathan’s blog, Bikeportland.org - it looks like the building in Waterfront Park, just north of the Hawthorne Bridge, will be turned into "Bike Republic"  which is described... Posted Aug 14 2008, 09:11 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: announcement, news

• iPhone Software for Gear Calculations (I’m not kidding)

  This is just about one of the geekiest things to hit the Bike Nerd Kingdom in a long time - and I’m impressed. About 6 weeks ago, I crossed a line that I swore I’d never go near.  I started geeking out on gear inches.  Two reasons... Posted Aug 13 2008, 10:28 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, gear, news

• Cascade Classic or Bust: Road Trippin’ with KMAN

  Here’s to hoping that Kenji has resolved his Destinkifikation Issue - I’ll be stuck in a car with him tomorrow on our way to the Cascade Classic. I figure he can’t smell any worse than the gerbils, right? If you’re at Cascade and... Posted Jul 09 2008, 09:56 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, news

• Damocles Lust: Ok, I Admit It Was Me

  About a month ago, Kenji posted a picture of his bike with hearts photoshopped all around it (I can’t find the entry, because he posts so freaking much, or I’d put it here). Anyway, along with the picture he noted: “Someone is lusting... Posted Jul 05 2008, 07:13 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, gear, bikes, news, bikelove, oregon, portland, everyday_cyclist, bicycles, oregonian

• From the Road…

  You’re Not Going to Believe This But… It is raining in Portland. It has been raining in Portland all week. I am as sick of writing that as you are of reading it, believe me. During the winter the rain is a backdrop. As expected and unnoticed... Posted Jun 07 2008, 10:01 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, training, life, dealing, adventure, news

• Welcome to New Readers from the Oregonian

  It’s 5:10am and in a little over an hour, I’ll leave for a mountain bike ride with a friend who was stupid enough to let me talk him into getting rolling this early on a Sunday.  Right now, however, I’m sitting in bed with a mug... Posted Jun 01 2008, 07:44 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: adventure, announcement, news

• Holy Sh–! The Superbowl Was Actually Good This Year

  I’m not a big football fan and professional sports certainly isn’t the focus of this blog. But, I have to weigh in on this. Yesterday after returning early from an UnSuperbowl Party so that I could watch the Superbowl (I know, I know - it... Posted Feb 04 2008, 08:28 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: sports, news

• Compton’s Worlds Bid in Question

  Just after I posted the link to the Gazette article about Katie Compton yesterday, reader Guy Smith chimed in with some bad news (from CyclingNews): addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F01%2F22%2Fcomptons-worlds-bid-in-question... Posted Jan 22 2008, 12:52 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: racing, cycling, news