January 2011
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Tillamook State Forrest and a waterfall
This past week I took a vacation day to get out of the office and ride. It was warm and sunny, so it was the best time this winter to get out and ride.
They have been doing some maintenance on this trail and there were new features and trees cleared. I love the new bridgework that is happening here. The old bridges were a little sketchy when it was wet (all the time). I always felt like I was...
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Foggy January morning ride in to work
Just a real quick post with some pics from this morning. I just had the camera phone so they are not the best pics, but they work.
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We Won 2nd Place!! Helmet drawing contest
We went on down to the Clever Cycles store party to see if our helmets won the helmet design contest. They were actually giving away two gift cards. There was a children’s helmet design for $100 gift card (2nd place) and an overall design for a $500 gift card (1st place).
We won the best children’s design (2nd place) with Heather’s “Perfect Day”. It was pretty...
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Our entries for “Design a Nutcase” helmet design...
The good people over at Clever Cycles are having a contest with Nutcase Helmets. It is a design your own helmet contest. Win $500.
Here are our entries:
Mine:
RED5. It is a replica inspired by Starwars. This was taken from Luke Skywalker’s X-wing helmet in Episode 4: A New Hope. This is what I would want in a Nutcase helmet.
Heather’s: This is a design based on what would be...
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January Sunrise
Here is a January sunrise from my bike commute into work taken from the International Test Rose Garden and the Willamette River this morning. both pictures were taken with the camera on my phone.
Click on the image to see a bigger version.
I took multiple pictures, but these pictures turned out the best. If you would like to see the others goto my Picasa photo page.
Have fun,
Jeremy
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New Tradition for New Years Day
For New Years we made soft pretzels using Alton Brown’s recipe. What a fun cheap thing to do with the little one. Plus we get to eat pretzels all week!
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Reading list for 2011. AKA Reddit's top 100 books
I was browsing around the internet for something to read and found Reddit’s top 100 books thread (it actually has 200 books) which was posted in 2010. Here is a repost of that thread just so I can find it again when I am looking for something to read this year. Lots of great stuff in there.
Have fun reading,
Jeremy
Reddit’s Favourite Books
Then one redditor turned it into...
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2011 Resolutions
Nothing changes on New Years Day….
Last year we moved from Hawaii to Oregon, Started a new job, Bought a bike, rode said bike more than the last 5 years and spent a lot of quality time with the wife and kid. [from 2010 Resolutions]
I still have some resolutions to fulfill (race CX or XC, buy 29er FS mountain bike, etc.). I have yet to build out the resolutions fully for this year in my...