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Tag Archives: mountain bike
On track and happy for it
By Christopher Cudworth In sync with cycling season my left IT band and left achilles have become troublesome. One can surmise there is something wrong with the bike fit, or else the riding form. But they also hurt while running, … Continue reading
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Tagged bike accident, Christopher Cudworth, competitive running, high school track, interval training, mountain bike, Speed training, speed workout, sprint triathlon, triathlon, werunandride, werunandride.com, yoga, yoga for runners
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On cancer, mortality, and running and riding through life
By Christopher Cudworth Over the past few years my wife Linda and I have joined friends on mini-vacations in southwestern Wisconsin. Part of our reason for going is a mutual appreciation for Frank Lloyd Wright, whose work we have explored … Continue reading
Posted in Tarsnakes, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged bee balm, bergamot, Christopher Cudworth, crickets chirping, driftless region, Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright, Governor Dodge State Park, Hard Man, House on the Rock, Kentuck Knob, Luther College, mortality, mountain bike, mountain biking, ovarian cancer, running and riding, shelf limestone, southwest Wisconsin, Spring Green Wisconsin, Taliesin, we run and ride, wild sunflowers, Wisconsin, wrestling with a gorilla
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Grass and bamboo bikes are trippy
By Monte Wehrkamp Know what I’d like? Know what Chris, this site’s fearless leader, would like even more? A renewable, recycleable bike. One that’s handmade, custom fit, and one of a kind. And here it is… (courtesy Velo News) It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Mechanical Genius, We Run and Ride Every Day
Tagged alternative bikes, bamboo bike, bamboo bikes, Bicycling, bike frames, bike weight, Calfee bikes, Campy, carbon fiber bikes, Chicago cycling, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, cycling gear, grass bikes, handmade bikes, kenda tire, Monte Wehrkamp, mountain bike, mountain biking, MTB, Pinarello, Shimano, Super Record gruppo, ultra, we run and ride, wood bikes
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Running and riding is for the birds
I not only run and ride, I bird. That is, I’m a birdwatcher. Or in North American parlance, a birder. That’s the acceptable terminology these days for those who seek to identify wild birds in the field, in the city, … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 X 35 binoculars, backyard birding, birding, birding by bike, birds, birds singing, cycling, cycling enthusiasts, distance running, eastern bluebird, mountain bike, natural attraction, peregrine falcon, raptor, road bike, runners, running, sandhill crane, Sibley Bird Guide, swallows
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Black ice is the tarsnake of winter for those who run and ride
by Christopher Cudworth One learns through experience that black ice is nothing to take lightly on winter sidewalks and roads. Even springtime running and riding conditions can be treacherous when rain or snowmelt freezes clear and slick to roads and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Annual National Black Ice Day, April, black ice, cycling, cycling enthusiasts, distance running, falling on a bike, falling on ice, falling while running, February, ice, ice and cycling, ice and running, ice on roadway, ice on sidewalk, League of Illinois Bicyclists, March, mountain bike, overcorrection, prevention the best cure, riding, road bike, running falls, running injuries, slick ice, sliding on a bike, snowmelt, spring cycling, spring cyclists, spring running season, winter and spring, wise cyclists
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Hanging out with a great bike
Everyone who rides has a bike history. It’s unavoidable. For example, my brother-in-law took up cycling in his early 20s. First he bought a steel frame Trek 400, a decent bike for its time. As he got into riding I … Continue reading
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Tagged 56cm frame, 58cm frame, Bicycling, Bicycling Magazine, bike, bike commuting, bike fitting, bike history, Bike of the year, bikes, CAT 3, cycling, Felt, Felt bikes, mountain bike, Mustang, Raleigh, Red Rocket, road bike, Rockhopper, sidewalk, sidewalk cracks, skydiving, Specialized, Specialized Rockhopper, toyota matrix, Trek, Trek 400, Trek 4300, Trek 700, Trek bikes, Trek carbon, Waterford, Waterford steel bike
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Monte writes some riding wresolutions
WE RUN AND RIDE New Years Resolutions by Monte Wehrkamp (January 4, 2012) We all wrestle with our New Year’s resolutions. Sometimes they become wresolutions:Solutions to problems with which we wrestle in running and riding. These are focused on riding. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, B & B, bike trails, California, Colorado, Delaware, family bike riding, fitness, Florida, intervals, Monte Wehrkamp, mountain bike, new people, New Year's resolutions, Texas, zones
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Sunday contemplation: A rider in the rain
By Christopher Cudworth Click on pics to view The Christmas Bird Count comes around once a year, usually in the second week of December. Having worked both the Christmas and Spring Bird counts (technically part of the Fermi Circle Count) … Continue reading
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Tagged bird feeders, birding by bike, Chicago, Chicago and Northwestern, Christmas Bird Count, Christopher Cudworth, dark-eyed junco, Fermilab Christmas Bird Count, Great Western Trail, green birding, hermit thrush, Illinois, Indian reservation, Iowa, Kane County, Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve, mountain bike, prairie, prairie burn, rider in the rain, runners, sandhill crane, Specialized, St. Charles
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How do you feel about your bike? Really…
By Christopher Cudworth It’s a question we should all ask ourselves now and then. How do you feel about your bike? Really… Many who ride might not feel touchy-feely all-emotionally about their bike (or bikes) and yet if pressed they … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, bike, bike frame, bike frames, bikes, cycling, Dura Ace, mountain bike, Pinarello, road bike, Shimano, Specialized, steel frame, Ultegra, Waterford
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