Author: Buck
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Pics or it didn’t happen.
There were only two good pictures of me from the Outlaw. On the bike and on a mission: and just about to cross the finish line: Every other picture looked like a sad, beaten, old duffer who was half dead . Which, to be fair, is 50% better than I was feeling. The other good…
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Addendum
I forgot to say, while I was looking for a 954 FireBlade I had my eye on a few. The others were higher mileage but had upgrades. I’d narrowed it down to 3 that I really liked and was undecided. I was leaning in favour of the one I got, and decided to do a…
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Big Week.
A year ago I had a moment of biking epiphany. All my life I’d loved Harleys, Brits, Cafe Racers, etc. Basically pretty engines in stylish bikes. That also sound awesome. While at the same time I poured scorn and contempt on plastic-fantastic, pocket-rocket, ugly, race bikes. Then, in my moment of clarity, I realised that…
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Final push.
My Achilles tendonitis in my left leg cleared up after a few weeks of nursing it, but then my right tendon started hurting. I think, it’s a combination of things, “too fast too soon” on the run was just the final straw. I think it’s bike set up as well. I bought a pair of,…
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Too close for comfort.
You know how they always say to gradually improve? Never increase your distance by more than 10% per week, or 10% distance overall per week. Slowly introduce speed or hill work. Blah blah blah. And you know how I always plan to stick to it then go too fast too quickly? Guess what? I started…