Archive for March, 2009
Ride Updates – March 30, 2009
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
Carlos has started working at Tsunami Cycles and his transition from geek to geek on bike. He currently is in Austin, TX.
Joe will be moving to Big Bear, California from Honolulu, Hawaii in early April.
Carlos’ bike is a Surly Long Haul Trucker and named Hermes.
Our training is available on dailymile.com. (Carlos | Joe)
The RgR Twitter account has 1,167 [...]
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Contest winner: @wishes for the name ‘Hermes’
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
Winner: @wishes !
Congrats @wishes for picking out the winning name! My explanation for the win is simple; she got lucky. ’Hermes’ is a name very close to home. Next step is making some cloth wings to put on the back tires! *Looks at @wishes for her artistic skills.*
I played Tanarus for many years (7?) with the handle [...]
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Contest: Name my bike, win Ergon bar grips.
Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
I can’t go another day without knowing the name of my bike. We need to be on a more personal level if this traveling thing is going to work out. Click here to see a picture of the bike. Help me!
How to enter (2 steps):
1. Tweet this: Free contest to win bike gear from @realgeeksride: http://is.gd/oLYW
2. Enter [...]
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Looking for hosts in…
Posted on 22. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
We sincerely thank the hosts who have graciously agreed to let us use their showers and provide somewhere for us sleep. So far we have 43 of the 63 stops covered.
Announcement: We will be doing portrait shots of everyone we stay with!
We are still looking for some hosts in various cities. If you know of [...]
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Bike 1: Surly Long Haul Trucker has arrived!
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
My bike has arrived! This green piece of steel will become my best friend for the next few months. The bicycle is a reasonable price and has all the necessary ’specs’ for smooth riding. Joe will be getting the same bike early April.
I’ll be doing a post about the differences for Touring Bikes soon, but for [...]
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What’s that part? Brake pads.
Posted on 14. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
In our ‘What’s that part?‘ posts, we will be showing a part, what it is, where it goes on a bike, what it does, and things you should know about it. Simple as that.
We are training ourselves to not assume when posting about bikes and our ride. We know our readers and future commuters come [...]
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Going to SXSWi? We are!
Posted on 09. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
This is the second year I am attending SXSW Interactive. Last year I fell in love with Austin and the type of people at the conference. It is true: ” the more times you go, the better you get at it.” If you are a geek going to rock out your latest site, or just going for the free booze, make sure to send us a message to meet up.
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What type of bike should I get to commute to work?
Posted on 05. Mar, 2009 by carlos.
PHEW…those were my overwhelming feelings, but let’s back peddle a bit. To start off, we do not need to fix bicycles. Let’s put repairs to the back of our mind and learn to simply identify the bikes we will be dealing with. This is the starting point that I needed to grasp.
