Archive for March, 2006
Monday, March 27th, 2006
Bike Ride: Day 41: 22/03/06
Bike Ride: Day 41: 22/03/06 75 km from San Augustin to Cordoba
Time in the saddle: 3.5 hrs
Conditions: Almost ideal, aside from the fact that knowing the end of a section is coming you are far more inclined to push through anything. The roads were either flat or downhill, and the asphalt was well maintained. The [...]
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Sunday, March 26th, 2006
Bike Ride: day 40: 21/03/06
Bike Ride Day 40: 21/03/06 from Acira to St. Augustin 110 km
Time in the saddle: 5.3 hours
Conditions: The wind was tough, and, towards the end of the day, so was the rain. But other than that, things were pretty good. The asphalt was fine, and the road varied from either flat to downhill. There was [...]
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Friday, March 24th, 2006
Bike Ride Day 39: 20/03/06
Bike Ride Day 39: 20/03/06 140 km from Vicuna Mackenna to Acira 140 km.
Time in the saddle: 7 hours
Conditions: Effectively, this ride broke down into three different mini rides…that a more reasonable person might not have strung together…but if there is anything this ride proves it is that I am not reasonable.
The first 50 km [...]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Bike Ride Day 38: 20/03/06
Bike Ride Day 38: 19/3/06 100km from Huinca Renanco to Vicuno Mackenna
Time in the saddle: 5.5 hours
Conditions: Route 35 is like the bastard stepchild of roads in the greater province of Buenos Aires. It seems to have been denied a bit of funding. The shade is a bit sparser, which can hardly be blamed on [...]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Everything is “better in Texas”
Transcript between Bill Simmons and Fans
Enrique, SA, TX: Bill, what were you thinking when you wrote that Spurs coach Greg Poppovich was going to retire after this season? Do you know how much money he would be walking away from if he did?
Bill Simmons: (1:30 PM ET ) I didn’t, actually. The funny part [...]
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Bike Ride Day 37: 18/3/06
Day 37: 18/3/06 160 km from General Villegas to Huinca Renanco
Time in saddle: 7 (but a really easy 7)
Conditions: Wow…just wow….when you fantasize about an ideal day of bike riding, this is pretty much it. Although the wind has come at me from several different directions, this day it decided to push me directly West…which [...]
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Bike Ride: Day 36 16/3/06
Day 36: 16/03/06: 120 km from T something to G. Villegas
Time in the saddle; 5.45
Conditions: The wind was again noticeably absent which made me push through another stop to shave off another day from my schedule…the sun was a bit stronger, the road still flat, but the asphalt was being repaired in places for [...]
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Bike ride: Day 35: 15/03/05
Day 35: 15/03/06: 140 km from Guimini to T something…will look it up later.
Time in the saddle; 7 hours…too much
Conditions: Not quite as ideal as yesterday but still pretty damn good…still minimal traffic, less than oppressive heat which didn`t make me feel like I was baking in the sun while shitting exposed to it [...]
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Bike ride: Day 34: 14/03/05
Day 34: 14/03/06: 70 + km from Pigue (with umlauts over the I or u depending on which sign is to be believed) to Guimini
Time in the saddle; 2.5 hours
Conditions: Pretty much identical to the previous day. The heat was still mild, the road still flat, the trees plentiful, the asphalt ideal and the [...]
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Why me and Fernando weren`t compatable
bike rider Tony says dice:
thats a long ride to do in a month.
bike rider Tony says dice:
yeah
bike rider Tony says dice:
7 lakes, then 24 hours to Iguazu then to Rio
bike rider Tony says dice:
I will do 3500 on my trip
bike rider Tony says dice:
over 2000 now
bike rider Tony says dice:
how much do you think it [...]
