Two steps forward and three steps back
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Two steps forward and three steps back
07-26-05, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by slagjumper
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Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
07-26-05, 09:59 AM
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That was great! They're all so orderly! And none of them are "honking" or yelling or flipping each other off. I like the man who tipped his hat to the cop (nice job that cop has, eh?). I wonder how many women (if any) got those great, billowing skirts caught in the chain or in a wheel...
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They would have had skirt guards similar to this modern one, though back then they were either steel or strung with laces.
