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Mark Dieterich
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Feb 15
Studded Tires are Awesome
The recent storms that passed through the Northeast, started with snow, but switched to rain for the majority of the day. While the studded tires were nice during the ride yesterday, going through the slush and occasionally frozen snow, it wasn't until today that I discovered how awesome these tires really are. After I finished …
Feb 13
Google Looses Belgian Court Case
Mutiple sources, like businessweek, are reporting that Google lost a court case in Belgium. They have been ordered to remove headlines and links on their news aggregator that were posted without the permission of the online newspapers. So far, Google has been able to avoid such lawsuits via "fair use" laws, which apparently do not …
Feb 06
Fix Anything…
Anyone who works in the tech support arena for any period of time is bound to have a collection of "you can't believe what a user asked us to do today…" type stories. If I sat down and thought about it, I'm sure I could come up with many, many of them. Today, however, I …
Jan 30
New Career Possibility
I had my first modeling gig yesterday… okay, so RIPTA (RI Public Transportation Authority) wanted some material for upcoming alternative transportation brochures and contacted Bike-To-Brown. I guess in previous years, they used "professional" models and had been given some grief about the fact that they looked too good. They had us sign waiver forms, saying …
Jan 28
More Parts
I seem to have reached some critical age on my bike. I went through many years, not needing to replace anything, and all of sudden it seems like parts are failing left and right. I replaced my first set of derailer pulleys this weekend. Just a few weeks ago, I replaced my first set of …
Jan 26
Frozen Waterbottle
My waterbottle froze on the way into work this morning, for the first time this year. I left the house and it was just under 4 degrees F, with gusts to 30mph! It actually wasn't too hard to stay warm, just lots of layers. There were a handful of people who commuted to work by …
Jan 26
Everyday Cycling
I came across another blog that really seems to fit with my style of cycling called Everyday Cycling. They seem to focus on using bikes as vehicles and including the entire family. I'll definitely try and spend some more time looking it over when I get a chance.
Jan 18
Winter Riding Tips
I happened upon a fun article discussing some winter riding tips published by Pete in Ottawa, you can find the entire article here. Even if you aren't into winter cycling, this article is entertaining enough to warrant a quick read. Here are some of the highlights: "Something I like doing in the winter is to …
Jan 18
Where’s My Race Number?
On my ride, walk, hop, jump, leap in this morning, I got to thinking… where are my race numbers? Parts of the ride felt more like a cyclocross event than anything else. Perhaps this could be a new race category, the "with panniers, lights, batteries, etc." classification. It was the first morning where I've really …
Jan 17
A Little too Much
I was riding into work yesterday and passed a sight I still can't believe. At first, it looked totally normal, two men were working on ladders to remove some Christmas lights from a house. Then I got a little closer and noticed that there was a truck parked in front of this house, with what …
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