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John F Kennedy said, "Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride." Well, I'm bound to agree.
From the monthly archives:
April 2008
April 23, 2008
Lizzie, our web guru, has asked me to reply to a question about why wine improves with age. Someone asked the question on a forum, and the Wikipedia answer in response was “When properly stored, wines not only maintain their quality but many actually improve in aroma, flavour, and complexity as they mature.” Not very [...]
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April 22, 2008
Probably the biggest one-day race on the cycling calendar is the Paris-Roubaix. It’s a 260 Km (162 miles) race from, you guessed it, Paris, finishing in the velodrome in Roubaix in the North East of France On April 14th, it was the 106th running of this classic race, and the distinguishing feature is the inclusion [...]
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