Blahg - Grant's Blog
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no. 25 AUG: REGGIE, RACE, SONGS, GALLOP, WOOLBACK
Posted on August 02 2019
That's Reggie McNamara, an Australian racer from the '40s. You can read about him HERE. The finger story is a deusey. I think we're all tired of hearing how...
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no. 24 JULY 19
Posted on July 19 2019
Sorry to all those who either hate cameras or don't live in or around Portland, but John's organized this event with Will (right) and Roman (left) on...
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No. 23 for the year. Some fun, minimal but not zero waste of time, plus a pitch-plea.
Posted on July 09 2019
Robert Reich: Song clarification from last post: I didn't make it clear that I LIKE Ferry Cross the Mersey and House of the Rising Sun. I wasn't putting them in...
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no. 22 late June: Five minute read plus songlinks
Posted on June 25 2019
A songs that flew once but wouldn't these days, and for good reason. Would this song fly? It was No. 1 in 1974 for a while. These two...
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No. 21 of the year: Snakes, race, racing, roman, bottom bracket, other. Estimated reading time: Oh, give it an hour.
Posted on June 14 2019
Dan on Mt. Tamalpais on Boots Here's what kids in other countries do to get snakes: Yes, right here. No-sorry. That was "Slammin' Sam Snead. I don't know how...
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No. 20 early june: canteens, cat, plastic, some race, updates
Posted on June 04 2019
That's a 6-8 year old photo of my recently died Scoutie on the beach, chased by Anna. Scoutie was No. 1 dog of all time. Sorry if you think yours...
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No. 19: the usual, then canteens, books, enviro-stuff, Doris Day, grips, and HILLYBIKE details
Posted on May 16 2019
If you've been reading the BLAHG recently you know I've been talking about race, racism in bicycles, distasteful topics like that. It's not going well. I am/and Rivendell is trying...
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2019 No. 18 Hunqapilly bike & other stuff
Posted on May 07 2019
That's Dan with a flat on a prototype Hillybike. --------- John Rinker did this on his, uh, Hillybike (a Hunqapillar): https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rbw-owners-bunch/mRSBSqx3vzs The standard way of thinking is: OMG, no suspension--...
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Late April, No. 17 for the year, and all over the map. Hurry down, but don't go "picnic."
Posted on April 26 2019
Risk compensation has been one of my things over the years. I wrote about it in Just Ride with surprisingly little backlash, although maybe people just got mad and tossed...
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