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I'm surprised at how much time they had on the mountain. I supposed security had to be very careful once they realized they'd been breached.

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I met the dainty smelling fellas at Caribou again tonight. We talked singletrack and agreed we're ready to put our dog and pony show up for park's approval. I'm not saying who's the dog and who's the pony.On the way to the meeting I checked out 12th & Main. Last week I reported my bicycle left on red to the city. Today I noticed it's up and now serving left turns even to bicycles.I also rolled

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It's the law: "Every person driving a bicycle shall have all of the rights and all the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle by this Code..."I assume vehicle drivers have a right to expect functioning traffic control devices.I assume The City is breaking the law with their prevalent use of vehicle sensors at intersections that fail to detect bicycles.I assume The City contributes

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In the text below there's a quote attributed to Karl Marx. I'll give $10 to the first person to prove the source truly is Karl Marx. The quote can also be found on this Tea Party page ostensibly written by a "Dr. Allen Unrue."Today there was a Tea Party on Socialized Medicine at the fairgrounds. Details can be found here - http://www.teapartysd.com/. Their press release indicates they expected

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I started the day thinking how much I like it that "I gotta go to work" equates to "I'm going for a bike ride."The day only got better.My trip home this evening looks a little like Family Circus. Some of it went a little like this...Start down there at the bottom left. Go to the bank for a FAB deposit.Head north to meet Craig to co-sign a FAB check to the Health Department for FABRAD food service

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Today I engaged in an e-mail conversation with one of the local usual suspects. I was writing about local "green" efforts. If I had to guess I'd say the Sioux Falls Green Project has the most financial potential - the most resources to have the most impact.Beginning with the give away of reusable plastic drinking bottles at an SFGP event. Continuing with my SFGP tagged Novak recycling container

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I limped to work today. Did three miles on a flat rear tire. I chose that over potential late arrival for my 9am meeting. It started as a slow leak but by the time I found some free air the tube was like swiss cheese. Lunch plans now include a trip to the LBS. Haven't been there for awhile. I'm thinking I might have to replace the tire. Hopefully the rim survived.

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The most unecessary sign in the city is, after 4 months, now useless.

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Remember when people got around on horseback? I don't either.My brother-in-law is a bit of a cowboy. My nephew is a lot of a cowboy - a recent Equine Science graduate he's in Montana somewhere that you can't get to from here.We visited the place he goes to be a cowboy today. That's Lefty up there, and that's Beemer down there looking up to the task, right?I've got lots of experience sharing

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...to make a better bicycling environment in your city, there will never be plans to make a better bicycling environment in your city.Metro Area Bicycle Plan Open HouseMonday, June 22 @ 5:00pm to 6:30pm @ Washington High School Commons AreaA quote from the press release: "The MPO plan provides recommendations for bicycle facilities and methods to improve safety and the bicyclist’s experience

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It disgusts me when headlines are misleading.Just a week ago I was lamenting the full rack of bikes on the front of a bus I recently attempted to board.While I celebrate the usage of the rack I occasionally depend upon being able to board the bus. Well, seemingly right on cue bus bike rack usage statistics appeared in my Inbox this week. The statistics say I'd better get used to it. This graph

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I just didn't feel like it...I procrastinated...I waited 'till I'd be too late for work to bike...I found one completely dead battery in the car.I rode - and was a happier person for it.I jumped the car tonight and tripled its miles for the week in hopes of it starting next time I need it.

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A digitally captured image of what my bike looks like when it's anticipating a ride.

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This morning I faced a particularly interesting day. Today would be my first opportunity to pick up The Boys from the venue that contains their daily summer experience. Essentially today would define the routine for how to pickup without a car.I presented some options the night before and we agreed that we'd catch the bus and get home that way, this time. So far they weren't interesting in a bike

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I forgot to mention the herb garden we obtained a few weeks ago. My understanding is we snip some flavor from this and it just keeps growing and making more flavor throughout the year.There are seven 'erbs 'ere. I can't find the list though. Sorry.

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Water.The perennials have departed their slumber. Columbine & Bleeding Hearts - a meaningful combination.The original backyard venue. Now with manure. Beans, squash, onions, lima beans and the official flower of The Boy 11, sunflowers. Hiding, for now.Last year's addition. The place where The Boys could dig to their hearts content is now the place where I'll eat small tomatoes to my heart's

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Through May...2008 miles: 659 bike, 851 car2009 miles: 899 bike, 736 car2008 gas fill-ups: 42009 gas fill-ups: 3I met somebody in the lobby today. She said, "I rode to work today." I said, "I did too." She was hoping I'd be more encouraging. I should be more encouraging.

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For a while this morning it seemed like everywhere The Family went The Big Dummy was there.First - farmer's market - there was The Big Dummy.Second - drive by The Owner's bike shop - Big Dummy was there.Third - the grocery store - proof of the presence of The Big Dummy.I never actually talked to him. But The Family did while I was off fetching a bell pepper.

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So many things to put here, so little time...Hot news yesterday in my world was South Dakota's move from 41st to 28th in the League of American Bicyclist's 50 state rankings. The most thoughtful write-up of that fact is over at Snakebite's site. If you hit that site remind him last year there wasn't a 60 member Bike To Work Challenge or a three year old Falls Area Biclists Club that he helped

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Spent two hours on the bike today.I started off by failing to trip a traffic signal in my neighborhood. It's adjacent to a city provided bicycle facility. I reported the malfunction. I'll take a photo and post it if any improvements are made.A couple days ago I tried to get a photo of the paint at 22nd & Western but the sun was too bright for my cell phone camera and I wanted to be attentive to

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Ugh. All that picture story telling in the previous post and I forgot my favorite part!We really mean to share the access to this park. As hard as we're going to try to do this I still don't think we'll be able to expand the wake boarding opportunities beyond what they already are.

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Got up dark and early Friday morning to ride with some deer and head downtown to sit behind a table. From behind the table I could see hundreds of people eating pancakes. My two favorite were The Mom and The Dad.We displayed a large map of The City and encouraged visitors to push pins in the places they travelled from. By the end of the day this was a pretty impressive display. Best of all the

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