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The long awaited Tour de Brew – Part VI is finally here! It’s the wrap-up edition, and I’ll try to keep it short and sweet! Monday morning was warm again, but not super hot, with a misty rain that left the roads wet. Matt and I were up for one final ride before leaving, so [...]

While waiting for our Thai takeout in Burlington box mall hell on Saturday night, we took a visit to a book shop. In the book shop, we found a copy of the book Backroad Bicycling In Vermont which we flipped through. Despite some very odd advice (never make a left turn???) the book contained some [...]

My last post talked about our awesome ride up the Appalachian Gap on Saturday. You can read that here, and earlier posts here. Post Appalachian Gap, we headed to the ‘big city’ for a tour of the Magic Hat Brewery in Burlington. Right away, we noticed that the place was jammed. We could barely find [...]

Yes, updates are few and far between. My apologies. For those keeping track, I’m still working on documenting our trip to Vermont for “Tour de Brew 2011.” Check out the rest of the story here. I left off talking about our hike up Mt. Mansfield, and our encounter with momma moose and her baby. I [...]

The posts and reviews I’ve written about my experience using a Sigma Rox 9.0 have been very well received over the past year or so.  (Check those posts out here for some background.)  I noticed that Sigma has recently released the Sigma Rox 8.1 and the Sigma Rox 9.1–two new units in the Rox range. [...]