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Saturday, August 28th Richer ride was kinda sad.  Our favourite food stop,  Country Inn, has suddenly closed it’s doors last Sunday August 22nd.
So the MIT group, Curt and myself, stopped in at our old food stop across the road for breakfast.  We heard from others that business had been slow this year and struggled to make ends meet. 
Now the decision [...]

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Last september, a large group of cyclists from Steinbach and area participated in a 100 mile or a 75 mile ride which took place in Park Rapids, Minnesota (About 4-5 hours south of here). There is also a 45 mile ride. It was called the “Headwaters 100 Bike Ride”, about which you can get more [...]

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I never imagined that my subscription to “The Economist” would be a reference to good bicycling books but in the latest edition this review appeared.  Looks like a good one.  Amazon doesn’t seem to carry the title in North America it but I think Penguin Canada might have it (click on the image and then [...]

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Hi Roadies,
My week on the CANDISC 2010 tour is done and Jim has suggested that I post a report.  Overall it was a fun week filled with good rides and even a couple of great rides (in my opinion and limited experience).  The terrain was fairly consistent for the week and reminded me of western [...]

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After talking to several riders, I’ve come to the conclusion that most would prefer to meet at the water tower at 7:00 A.M. rather than 8:00 A.M., at least until the shortness of daylight hours in the fall forces us to start later. I am formally requesting a 7:00 A.M. start time for all [...]

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Well, Steinbach’s finest have raided our property again and stolen another bike (along with my lawn mower gasoline).  That makes four stolen bikes, two tanks of gas, three house eggings, a broken tree and someone else’s bird house on a 4 x 4 post smashed against our front door – not that I’m keeping track [...]

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Time to start prepping for the HeadWaters100 guys.  So, start memorizing your lines to MC SpandX’s “Performance” for the call-out ride.  You also might want to check out his latest offering for the MTB crowd, “Get Dirty“.  Hilarious!  Can you believe that “Performance” has over 1.4 million views since last year?

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As many of you know, RJ’s son Luke, as a member of the band , “Enjoy Your Pumas”, was a warm-up act for the Bon Jovi concert in Regina on Wednesday. This morning, The lead singer, Rosie Blais, and Luke were interviewed about the experience on CBC radio. They were both in [...]

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Police pursue cyclist across Canada … for charity – Winnipeg Free Press*

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Hi there,
Hans mentioned this ride in an e-mail and I’ve also been wondering if there’ll be a crew of MIT’ers making a trek down there in September. I missed it last year and don’t want to this year if there are others going.

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