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The Green Gopher is my old Trek fixed-gear conversion with metal fenders, rack, and panniers, big Vittoria Randonneur Pro tires, and a pair of Nitto B115 bars that I re-wrapped over the glue residue from their last owner's tape job. 
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Los Angeles, Downtown, Baby! |
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Chuck Schmidt, Green Gopher, Trek, fixed-gear, conversion, Vittoria, Randonneur, JANDD, Tubus |
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Chuck Schmidt, Green Gopher, Trek, fixed-gear, conversion, Vittoria, Randonneur, JANDD, Tubus |
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Once I led my friends Rick and Gwen, on their old ten-speeds, up the impossibly steep climb to Franklin Canyon, a gem set in a corner of the Santa Monica Mountains in the center of Los Angeles. Hawks fly high overhead, and the chaparral is redolent with o ...
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Los Angeles |
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orthodox, franklin canyon, ten-speed, bike boom |
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orthodox, franklin canyon, ten-speed, bike boom |
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I've heard that someone tested the "six degrees of separation" hypotheis fairly rigorously a little while ago and found that it's basically true: that one is separated from any other person on the planet by about seven, rather than six, connections.
I thought about that because of an incident that occurred during my ...
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Los Angeles |
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brian, baylis, masi, faliero, track, frame, fixie, carlsbad, vigorelli, milan |
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brian, baylis, masi, faliero, track, frame, fixie, carlsbad, vigorelli, milan |
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San Francisco, CA
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8°C
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Wind Chill:
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5°C
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Humidity:
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89%
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Speed:
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16 km/h
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360°
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Barom.:
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1025.1 mb
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