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Maintenance! -- For Your Outdoor Body, That is
August 14, 2010 - If you do outdoor sports, you probably have well-developed big/core muscles.
But unless you do maintenance exercises, I think it's likely that you have weak support and stability muscles.
Heck, I do a fair bit of ski-skating and ice-skating and I even have weakish hip stabilizers, which you'd think would get worked a lot in ... > Read
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Who's the Fittest? -- A Silly Old Thing
August 14, 2010 - There's an old competition among young people that goes:
"What's the toughest sport?"
"Who's the fittest athlete?"
It's all just silly.
Bike racers suffer the most and the longest.
XC ski racers have the highest VO2 Max.
Lifters are the strongest.
Fighters take the most abuse.
All sports people get hurt mo... > Read
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Unsupported Events: The Future?
August 10, 2010 - Support crews for extended, complex events help create a party atmosphere, I know.
The Tour de France teams each have a large retinue of helpers taking care of their riders and equipment and everything else.
Then there are the event officials, media and security -- vehicles buzz everywhere.
In another favorite event of m... > Read
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Bike Helmet in the Heat:: UGH!
August 04, 2010 - I did a club ride yesterday up here. It went out of the Pedaling Coffee cafe at Lake Leelenau. About 50 riders of all levels and kinds. It was a great, fun ride with chatting afterward.
It was a hot, humid, sunny evening. I wore my helmet since it looked like every one else was. I did notice that it looked like one guy wasn't.... > Read
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A New Rule for the Seat-of-the-Pants Gang...
July 02, 2010 - New rule:
"When you have neither time, money, skill nor help: wing it!"
(...If the odds aren't too bad. And you're not too high off the ground...)
(That's what we're doing with our upcoming travel trailer getaway. They say we should regrease our hubs. How? It's just too much. It's all worked great so far. ...So, we'll pla... > Read
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"Velo": photo book of bike culture
June 10, 2010 - A German coffee-table type of book of bike culture just hit these shores. 235 pages of high-end photography covering the whole scope of world bike culture. 8" x 10" format. Thick paper, sewn soft binding.
It's a whirlwind tour, running back'n'forth among everything bike. There's no overt organization, just color, life and bikes.... > Read
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"Boneshaker": a bike culture almanac
June 10, 2010 - When an OYB 7-Way bag customer mentioned digging into his new issue of "Boneshaker: a Basic Field Manual for Utility Riding" I knew I had to check it out.
Basically, it's a bike culture journal. It's a bit like "Urban Velo" only smaller (yet) in format and with lengthier articles and essays. More meat/text/literaryness. (...Not t... > Read
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"Bike Snob": the book of the sassy blog
June 10, 2010 - BikeSnobNYC is a funny blog that pokes fun of bike hipsterism, trying as cleverly as it can to keep bikers connected to the real world, even one that includes fashion. The anonymous author has been dismayed by the bike fads among fresh-faced lads and lasses that push reckless spending and danger. No need!, he says. Think!
Well, ... > Read
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Hard-to-Find Indy News, Stories & Good Things to Buy!
April 27, 2010 - AllBike makes hard-to-find indie bike culture media available and keeps good old books alive. 100% of your purchases goes to support bike heritage & lore outreach.
Hi! I'm Jeff Potter and I run this popsicle stand. AllBike is the indybike offspring of the OYB Media Empire (Out Your Backdoor). Here you'll find stories and links ... > Read
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Should OYB & Company go Non-Profit?
April 23, 2010 - That's what I'm wondering. This is an educational cause, after all. Sure, I sell some things, but that's to support the Indie Outdoor culture and heritage outreach. I've always thought to just keep the whole thing simple, but maybe going Non-Profit would make the OYB mission clearer to the public. ? I've always thought that folks k... > Read
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Hey! It's OYB's *20th ANNIVERSARY!*
February 10, 2010 - An OYB reader just emailed me today and said he was just reading the paperback compilation of Issues 1-8 and was amazed that I'd been publishing OYB since 1990. Well...I am, too! I hadn't even thought of it!
I kinda had 1991 in my brain for some reason, but I suppose Issue #1 says 1990 on it somewhere. So I guess I've been o... > Read
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OYB as an Outdoor Rec Program?
February 01, 2010 - The MMBA Show was interesting. I like throwing a booth a few times a year -- gets me outta the house. I got an Inspiration at this show. I'm starting to think that books aren't where it's at. Books were helpful to me as a kid, and have been hugely helpful to me throughout my whole life, but in general the peoples don't seem into... > Read
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If OYB went Pro?
February 01, 2010 - I just read a WSJ story about smallshop guys who offer knifesharpening services. The story spent most of its attention on evaluating the various levels of ordering/shipping service.
I wonder how much good it would do OYB if I could do same-day shipping and had a totally pro buying/shipping interface.
I wonder how many of m... > Read
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Personalizing Our Stuff: Folk Art
January 29, 2010 - Some people personalize their stuff.
The old-time people did it a lot, but modern people do, too.
When, who, why?
I suppose it's often people who have crafty skills who do this. Or who have a need to express themselves. Hence, folk art.
People don't modify their stuff when it's a commodity: when it's not really their... > Read
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Veloquent: a blog of bike inspiration
January 28, 2010 - Veloquent is a blog dedicated to bike writing. It has a dozen contributors to try to keep the ball rolling. The archive is pretty deep. Kent Peterson and Jacquie Phelan are among the gang... > Read
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