Robert Winder

OK, so before I posted this I asked Mex for her opinion - so what comes is a more balanced POV.
Thanks Martinez for taking cycling to heart, you show the way for cities in the east bay, and you put Walnut Creek and Danville to shame with their anti-bike approaches.
Thanks also for refunding Mex and [...]

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Reports from Martinez claim that Masters racer, Winder, caught bad luck in the race on Saturday and he would like to know which rider brought him down. We’re on a search to find out who has some extra skin on him…  
Its time to pay the piper, com’on out! 

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I bought a nice set of rollers over the weekend and managed to stay upright on them long enough… ““

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GBR 9 - 1 USA
See you in Beijing.

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Screenshot, originally uploaded by Robert Winder.
New racer, Thomas, seen warming up at Cherry Pie before the Masters 123 race.

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 Over on the view from the quiver, Hernandez says:
In the end, his viewpoint is ~ “are you going to save the world by doing that?”
and mine is, “well, i’m not going to **** it up more, am i?”
and isn’t that the starting place?
Don’t we have to STOP ****ING IT UP MORE before we can even begin to [...]

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After a month of worry I finally got some good news.
In February I discovered a lump in my testicle, during a routine self-inspection. After an ultrasound and a meeting with a urologist a few days later I was told that I didn’t have testicular cancer. That was the good news. The bad news was that [...]

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I’ve never raced at Land Park before, so Saturdays fun was “interesting”.  After hearing all about the “old” circuit and the crash park moniker I was pleasantly surprised by the circuit with its two pointy bits stuck on top of the  rounded park loop - just like the Vanderkitten cat.
Head wind back straight tailwind finish.  [...]

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I just talked with Regan Clark over at BMW San Francisco.  He told me that Christopher is returning home tomorrow (Tuesday) to recover back in Germany.  This is completely understandable to be amongst loved ones at this time.  I hope he makes a full and speedy recovery.
Anyway, I collected some items over the weekend, thanks [...]

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Get a good warm up on Saturday and Sunday.  The forecast is rain showers on Saturday in Sac and cold, but dry on Sunday at Zamora.  Maybe bring some baby oil to polish up the legs and maybe even some warming oil to aid the joints, pre race.
That reminds me of the days of wintergreen [...]

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