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Saucony ProGrid Guide 3 Review

Saucony ProGrid Guide 3 $95 (purchase latest version HERE) Test Period: 10 months Field Tester: Scatman The ProGrid Guide 3's were suggested to me after the first shoe I tried gave me blisters within a few miles.  Right away I could tell…
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Mission Ridge / Devils Gulch via Red Devil Trail

July 23, 2011 Trail report for Mission Ridge / Devils Gulch. Location: View Larger Map http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/maps/devils-gulch-map.pdf Central Cascades - Stevens Pass - East Okangoan-Wenatchee National Forest, Wenatchee River…

Ibex Woolie Short Sleeve

Ibex Woolie Short Sleeve $59 (purchase HERE)     Test Period: 6 months Field Tester: Scatman When you receive a shirt to test you think to yourself, "What can I possibly talk about?"  Well a shirt isn't a shirt and the Ibex Woolie…
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Paradise & Back

July 4, 2011 Type of activity: Road Cycling Location: Mt. Rainier Getting there:  I-5 to Rt. 18 East; Rt.18 to 164 towards Enumclaw.  In Enumclaw take Rt. 410 East.  Turn left at around mile post 57, which is the entrance to Crystal…

Tour of the Unattended 2011

The creative mind of Zac Dab over at Cascade Bicycle Studio thought up a great concept this year, the Tour of the Unattended. The Tour of the Unattended is a cumulative, 5-day SOLO cycling challenge taking place on familiar routes in greater-Seattle…

Kachess Beacon

July 9, 2011 Location: Kachess Beacon Tr. 1315 and 1315.3 Region: Snoqualmie Pass -- Snoqualmie Pass Agency: Cle Elum Ranger District The Numbers: Roundtrip 6.0 miles Elevation Gain 2200 ft Highest Point 4600 ft Guide Books and Maps: Green…
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Capital Forest – Mima Porter #8 and Greenline #6 Trail Report

June 4, 2011 (UPDATED 7/08/11) Location: Olympia,WA Getting there:  Take exit 95 off I-5. Follow Littlerock Road for a few miles to the Waddell Creek Road intersection, turn right. Continue to the next intersection, turn left onto Sherman…

Test of Metal Race Recap

Test of Metal.sounds like a tough race right.  I thought so too until I pre-rode it twice this past spring.  There was only one section that really tested me or to be more precise my bike.  I knew it would test me but I didnt think it would…

Intense, who me?

A lot of times people tell me I’m intense.  I’ve come to realize not everyone is using the word in the same manner.  For some it’s negative, some positive, others it’s admiration, and worse some use it to put me into some sort of classification. …