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MAMIL Musings: A Middle Aged Man in Lycra Considers Cycling

Rambling Thoughts Regarding Cycling, Travel, Cycling Products, and More
MAMIL Musings: A Middle Aged Man in Lycra Considers Cycling
Rambling Thoughts Regarding Cycling, Travel, Cycling Products, and More
  • Product Reviews and Evaluations
  • Traveling With a Bike Sucks
  • Travel, Rides, and Routes
  • Musings
MAMIL Musings: A Middle Aged Man in Lycra Considers Cycling
Rambling Thoughts Regarding Cycling, Travel, Cycling Products, and More
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  • Travel, Rides, and Routes Traveling With a Bike Sucks

    Traveling With a Bike Sucks IX: Disc Brake Maintainance While Traveling

    Disc brakes have become the norm for drop bar bikes, relegating rim brakes to the Collector’s Item category. I’m not saying they’re bad, I’m saying…

    Hump May 22, 2026
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  • Travel, Rides, and Routes

    Exploring the Costa Blanca from Valencia to Cartagena and Back

    The winter had been brief and dry. We hadn’t seen such a bad snowpack since the fabled winter of ‘76-77, the one that inspired every…

    Hump May 6, 2026
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  • Musings

    Thanks, Bobby

    It was the era of cassettes. A guy in a chair, seated in silhouette, tie flowing behind him, told us Maxells were the best. Some…

    Hump January 12, 2026
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  • Musings Product Reviews and Evaluations

    Hell in a Bucket – A Report After About 6 months and 400 miles

    2025 became the year of the drop-bar 29er, and I was firmly on board. The feel of underbiking on a singletrack trail that has been…

    Hump January 1, 2026
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  • Travel, Rides, and Routes

    Tales of Green Spain: Across the North Coast

      ”A journey of a thousand miles begins with at least one clusterfuck” (Lao Tzu’s first, less famous, but more accurate, draft) You can plan…

    Hump October 9, 2025
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Product Reviews and Evaluations

Kid’s Bikes That Don’t Suck

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Oxymoronic, I know. Most are poorly-sized, horribly-designed, and usually with a superhero marketing tie-in. Kid’s bikes are usually made of pure Hernium and are dense…

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Product Reviews and Evaluations

Gravel Style: What to Wear When You’re Getting Gritty

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It would be really cool if K-Pop took over the gravel cycling world and provided a sweet theme song. Well, actually, no, because having an…

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Musings

Daytime Running Lights for Cyclists

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Daytime running lights for vehicles are nothing new- motorcycles have had them for decades, they are common on cars, most trains have them, as do…

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Travel, Rides, and Routes

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

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The IHBC is a true Colorado Classic, having started in 1972 when a couple of bored guys decided to race the Durango-Silverton narrow-gauge train. Since…

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Travel, Rides, and Routes

Independence Day

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It’s one of the biggies in Colorado: Independence Pass. A bucket-list ride, if you will, and no easy thing at that. It’s not really all…

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Musings

On Tires

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They say that shoes make the man (which seems odd to me, as I thought men made shoes, but I rarely paid attention in biology…

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Product Reviews and Evaluations

Signpost Up Ahead

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Garfield County, Colorado, has been adding signs on county roads since late 2017. These new signs replace older “Share The Road” signs, which were routinely…

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Travel, Rides, and Routes

Mallorca Demystified Part 3 (Cap de Formentor and Pollensa points of interest)

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One of my favorite rides out of Port de Pollensa is the Cap de Formentor. It’s a great jet-lag ride, perfect for testing the legs…

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Travel, Rides, and Routes

Mallorca Demystifyed Part 2 (Sa Calobra and more)

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As mentioned in the previous post, Mallorca has much to offer and not a huge amount of practical information about the rides. I’ve found a…

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Product Reviews and Evaluations

Shop Cat

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Bike shops are exciting places. You can visit them, loiter, arrange rides, buy bikes and accessories, make friends. The best shops create community, and Aloha…

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