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2008 Cycling and Touring Adventures
On the Road Again!
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2008 Red Deer Brevet Series
We are hosting a full brevet series here in Central Alberta again this year! Any rider completing the full series will have covered most of Central Alberta by bicycle from the edge of the Rocky Mountains in the west to the prairies in the east.
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2008 Australia Tour - February 14 - March 2, 2008
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'Taking a break from winter!'
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2008 200K - Red Deer, Alberta - May 3, 2008
'I was standing outside drinking my Orange Crush, when a man walked up, pointed at Machak, and said, "Nice bicycle ...
Marinoni". I smiled and said, "Yes" ... a bit surprised that someone out in the middle of nowhere would know the Marinoni
brand. Then he told me something else which surprised me even more ... he said he knew Giuseppe Marinoni
(the man who started Marinoni Cycles) quite well, because that he grew up in the town where Marinonis are built!!
Who would have thought!!'
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2008 300K - Red Deer, Alberta - May 10, 2008
'I like the new portion of the route which I incorporated this year. The old route took riders onto a fairly main highway with
little to no shoulder, and last year when we rode it, part of the lane was breaking off and falling away, making it very narrow.
With the high traffic, it also made it rather frightening. This year I send riders (well, me) onto a side road which has very
little traffic, more trees, and more scenery. There is a bit more climbing on the side road, but I think that's better than
taking our lives into our hands.'
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Machka's Miscellaneous Meanderings - Summer, 2008
2008 is a rest year for me. There will be no 1200K randonnees this year, and no extended cycling tours.
I made the decision to make 2008 a rest year for three main reasons . . .
But I'm not giving up cycling!!!
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“Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.” -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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