Palm Beach Bike Tours

I bought a Garmin nüvi 760 GPS about two years ago. You can read my “first impressions” review here. Not long after, I signed up for a Garmin nüMaps Lifetime North America Map Updates subscription. You can read about the installation process here.
Several months ago, I noticed that the battery life was getting a little [...]

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I have a friend who is a target shooter and a collector of obscure facts about firearms.
He knows I’m a biker who loads his Surly Long Haul Trucker down with every accessory known to man, woman or beast. He sent me this illustration, accompanied by the comment, “This may not be quite as [...]

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I’ve been slacking lately. I caught a nasty cold on Thanksgiving Day and have been fighting it ever since. I was only on the bike one day since the middle of November. I don’t even want to tell you my mileage for the year. Let’s just say it’s the lowest since I started riding in [...]

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[Editor's note: This is part of a series of year-end reviews of reviews I've written throughout the year.]
I have “friends” who claim that my Surly Long Haul Trucker is lit up like this 18-wheeler Bro Mark saw in a St. Louis truck stop last year.
I wish.
I love lights
Half a century ago, when I got my [...]

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There are some folks who think that listening to music while biking is unsafe or some kind of abominable crime against cycling purity.
I’m not one of them. There are days when you’re riding by yourself when the wind won’t quit blowing or there’s a long climb coming up or you want to have something to [...]

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