http://rickworld.us/blog Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=204 http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=204#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:06:19 +0000 Rick http://rickworld.us/blog/?p=204 Rode from beautiful Garden City down Hines Drive to Outer Drive. The wind was at my back and I was cruising. But two spokes broke on the back wheel and I’m done for today.

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