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At 11 Miles Per Hour
Last March I traded in my battered old Dodge Stratus for a newer, more streamlined vehicle—a Trek 4900 mountain bike. That act has fundamentally changed my lifestyle ever since, and not in a way that I regret. It's physically slowed me down, to be sure, but it's also slowed my life down. (07/06) Read
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Cyclingnews | 15/05/08 iVelo
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