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<title>Rollin' It</title>
			<description>Hello Folks, posting form the clearing dust of a week or 3 of the mayhem of the Fruita Fat Tire Festival and the 18 Hours of Fruita just last weekend. Life is great and I am feeling strong and satisfied over 2 wonderful events, 3 great weeks and s</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 05:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Avoiding it...</title>
			<description>Oh I love the MTB life metaphors; I was rolling along down Kessell Run this morning and I got to thinking...
We get a bit of traffic here in Fruita these days and there's more than just the locals riding these trails. I was rolling pretty </description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Back in the sunshine again</title>
			<description>It's been a long time since my tires rolled along in the dusty singletracks of Fruita - Grand Junction. It was just after Turkey Day 2009 that the snow came and came in earnest for what proved to be one of the longest winters on record in our high</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Light up my Life</title>
			<description>Two days of really riding in the sweet Fruita dirt! Highs of 60 and looking like even higher tomorrow. Trails are dry and awesome low and south facing, drying fast on the shady and north sides. I am amazed and so impressed at how cool peopl have b</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:46:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Its been a while</title>
			<description>Yeah, its been a while; I havent ridden since I was in Sedona witht he OTE staff a full month ago and thena gain a month before that. It has been the worst winter for us and snow in some decades. My hope is to be able to do a loop of the fruita bi</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Just ride it...</title>
			<description>Rollin down the trail with my friend; we were noticing the way that a skilled rider can work their way through the rock gardens without hardly a hesitation. As we looked closer at this phenomenon and rode along through more and more rocks while we</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Over the Edge wanders the world</title>
			<description>Some folks wake up and head off to a daily routine and find themselves content with the same ole same ole. I suppose there need to be folk who are content with retirmenet being an account you will leave your kin as you pass on from boredom at 64 a</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:08:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Roll on...</title>
			<description>I knew it was bad when I felt the severity of the hit. We all hit the ground sometimes; often little "dabs" or missed line sor an endo with a  step off type of consequence. But at times; like this time, it wasn't like that. Rolling along at speed,</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Different days</title>
			<description>I rode yesterday with Jerry; felt great rolling along on the Knolly Endorphin. Wasnt painful to climb and wasnt an issue to feel flow on the Singletrack of Horsethief Bench; it was one of those good days. Just felt like riding a bike and the effor</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Choosin' the Hard Line</title>
			<description>




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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Going Places</title>
			<description>The feeling of heading to some exciting new place is always one filled with anticipation, maybe a bit of fear and the joy of new discovery that awaits. From the first time we set off on a bicycle we know that this freedom to explore beyond our nor</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Home...</title>
			<description>So many songs have described the feeling. I certainly have it now. I have been in a "world-wind" travel spin for the past 6 weeks plus. Before that it was Sea Otter and the Fruita Fat Tire Festival. I landed in Denver wednesday and thought I was b</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Heading back up</title>
			<description>Home... I know... where is that exactly? Well, I do know that I miss Fruita Colorado a little bit and the places that I call home for most of the year. I have some friends there and some trails I havent even ridden yet this year and I'm ready to g</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Cool video featuring OTE Hurricane...</title>
			<description>Here is a sweet video of pro freerider Mike Hopkins preparing for the Red Bull Rampage last fall.  When you're about to huck off a fifty foot cliff you better hope your bike shop did a good job building your bike!  Luckily OTE Hurricane was up to </description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dodging Bullets</title>
			<description>




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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Epic downhill.....</title>
			<description>"Icarus, my son, I charge you to keep at a moderate height, for if you fly too low the damp will clog your wings, and if too high the heat will melt them. Keep near me and you will be safe."
Wednesday I took a rag-tag group of singletrack </description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ridding with Roo's</title>
			<description>Sorry I havent been in touch but the first 3 days in Melrose Australia have been a bit busy. From the town meeting last night where I did a little "5 year" speech at the Northstar hotel. To the riding and trail recon and the drinking Coopers Pale </description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Wandering the world with a bike</title>
			<description>Let me start with a Thank You to all of you who love Bikes and have supported my crazy ideas and allowed me these opportunities, Thanks!
Livin' Over the Edge has been a thrill ride for me since the day that I started. From meeting the best</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Thanks for another great Festival - 18 Hour</title>
			<description>Once again it was a fantastic Fest and 18 hour week and I want to say thanks to all of you who came and brought your energy and heart and soul to this fantastic couple weeks. Im ready to wrap it up, take note of the ideas we should change and star</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Lacking a Tuxedo</title>
			<description>I'ts always hard for me to know where to start these reviews ans so muvh has happened and I really dont want to disrespect any of the great moments that maek up the p[ast couple weeks. But I also know that if I dont start I will never get it done </description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 07:53:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Worth the wait</title>
			<description>It was several years ago that I had the pleasure of riding and hanging out in Tuscany with Andy Hampsten and Scot Nicol; I was traveling with Ed and Kevin and we met up for some road miles and some awesome tuscan dining. It was on the end of the l</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mr. Lucky</title>
			<description>Home last night from the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey; where if you read my other post you know that I did a ton of great "networking" with my beloved industry peers - friends - family. I got home last eve and stopped off with the locals for taco</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:47:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>wandering with purpose</title>
			<description>Im sitting in my hotel, its afternoon on Saturday here in Carmel Valley. I have just come back to change clothes and shower and replace my contacts and such. Its another Sea Otter and another adventure in my somewhat wandering life. I come out her</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sometimes ya just gotta let it rain</title>
			<description>It rained here all night, darn near, and was still dripping into the AM hours. Made for some sad folks as their ride trips were called short or at least interupted. As I write that it makes me a bit sad to know that some packed up and left even th</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:24:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fightin' the fear</title>
			<description>I just did a great ride yesterday; one that made me giggle and smile and forget about all the stresses and concerns of event planning and business concerns. It struck me as I was riding another of the many life lessons I have found while on a bicy</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Cruisin'</title>
			<description>



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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>OTE State of the Union</title>
			<description>Just weeks ago the snow finally left the trails around Fruita. I was out riding for the first time on the wonderful Singletrack of Zippety Do Da in the Bookcliffs trail system north of town. The euphoric feelings of rolling down the fresh trail at</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Joining the Dinosaurs</title>
			<description> Well its official; Fruita Mountain Biking is joining the Dinosaurs and gold miners in the archives of Colorado history.
Today the story of Fruita Mountain Biking will be told into the archives of histroy as Troy tells the story of F</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Staff trip 2009 - Hurricane Utah</title>
			<description>So; after 11 days on the road we find ourselves in Hurricane Utah in a nice rental house that was provided for us (Thanks - this house is available to rent for groups and its cool). We left Las Vegas this morning and said goodbyes to our friend Ja</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Arizona 2009</title>
			<description>We are one fantastic week into our annual staff trip. Started in Moab on Friday the 9th riding the musical rocks trail among the Chili Trails selection off of Hells Revenge Jeep Trail. After a fanstastic run in Moab we drove south to Flagstaff and</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Awesome - ness</title>
			<description>BIke Magazine is awesome!
Great guys, great vibe, great publication and to top it off... the greatest video clip I have ever seen of Bruce Lee
http://actionsportsgroup.net/blo</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Sunshine... again?</title>
			<description>&rdquo;woke up it was a chelsey mornin' and the first thing that I saw, was the sun outside my window...&rdquo;
Amazing as it may seem; our big 'oh, look out, here comes winter&rdquo; has passed over us once again. As I look out at the 100</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Giggling!</title>
			<description>It's always fun riding with Robbie and Paul and Timoni. Yesterday was no exception if not the pinnacol of that statement. We rolled along the Fruita desert at a steady but never hurried pace and jumped off of every rock we could imagine (as long a</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:57:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Giving Thanks</title>
			<description>As I sit here with wet pants from my attempt at an &rdquo;Urban&rdquo; ride around the streets of Fruita. It's a bit wet today and the indian summer of the past few weeks may well be finished. Oh well; it cant be comlained about when we rode at 9,</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Late Flight</title>
			<description>With the snow of winter stalled out for a while now. We took the opportunity to head up to the 9.000 foot level for one more go before ski season starts. With a blue sunny sky and awarm forecast. We loaded up and headed for the upper reaches of th</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Moments</title>
			<description>I rode the other day. It was aweosme. I wont bore you with the details. But what I do want to share is the moement...
I had to call people after I was done. Those times when you just feel something in your life, in your person or on a bike</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:25:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Chet Peach in the Big Apple</title>
			<description>I had no idea what a culture or life shock it would be to return to the USa via a stop over in Manhatten. New York is not anywhere near the type of USAI am used to. From the moment of crossing the bridge into the huge skyline of New York New York </description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>I was Flyin'</title>
			<description>I could see up ahead that there was a sharp right hand turn and beyond it by 1k or so, there was a small village. It seemed there would be enough buildings for a city limit sign. I had already played naive to the concept of town sprints while it w</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:57:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Nearing the end...</title>
			<description>It's election might and I am back in Switzerland; just had a wonderful dinner with Fabian and Yvonne in Lucerne. Fabian is a key representative for BMC here in southern Switzerland and Northern Italy. We met; of course, riding in Fruita this summe</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>a perfect ending to a great beginning</title>
			<description>San Pellegrino &ndash; Simrione &ndash; November 3rd 2008</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>The home of a champion</title>
			<description>Cima Veronese&hellip;
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			<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title> Ma Ma Ma My Verona…</title>
			<description></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Finding a ride - Lugano and the lakes</title>
			<description></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fall in the Alps</title>
			<description>It's time for my annual trip to ride a bike somewhere wonderful. Its a bit late this year to be riding in the Alps but I'm excited as usual for the prospect of new places and new roads and new wanderings in my life. IN the next few days I'll try t</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>"Seeing through it"</title>
			<description>I knew it was coming; I'd ridden this trail before. This rock garden always messes with my confidence and causes me to start stressin' about it mildly even a mile before. Funny how the internal battle rages and sets up the outcome of the events to</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Legends of the Fall</title>
			<description>I havent been bloggin' much and I wont be long winded now either. In July I love to be in the Alps or some Italian small town sippin' coffee with my bike. In January I look forward to our annual shop trip to Arizona and the ledges and rocks of the</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ljubljana - I cant spell that... Day 5</title>
			<description>Happy Birthday Brad!
Ljubjianna is cool Ljubljana is the home of our hosts Adrej and Ziga and our last day riding with them woul</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description>Our second day in Slovenia and another mountain to climb. This time we drive a few hours south to an area near the Adriatic and the Italian border. Another ride, another mountain to climb and another great day.
This is getting to be addict</description>
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			<description>Heading South from Salzburg into Slovenia offered a morning of scenic driving through the Alps, into Italy for a moment and then up over a pass into the Julian Alps of NW Slovenia. Wow...
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<description>Day Two - Salzburg to Leogang Austria - it was my responsibility to find the good riding in the Austrian Alps near Salzburg. I had searched the web and asked my europe contacts and even tried to get some info out of Hans, but in t</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Slovenia Singletrack 2008 - Day 1 - Munich-Salzburg</title>
			<description>Lets Begin... Brad, Gordon and Troy head off to discover what Slovenia and Austria holds for Singletrack seeking cyclists...
Denver International Airport - June 27th 2008 - With a slight limp in my step and a huge smile on my face; I board</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:49:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Hangover</title>
			<description>Hang Over Ride
YOu know how I like double meanings... well this one is so obvious on one hand that it's not worth mentioning. I'm here in Sedona AZ with Magura for their product/press camp. Basically a special view of 2009 product (sweet) </description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 12:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>There it is... huh...</title>
			<description>Sittin' here lookin out my window; another day another ride and another sweet time. Is it even logical to suspect that there's anthing left to get excited about other than this lathargic spoiled beattcchh syndrome? I live in Fruita; I cry like a c</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 09:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sorted and Sore</title>
			<description>It's been a long winter followed by the hugtle and hassle of Fruita in April. Planning and prepping and getting the shop in order and the this and that's sorted out. Now just a week ago it all wraps up as far as events go and we sit here with 70 d</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:29:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The morning after... Fruita Fat Tire #13</title>
			<description>Well, it's sunday morning and im thinkin of a johnny cash song about sunday mornin' comin down. The last time I rode with that song in my head was the day after we did the grand opening of the melrose south australia store... same suspicious reaso</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>OTE Fruita~Melrose~Hurricane</title>
			<description>I'm just back from the opening of the new Over the Edge in Melrose South Australia. The temperatures turned cool and the riding was fantastic as many from Adelaide turned up to ride for the Grand Opening weekend and again on Easter "Long Weekend" </description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>OTE Melrose South Australia - Troy</title>
			<description>It's Thursday here in Melrose SA at the Southern end of the Flinders Ranges. The temerature here has dropped into the wonderful temperatures of the upper 20's. A welcome break from the low 40's of last week; early AM rides were the only way to get</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chillin' down under</title>
			<description>Well it might not be chillin' exactly but we are at least going to drop into the 90's by Monday.
I'm (Troy) in Melrose South Australia where we cut the ribbon on the grand opening of Over the Edge Melrose Australia. With a crowd of at leas</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:52:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Winter in Barcelona</title>
			<description>Sunshine and streets of wonder in the Catalunya town of Barcelona Spain. I had the opportunity to spend the week there this past one (Thanks Brad) and the February sun shone strong. If you haven't been to Spain, as I hadn't, I'm sure it's on your </description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:23:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>"Agua FRUITA" La Ruta 2007</title>
			<description>Five  miles... what is 5 miles? Three miles less than Eminem's House? One 5-Thousanth of a free airline ticket? The distance that most americans drive a car when the rest of the world rides a bike? It isnt alot, until you change the perspective a </description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:21:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Livin' thru the 612... Homey Fall Fest 07</title>
			<description>Ho-Me Fall Fest, October 20, 2007, Minneapolis MN
48 Hours in the throws of the Minneapolis Maffioso. I had never been to a Minneapolis Homey Fall Fest before but felt it was about time as the 612 has been so much a part o</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:36:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fallin' Forward</title>
			<description>I love this season; heck, I suppose I'm gettin' to the point that I love them all. As many of you know I'm a life pohilosopher as much as a cyclist (Fine with me to insert scoffing here - I didnt say I was "Kierkegaard" or anything). As I have bee</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:51:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>The Beauty of</title>
			<description>I was out riding this morning on "Rustlers Loop" and was thinking about the beauty of flowing on a bike on a ribbon of singletrack and the feeling of moving  with speed through such a beautiful desert landscape. Mountain Biking is such a beautiful</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rollin'</title>
			<description>Sometimes it seems it's suppose to feel sad to go home from an awesome trip and you are cast with some "downer" and lack of motivation. I am so happy that I am feeling a different way. For one I feel that I really need to invest myself in the mach</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Back in Fruita...</title>
			<description>After a 2 day blitz of travel I am back home. Missing my flight in Zurich on Wednesday and killin' a day with stress and walking and hualing a bike and luggage all over norhtern Switzerland did wonders for my back and my soul... probably did good </description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:38:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Single in Italia</title>
			<description>My road riding in the Alps is on hold as I search for Singletrack in the Italian / Swiss Alps with my travel companions Brad &amp; Gordon.
I stowed the road bike back in it's case (safely hidden away at the Ambassador hotel in Luc</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Fruita tour de Alps... Europe 2007</title>
			<description>July 2007
Riding in the Alps, the Tour de France and Europe travein' 2007
Hello from Chamonix France where I (Troy) am on a bit of a bike sojourn in the Alps. Today I didnt ride and thus w</description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:22:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>18 Days of Fruita... A festival saga...</title>
			<description>As the Festival and the 18 Hour race have passed. It's now warmer in Fruita but still killer for riding. The dust of all the events and the things that surrounf them have cleared and my head is clearing as well. Slowly...
The full run of t</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 15:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>April Fools</title>
			<description>
April Fools!
Well only a fool could think that I'm a great ruler of the world... of course not bu</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Rippin' in the desert...</title>
			<description>I don't have much time to talk here folks, it's rippin' here in Fruita for sure. Weather is perfect, Festival is approaching fast and I have my own list of projects I am supposed to be doing one of whihc is ride my bike and maybe even find somethi</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Off the Front...</title>
			<description>"Off the Front" is a term used in road racing when a person leaves the pack or 'attacks" and is able to avoid being caught for a period of time and is thus in the advantaged position of being "off the front". Of course any advanta</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 12:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Here it comes</title>
			<description>There's a trail around here with a new "alternate line" on it that involves a short set up to a 3-4 foot sheer drop off. It's a perfect little move but with a somewhat "short" prelude to it. I was riding the other day on the winding approach and t</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Twas the Night Before Fruita</title>
			<description>Twas the night before Fruita and all through the sport. Was mumbings of skiing and bitter retort. We should all be riding but sit here at work, posting on internet how that guys a jerk... When out in the real world I saw a brown spatter, I knew in</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 06:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Return of the King</title>
			<description>Hi, Troy here, how's your winter? Mine was a bit long and since I have lost my BLOG in the ongoing saga of web crap I figured I would write here. We tried to ride at the Bookcliffs yesterday, it was looking so good and I was so psyched to be on th</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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