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I need these.Many, many thanks to @garrett_chow and #pannierschaefer for these awesome bottles. Still taking the time to read all the fine print! Get yours!! Garrettchowdesign@yahoo.com #supporthomies
wiaco asked: Yo. Do you know any decently priced bike shops? I start working in west seattle soon and need a good commuting bike.
First thing’s first, check out Emerald City Bicycles in Ballard (http://www.emeraldcitybicycles.com/). Brian is very knowledgeable and easy to do business with. Tell him Eric Cockrell sent you. He’s my go-to.
Second, Recycled Cycles in the University District (1007 NE Boat St) they also have a smaller shop off of Stone Way in Fremont (1109 N 35th St).
Third, Gregg’s Cycles in Greenlake (7007 Woodlawn Ave NE).
This is a dressing that an old chef and I played with quite a bit. This is a light, nutty salad dressing perfect for this time of year. While we stayed in Tri Cites, Wa for Tour of Walla Walla, we accidentally discovered that it also works great for brushing on veggies that you want to grill! Double trouble.
As of right now, this is my favorite version. All you need is a blender. Then, all you need after that are these things to put in it:
-1 cups walnuts, toasted
-1 cups apple cider vinegar
-1/2 cup water
-2 teaspoons mustard powder
-1 Tablespoon sea salt
-1 shallot
-1/4 cup fresh dill
-1/4 cup fresh mint
-2 Tablespoon chopped chives
-2 Tablespoon fresh parsley, Italian (flat leaf)
-2 Tablespoon fresh oregano
-1 clove of garlic
-pinch of chili flake
Blend on high and slowly stream in 5 cups of olive oil. It will likely have a green tone to it, good.
This makes enough for a normal person. For a person that fires up the grill often and eats a bunch of salad, this might barely make it through the week. Either way, the shelf life on vinaigrette are months, so don’t sweat it. Separation is normal, just shake it up before using.
I’m confident that if you enjoy this recipe you’ll find many more uses.
I recently came to understand that most people don’t know where to start when it comes to cooking quinoa. “Keen-wah.” Perhaps you’re an experienced quinoa guru. Perhaps your not? What is quinoa?
I can’t believe it’s already May! My legs feel like they’ve been racing bikes for 3 months straight. I suppose they have, though. It’s been an eventfull start to the season - I did the first race of both the Mason Lake and Tour de Dung Road Race Series, then Independence Valley RR followed by two events I’ve never done before, the Vance Creek RR and the Tour of Walla Walla (Wa).
Most of the races have ended in field sprints, and unfortunately, I haven’t really spent time and research in developing my sprint. Most of my winter training was spent developing muscular endurance and raising my aerobic threshold - both great for breakaways, not as well for sprinting to line after a long day in the saddle. This yielded pack finishes for me all the way until Vance Creek. Finally, I get to do a race that has an uphill finish. A long uphill finish consisting of rollers and headwind into a 1k climb! Woohoo! My partner in crime, Ted Schwartz, agreed to lead me out for a victory in this race. Francis Atkinson (SCCA/Starbucks Cycling) ended up with a solo victory so it was a race for second. Anyways, Ted led me out, but being that his is the superior climber, he ended up passing me and snagging 3rd. I walked away with 5th. It was close. Fun race, and that result (after being in the breakaway all day then getting caught on the last lap) got me amped up for my first trip to the Tour of Walla Walla. I just finished building my time trial bike, with the help of Bryan Smith (Emerald City Bicycles), and felt like I was in good form to be a GC contender.
Stage 1’s road race, ironically, featured a beautiful 3k uphill finish with 30+mph cross/headwinds. “2013, the year of the wind” my teammate “tweeted” recently. Painfully true. The cluster-fuck that formed during an agonizingly slow finish to this stage left me playing bumper bikes 4 wheels back and I never really got to sprint. My friend, Nate Pitts (Recycled Cycles), was next to me during the last 3k and managed to find a hole to escape at the last second so he could snag 4th place on the day. Being stuck behind a bunch of people that suck at riding bikes uphill, when you can do it just fine, is probably the same feeling people get while driving in rush hour traffic.
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| Hilltop finish in Waitsburg, Wa |
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| Moments out of the startgate. |
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| Sprinting for $100, and not getting it. |
STOLEN BIKE SACRAMENTO: my groomsman, Ted Schwartz (206) 383-3559, got his Rock Lobster stolen off his rack in minutes Sunday morn on 19th & H. Keep a lookout on the streets and craigslist and contact us if you see it. There aren’t many of these in town, someones bound to find it. (Taken with Instagram)