Grant Peterson will be at FreeRange Cycles Friday May 11th.
He will do a book presentation from 5-5:30
Q&A session from 5:30-6pm
Bike ride from 6-7pm
langston
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:27 am
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this is where we create a plan so awesome that Grant Petersen will have no choice but to acquiesce to our plans of taking him on our ride.
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the dreaded ben
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:29 am
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who's grant peterson?
jeff
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:34 am
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Just started reading this book. It's good and basically aimed at people who love to ride, but get lost in obsessing about everything cycling related except riding.
Petersen aims to change that.
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It's 'SEN' son.
the dreaded ben
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yeah, i'd buy a rivendale if they were more concerned with weight.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:45 pm
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I work in fremont on fridays, and my knees are getting better! I am in.
edit: just kidding, I have to be at uw until 5:30. maybe will be there for teh bike ride.
fatasian
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:47 pm
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maybe he could tune the bridgestones for me.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:32 pm
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someone thank him for sponsoring the FHR for a couple of years. he might not know what the fuck you're talking about (his people do it), but thank him anyways :)
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:37 pm
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Do we have any FRH chairs to give him?
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:47 pm
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This is the best opportunity to ride really useless road bikes and super clicky shoes to a book reading that you'll ever have.
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Andrew_Squirrel
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:55 pm
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who's gunna ask Grant to sign their front shifter stick?
jimmythefly
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:51 pm
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You don't even know! Turns out that a topeak mini shock pump mounting bracket is almost exactly stick diameter. So I have a handy place to store my stick until I need to shift with it.
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:46 am
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*Bump*
I can't believe this didn't get at stick(y)
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:28 am
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I will see you there.
From the short reading I did on Amazon, it sounds like this guy writes down all the things I think about biking. You can judge for yourself if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
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langston
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:43 am
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I'll be attending! I wish I had retro-grouchier bike to ride!
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Borrow Paul's Recumbent?
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justgarth
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:20 pm
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pre read beer at brouwers? I'll be there in 20 if anyone wants to join.
jeff
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:16 pm
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Shorter version of this book: Shut the fuck up and ride.
In lieu of attending this I figured I'd read Grant's blog. Apparently he rode the Chilly Hilly this year. And I'm fairly certain he snapped a picture of two of y'all in the background.
If an attendee wants to write up a quick summary and share his best tip/advice you plan to adopt, that'd be awesomesauce.
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seabiscuit
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:02 pm
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Thanks for the beers, Jimmy and Andre. Nice talking with ya, good luck on the long ride tomorrow Jimmy. Maybe I'll make it to a Thursday function one of these days. Otherwise, see you when Grant's back in town -- I'll buy the next set of cans.
tehschkott
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 12:12 am
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i hope he stopped by our vodka checkpoint
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ksep wrote:
If an attendee wants to write up a quick summary and share his best tip/advice you plan to adopt, that'd be awesomesauce.
"Racing ruins everythang" was the premise of his talk. He also read from his book, highlighting the chapter "Cycling is terrible all-around exercise". We tried to lead a splinter-cell at the locks to drink beer in the sun and only roped in one guy I didn't know. Much bike-porn was to be had, and beers in the sun with friends is always a great time.
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Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 5:09 pm
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his other book title "Lies, Legends, and History of a Bicycle Burnout" was rejected by his publisher as 'too confrontational' - whatever that means.
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ksep wrote:
In lieu of attending this I figured I'd read Grant's blog. Apparently he rode the Chilly Hilly this year. And I'm fairly certain he snapped a picture of two of y'all in the background.
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