[Sportsandrec] Fw: [T at H] Weekend Reader for March 7th

[Ron & the bears]

Thought some of you might like to know.

If you get bogged down with the tech talk, feel free to ask me.

Cheers,

Ron & the we love riding tandem bears

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Subject: [T at H] Weekend Reader for March 7th


: The Bulletin Board at http://www.thetandemlink.com has been updated.  
: The actual Links to the full stories, etc, that are the basis for my  
: summaries are available http://www.thetandemlink.com.
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: MARCH 7th UPDATE
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: 
: It's Open House Season At Tandem Dealers - If you've been thinking  
: about tandems and wanted to learn more, see some hardware and perhaps  
: take some meaningful test rides, now's the time to do it.   
: Unfortunately, tandem speciality dealers are far and few between and  
: only a couple put forth the effort to host these events and, in that  
: regard, it's the folks who live within a few hours of Philadelphia  
: and Washington, D.C., who are best served:
: 
: March 22 - Mt Airy Spring Demo Days (MD)  - Larry Black at Mt. Airy  
: Cyclery in Maryland will host his 18th annual Spring Demo Day  
: featuring bicycle rides, food, displays, demos, and fun. There will  
: be group rides, recumbent and tandem bikes on display and available  
: to test ride, special needs equipment, local cycling club members on  
: hand to offer tips, and plenty of food. Although a bit thin on  
: details compared to their newsletter, you can find more details at  
: their Website HERE.
: 
: 
: March 28 & 29 - Tandems East / Tandem Expo (NJ: A must-do event with  
: guest speakers from Co-Motion (Dwan Shepard), Rolf Wheels (Rolf  
: Deitrich), daVinci (Brian Davis), Seven Cycles (Joe Wignall), Cane  
: Creek (Eric Smith), Your Cycling Italia (Bill Speckman) and master  
: personal trainer Jeff Baker from Vineland, NJ.  As always, your host  
: and co-owner of Tandems East, Mel Kornbluh, will kick things off with  
: his Tandeming 101.   Oh yeah, and there will also be more tandems on  
: display than you'll ever see in one place short of a very large  
: tandem rally, refreshments and test rides are encouraged. You can  
: read my post-expo report from last year at this URL and find more  
: details regarding the Expo at Tandem East's Website HERE.
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: 
: Friends Don't Let Friends Ride Alone - Here's a great story out of  
: Tucson, Arizona that speaks volumes about the value of true  
: friendship and how, once again, a tandem can have a tremendous impact  
: on someone's life.  You'll find the story entitled Quite a ride with  
: compassionate friends HERE.
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: Canadian Triathletes Undeterred by Sight Impairment - The Blind Guys  
: Tri Team is made up of 30 Canadians who range in age from 16 to 66  
: with varying degrees of sight impairment.   While training in  
: competing in triathlons is hard enough -- with or without sight  
: impairment -- finding 30 tandem bicycles was yet another challenge  
: this team had to meet. You can read their story HERE.
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: 
: NWTandemRacing.com Makes VeloNews - Regular readers may recall an  
: early item here at thetandemlink.com regarding Henry Abel's new  
: tandem bicycle racing website, NWTandemRacing.com. Well, word keeps  
: getting around and Henry got a HUGE boost in exposure on March 3 when  
: VeloNews ran a comprehensive article on the site.  You can find it HERE.
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: 
: North American Handmade Bicycle Show Winners! - CyclingNews ran a  
: very comprehensive series of articles on the NAHBS held in  
: Indianapolis, IN back on Feb 27 - Mar 1 and in Part 3 focused on the  
: winners of the "Best ____" awards. Taking top honors for the tandems  
: was Stephen Bilenky's lugged homage to the Jack Taylor tandems of  
: years gone by; resplendent in its deep red and cream colors.  The  
: CyclingNews Gallery can be found HERE and the tandem gallery from the  
: NAHBS show is HERE. However, there was actually a second best tandem,  
: but this one stole the Best Titanium Bike category.  Kent Eriksen's  
: coupled somehow eluded a few cameras but some diligent searching by  
: yours truly has uncovered a few photos HERE and HERE.
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: 
: Tandem Folks in the News: Michael Armstrong, Portland OR - Michael  
: Armstrong manages the City of Portland, Oregon's climate protection  
: agency but, more importantly, he's a tandem enthusiast of the first  
: order.  He's also one of this year's Alice B. Toeclip Award  
: nominees.  You can read about and see photos of Michael and his  
: family HERE.
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: 
: Big Ass Chard from Adler Fels Winery - I've got to give credit where  
: credit is due to Gary Koenig whose column is carried by the Denver  
: Examiner for this discovery... and it's a Big Ass find, literally.  
: Adler Fels Winery apparently has a brand called Big Ass wines -- as  
: is full-bodied, robust, soft, warm California wines -- that features  
: some brilliant labels. Their Big Ass Chard (as in Chardonnay) label  
: makes this the ideal gift for your next social, off-bike dinner party  
: with your tandeming friends. We'll have to see if it's carried  
: locally as the only thing we can buy direct from Adler Fels is the  
: poster as direct alcohol sales are a no-no to Georgia residents.
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: 
: Regards,
: Mark Livingood
: Near Atlanta, GA
: http://www.thetandemlink.com


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