Mellow Velo

365 Days of Play

Posted on20. Jul, 2010 by KFullerF4.

Making a home in Colorado’s Front Range

I think I was on the edge of the last generation to grow up without being plugged into technology. My friends and I belonged to one of those old-fashioned groups that had to be dragged forcefully back inside for dinner or bed or darkness. Sure, we had toys with [...]

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Meet Chester

Posted on05. Jul, 2010 by KFullerF4.

Scrat the Scattante cyclocross bike has a new name: Chester. This was suggested by a friend when I equated the color I painted the frame with the dust left on one’s fingers after scarfing a bag of Cheetos. I think it’s fitting for another reason, as I will likely be riding the bike as though [...]

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Cyclocross bike rebirth – prime time

Posted on27. Jun, 2010 by KFullerF4.

I finally started the process of repainting my Scattante aluminum cyclocross frame. It dawned on me that I am moving in less than three weeks and the cross season is only two or three months away. I can’t practice if I don’t have a bike to ride!
The temperature topped out around 98 degrees today, but [...]

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The word that I do not like

Posted on10. May, 2010 by KFullerF4.

“Training”

The idea of “training” has never rested well with me. The word itself has been relegated to purgatory in my lexicon and the action remains elusive. Especially when it comes to cycling – something that evokes the freewheeling freedom of childhood – I find it difficult to quantify, qualify, schedule and organize into columns and [...]

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