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Issue 141 - Late Spring 2017
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BICYCLIST Beyond
Floating On Snow
One SoCal Native’s Tour of Greenland by Fatbike
21 Day California tour
in search of contrast Santa Cruz to Los Angeles, detour death valley
ALSO the route
Pier to Pier: Part IV
last page
The Art of Vintage Cycling
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Contents
Issue 141
Inside this issue
Features 10 Beyond Fatbike Greenland An oc wheelman’s snowy adventure
By Randy Kiefer
12 The Route Pier to Pier: Part IV Seal Beach to Oceanside
By Justin Macias
Late Spring 2017 Designed and printed in Southern California. Read and distributed throughout the world.
Regulars 03 Find the chainlink 04 Prologue 05 Analog/Digital 05 Legislative insider 06 Bicyclist provisions matrix 07 Electric Age 08 Ask the coach 09 King’s Cartoon 09 The Profile 15 Templin’s Tour 20 event calendar
14 Provisions cyclingMOFOS
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MOFO50 Wheelset
By Shane Yorke
16 Destinations within reach In Search of Contrast 21 days of touring, coast to desert
By Krishna Rao
19 Basics Balance & Fear of Falling Exercises in Stability
By Cate Clark
22 Last Page The Art of Vintage Cycling
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On Display at Eroica California
By Chris Reynolds
FIND THE CHAIN LINK
A small icon (exactly like this one: ) is hidden somewhere in this issue. If you locate it and enter our Find The Chain Link contest, you may win a FREE one-year subscription (or an additional year for existing subscribers) to the print edition of BICYCLIST magazine. To enter, go to socalbicyclist.com/ftc and complete the online entry form or send an entry with your name and phone number to Find The Chainlink c/o BICYCLIST magazine 14252 Culver Dr. Irvine, CA 92604. Entries must be received by May 5, 2017 for consideration. The winning entry will be selected using a random-number generator and announced in a future print issue.
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Last issue’s Winner Issue #140
Carl Ashavol of Fort Bragg, CA correctly identified the chain link on page 8 of issue #140 (see left). For his efforts, Carl will receive a 1 year print subscription of the magazine and a care package of samples and SWAG from our sponsors and friends of the magazine.
Cover Fat bike on a little bridge. Pepe Läubli rides a fatbike through Greenland during the ‘Fatbike Greenland’ tour. Read the full story of the adventure in Greenland on page 10. Photo by Simon Maerklin
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