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2016 CERVÉLO BELGIAN WAFFLE RIDE
official ride report
+ URBAN ADVENTURE
the Brooklyn Bikes Roebling steel touring bike
+ SECOND LAP
a follow-up review on the e-bike to replace your car
+ ONE-WAY RIDE
building bikes to give to those in need
2016 EVENT CALENDAR | 2016 RACING CALENDAR | CLUB DIRECTORY
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July 2016 Events | Culture | Lifestyle
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BWR RIDE REPORT REGULARS
EDITOR'S NOTE Redux: Waffles & Steel Bikes NEW & NOTEWORTHY Did You Hear About... READER'S RIDES Your Photos #socalbicyclist THE ELECTRIC AGE Pedego Stretch Follow-up LAST PAGE The One-Way Ride to Mexico
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BROOKLYN THE ONE-WAY ROEBLING RIDE TO MEXICO 4 6 8 9 18
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BIKES Brooklyn Bicycle Co. Roebling SADDLES ISM Performance Narrow 1.1
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2016 CYCLING EVENT CALENDAR 13 GRAVEL Adventure Racing / Grinders COMPETITIVE MTB Get Dirty, Ride Clean COMPETITIVE ROAD Test Yourself RECREATION Help A Cause, Make New Friends ULTRA LENGTH 150 Miles And More ARTS & CULTURE Off The Bike
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DIRECTORY Find Your Future Peloton
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COVER Phil Tintsman mobbing down Saint Lusardi trail during BWR. Photo by Jake Orness. Read the full report on page 17.
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Editor's Note
Redux: Waffles & Steel Bikes
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s we glide into the lazy and hazy days of an expectedly overheated SoCal summer, we’re taking a look back over our shoulder before we speed into the second half of 2016. For this issue, #133 of SCB, we bring you a 32-page dispatch on the 2016 Belgian Waffle Ride. We are very excited for the opportunity to share with you the stories from this event and hope you find the writing and photography as inspirational as
we did. With less than a year until friendly triple-front Shimano the 2017 edition of BWR, training drivetrain, the bike’s design starts now! acknowledges the challenges of a While we’re looking back, in daily commute or loaded tour and the last issue of SCB, we brought is realistic about the needs of the you a collection of five steel average cyclist. bikes suitable for varying types What adventures will you find of work commutes. This issue, we this summer? Let us know! submit a sixth, a bike that stands out in terms of value, utility, and See you on the route, longevity, the Brooklyn Roebling. Backed by a lifetime warranty on the frame, front and rear rack and fender mounts and a touring-
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