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		<title>Which came first, the bike or the bike rack?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are now so many people using their bikes as transportation in Los Angeles that we actually have a parking problem. A number of businesses (notably independent cafes and restaurants) have installed bike parking in front of their doors. I suspect this has been invaluable in helping them survive the recession. Anyway, I&#8217;ve been wondering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycle touring panniers–my personal favorites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My battered old Ortlieb panniers are still holding out, after more than 5 years of almost daily use. Someone at the coffee shop this morning asked me about them, and had similar luck with his own panniers. This is something I love about the bicycle industry. There are so many good companies that really care [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/08/bicycle-touring-panniers%e2%80%93my-personal-favorites/</link>
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		<title>Leaving Terracina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Terracina roughly translates into &#8220;little piece of land&#8221; but it&#8217;s hard to understand where they got this title from. Everything here seems big, towering, rocky to the extreme.  The craggy top of the place once housed a fortress called Anxur, and the temple to Jupiter/Zeus/Jove is called the temple of Jove in Anxur. The top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/07/leaving-terracina/</link>
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		<title>What we&#8217;re riding for</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d love to see a world where things like the current mess in the Gulf of Mexico didn&#8217;t happen. Where the oceans and mountains and forests and their inhabitants could just coexist with us crazy bike-riding, car-driving apes and all living beings could at least count on breathable air and drinkable water. I don&#8217;t ride [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/07/what-were-riding-for/</link>
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		<title>Is there still a reason to ride your bike?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're reading this right now, shame on you! It's a beautiful day. Turn off your computer and go out and ride.]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/06/is-there-still-a-reason-to-ride-your-bike/</link>
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		<title>Some basic beginner tips for bike commuting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent some time yesterday coaching a newbie on how he could start riding his bike to work at least once a week, avoiding a stressfull drive through the heavy morning traffic of downtown Los Angeles. I lot of things came up that I thought were obvious-and if you&#8217;re already a bike commuter, they&#8217;ll probably [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/04/some-basic-beginner-tips-for-bike-commuting/</link>
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		<title>What the State Park people need to know about bike touring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve done any bike touring in the last couple of years, you&#8217;ve probably noticed that a lot of the California Hike/Bike campsites have been moved, restricted, or closed. The two reasons given for this are budget cuts and problems with transients. I won&#8217;t argue either of these points now, even though I have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/03/what-the-state-park-people-need-to-know-about-bike-touring/</link>
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		<title>Some thoughts about bike touring on historical routes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first time I tried to bike the entire via Appia, I wanted to be as faithful as humanly possible to the original roadbed, even though local archaeologists and history buffs insisted this could not be done. They were only partly right. I&#8217;m getting ready for a new bike tour next week, roughly following El [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/03/some-thoughts-about-bike-touring-on-historical-routes/</link>
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		<title>Google added bike routes to Google Maps!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the coolest thing since I first removed my training wheels. You can go to Google Maps, select &#8220;Get Directions&#8221; and in the options down below you can ask for directions by bicycle. Yay! This is still a new thing. Google warns there may be dangerous roads on the bike routes, not to mention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/03/google-added-bike-routes-to-google-maps/</link>
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		<title>Some new bike routes on LA&#8217;s back streets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to start chronicling the ways I avoid traffic when biking around Los Angeles. I&#8217;m not sure how to organize this, probably with a category and sub-cats so you can follow along and get my suggestions. Does anyone with WordPress skills have tips on the best way to do this? A few of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bicyclefreedom.com/2010/03/some-new-bike-routes-on-las-back-streets/</link>
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