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As promised in the last Northwoods Ramble in which Greg Smith from Everyday Cycles and I reviewed my Omnium Cargo V3 and an E Mini-Max V3, I have a short video to share about Cowboy’s first dogpacking overnighter. The trip was short, a little over 20 miles riding each day and one night camping, but…
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Wow, I have not published a Ramble since February. I managed to injure myself again in the process of evicting squirrels from the third floor rafters of our garage. I was moving a heavy ladder on the second floor roof when I started to slip a bit while squatting. In a effort to stop slipping…
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It feels like we never really experienced winter this year. By New Year’s Day we still had green grass with snow highlights in yard, so Liz and I decided to start the year with a paddle down the Namekagon River. I followed that with a couple bikerafting trips on the same river over the next…
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What a difference a year and El Niño make. Last year I had venison backstraps for Thanksgiving, we had 22″ of snow on the ground, were still trying to chainsaw open trails to groom after two ice storms bent trees over, and people had been skiing on the Birkie trails since mid-October. This year, there…
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And just like that the Upper-Midwest gravel race season is over and let the fat bike races begin! My gravel season began early in May with the Hungry Bear in Cable, and it ended in October with my first Ironbull Red Granite Grinder in Wausau. See some of my photos from the 144 mile race…
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This episode features an interview with return guest Josh Rizzo of The Nxrth.com website. We record that interview outside at Home Base Lodging at Telemark Village and discuss the cool new trailside lodging there as well as go through the remaining regional gravel races of the season on his website’s calendar. Home Base is destined…
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After a long hiatus, the Northwoods Ramble is back. This episode opens with an update on Life Above 8 that includes a discussion of the 40th running of the Chequamegon MTB Festival , including the new route for the long course the joins the end of the Short and Fat. The intro also includes some…
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In this episode, Seeley Dave gives the latest Update on Life Above 8, including some news about the Valhalla Beach Party Route, then has an interview Josh Rizzo of The Nxrth.com. Josh was up from Eau Claire with his brother and both of them were “working from ROAM” at ROAM Adventure Basecamp. He lets us know how…
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In episode 5, Seeley Dave interviews Ben Welnak, who started the popular Mountain Bike Radio podcast. Ben talks about how he landed in Hayward after living in Colorado, the guys also ramble about the similarities between Durango and Hayward.Ben’s sauna rentals: Northwoods SaunaBen’s vacation rental properties: Up North StaysTurtle Flambeau Flowage Camping Sites Marinette Waterfall Loop route collection…
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In this show Seeley Dave interviews Joel Harrison and Daryl McNutt from New Moon Ski & Bike Shop in Hayward, WI. They chat about New Moon taking over the Hungry Bear gravel race, some improvements New Moon can make with their greater resources and what is going to stay the same.After the interview, Dave reviews the different…
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