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	<title>Renaissance Bicycles -- Custom Tailored Rivendell, Velo Orange, Soma, and Lugged Steel Bikes&#187; Just for Fun</title>
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		<title>Sometimes it is Better to Embrace Defeat</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/08/sometimes-it-is-better-to-embrace-defeat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you don&#8217;t remember (or don&#8217;t care), the benevolent dictator of Renaissance Bicycles had an ambitious goal at the beginning of the year &#8212; to ride 5200 miles.  100 miles a week seemed like a simple and straight-forward enough. At the beginning of the year, Bryan wrote: &#8220;I’ve ridden that kinda miles in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday Night Cyclocross Training Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, Renaissance Bicycles is helping prepare the local cyclocrossers for the upcoming season. For the third year, we will host / participate in a three race training series in Fletcher Park. The theme this year is, &#8220;Wednesday Will Bury You.&#8221; Here are the details that you need to know: USAC Sanctioned Non-Competitive Training Series. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tour de France Pot de Luck</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of bringing local cycling fans together, Renaissance Bicycles is helping to present the Tour de France Pot de Luck. For you acronimians, that is the TdFPdL. For the next three Sundays, along with our friends at the Flat Rock Bakery, we will present an outdoor viewing of the 2010 Tour de France for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LGRAB Summer Games &#8212; Win a Brooks Saddle from RB!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may or may not be aware, the always stylish ladies over at Let&#8217;s Go Ride a Bike are hosting their first annual Summer Games.  As you may or may not have guessed, we are happy to provide a Brooks B67S (in either of Black or Honey) to one of the lucky prize winners. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling &amp; Meditation</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/05/cycling-meditation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most unsung benefits of cycling (whether it be for transportation, recreation, or general wellness) is the noticeable boost it provides to your mental well-being. This feeling is akin to a cleared-headed meditative state &#8230; the same state of mental flow that is often described as a pleasurable feeling of awareness. Yoga and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying Something New</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/02/trying-something-new/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next time you are out for a routine ride, feeling bored with your daily commute, or just need a little extra spark &#8230; try something new: Ride a new route to an old route. Pedal with only one leg. Ride only in your biggest / smallest gear (if you have more than one). Count the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make the Rest of Your Family Hate Riding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, sometimes a bit of sarcasm is effective at humorously addressing some common misconceptions and well intentioned malpractices of the cycling flag-bearer.  This brief article (which we have transcribed in full) appears in the 42nd edition of the legendary Rivendell Reader: How to Make the Rest of Your Family Hate Riding Coach them on proper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Friend, The Panda Portrait</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/02/your-friend-the-panda-portrait/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may have read in our previous post, Like a Duck to Flickr &#8230; I Mean Water, we have wrapped our proverbial arms around Flickr. What makes bicycles and photography such a good match is that cycling is a form of self-expression &#8230; and there is no better way to &#8220;self express&#8221; on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling Haiku</title>
		<link>http://www.renaissancebicycles.com/2010/01/cycling-haiku/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we take bikes and the sport of cycling (and ourselves) just a little too serious.  Thankfully there is a counter balance out there &#8212; worldly wisdom and contemporary humor intersect at the Bicycle Haiku website: why write bike haiku? perhaps your bike got stolen at poetry class? And just in case you forgot the [...]]]></description>
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