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Issue 139 - winter/Early Spring 2017
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Going ‘beyond’ in the tropics
A Race Through Rainforests
SoCal & Beyond Follows mtb legends through the Cuban landscape during the 2016 titan tropic Race
over the shoulder
yearbook
Behind the scene in Twenty Sixteen with the bicyclist editorial team
also profile Bikes and Brunch with Machines for Freedom
provisions Custom Molded Saddles By Meld Solutions
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BICYCLIST magazine
SoCal and Beyond
Contents
Issue 139
Inside this issue
Features 07 group ride Bikes & Brunch
17 Yearbook The 2016 Bicyclist Yearbook
With Machines for Freedom
Behind the Scene(s)
By Ginger Boyd / Krystof Andres
By Chris Reynolds & Victor Prestinary
08 race report A (Very) Long Day of Racing
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Winter/Early Spring 2017 Designed and printed in Southern California. Read and distributed throughout the world.
6-12-24 Hour World TT Championships
By Rich Wolf
09 touring The Grand Staircase A Western Spirit Cycling Adventure
By Shari Sullivant
04 Prologue 05 Explore socalbicyclist.com 06 Ask the bike coach 06 The Jones Report 11 Bicyclist product matrix 20 event calendar 23 Last Page
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10 Provisions : Books Your Century Ride Chapter one: Mistakes to Avoid
By Charles Lindsey
12 Provisions : On-Bike Custom Molded Saddles Discovering Meld solutions
By Kelley O’Toole
13 race report A Race Through Rainforests Going beyond in the 2016 titan tropic
By Victor Prestinary
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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 February 15, 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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Winner Issue #138
Arnold Desantos of San Jose, CA correctly identified the chain link on page 7 of issue #138 (see left). For his efforts, he 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 SoCal MTB legend David “Tinker“ Juarez makes his way through the Cuban jungle during the 2016 Titan Tropic MTB race. We follow the race with a camera in one hand and a mojito in the other. Photo by Victor Prestinary (see page 13)
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