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Unboxing the 1UP USA Bike Trainer

by James · 5 comments

This thing is a work of art. I wish I had my bike to work with me so I could try it out.

Even the box is cool.

There is is in all its gloriously machined self.

It took all of about 2 seconds to set it up.

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1Up USA Trainer Review

November 16, 2008

It’s cold here in Saint Louis. I’ve been back in the gym using the Star Trac elliptical trainer and the recumbent bike but I can’t stand riding on the spinning bikes they have there. So I thought I’d buy myself a stationary trainer for my road bike. Indoor trainers all use some sort of device [...]

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Flat and Strong

September 22, 2008

I returned from the wedding and recommitted myself to healthiness.  And then I failed.  I won’t go into the major consequences that directly resulting from my failing, but there they were: staring me in the face, taunting me, reminding me I had failed. And so I say again, detox and rejuvenation.  Unlike all the other [...]

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The Ride I Didn’t Want to Take. And a HIIT Accident.

August 26, 2008

Sunday morning I woke up at around 9:30 with a good hang over. I shuffled out to the living room where I saw the pizza box surrounded by a couple empty bottles of La Fin du Mond on the coffee table. It’s easy to convince yourself after a couple of cocktails that ordering a pizza [...]

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