Where'd You Get That Shiner, Floyd?

William Shunn
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Via cyclist friend Colin, Patrick O'Grady starts asking important questions about the Tour de France:

Beer Me, Floyd

And that magical elixir called Shiner Bock gets a shout-out, proving that evil is not the only thing Texas exports.

Cycling Alcohol

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William Shunn
William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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It was not without some trepidation that █████ and I embarked on the Active Transportation Alliance's Four Star Bike Tour yesterday. After all, we had to get out of the RAGBRAI kitchen last month because we couldn't stand the heat. Who know how we would fare on

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Alcohol

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RAGBRAI Recap: The Road Home

[ continued from last week ] In retrospect, we probably could have come up with a solution that didn't involve throwing in the towel completely. We could have ridden each of the next two days until noon, then called for the support wagon and sat out the triple-digit afternoon heat.

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