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Aaron The Bruce

@aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social
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I ride road, gravel, and mountain bikes. Former LBS manager. I also take landscape photos. Wichita, Ks More photos at IG: www.instagram.com/aaron_am_brusach ScatteredLodgePhotography.com

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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Sunrise was at 4:15am this morning here in Cullen. An hour walking around the dock yielded some good results.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Wallace Monument, Stirling Scotland
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
There is symmetry with the fact that I am usually in Kansas watching bike races in Europe and today I am in Europe watching bike racing in Kansas.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
How many times have you had to get a "one time code" from the same website.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
The Hover does a good job of following and avoiding trees and the concrete supports. I plan on taking it to the MTB trail and see how it performs.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Fuck CBS
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Vitamin G on the Monday shop ride.
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Guitar-Ted @guitar-ted.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Nerd-out alert: We compared geometry between a 1989 Specialized Rock Combo and a 2014 Specialized diverge. Listen at your own risk! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mar...
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If 6 Were 9 by The Guitar Ted Podcast
The Guitar Ted Podcast Episode #74: "If 6 Were 9"N.Y. Roll and Guitar Ted have a wide ranging conversation where they compare a 1989 Rock Combo bike to a modern-day gravel bike, pontificate on bicycle...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
My cats don’t like Ska music.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Great bike shop Vitamin G ride with about 60 other riders tonight. Nasty crosswinds took out 5 riders in the lead group. Stay safe out there.
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Guitar-Ted @guitar-ted.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It was twenty years ago today... g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/2025/04/it-w...
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
April 23rd, 2005. The moment the Modern Gravel Era started  Twenty years is a long time when it comes to people's memories. Things are so qu...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The 1993 Specialized Allez retro mod is #todaysbeautifulbike. wow
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De Filmende Fietser @filmendefietser.eurosky.social · 17/04/2025
No car? No worries! IKEA Utrecht started a pilot in which customers can rent an electric cargo bike, four-wheeler with storage box or bike trailer to transport their purchases home, without needing a car. If the pilot proves a succes, it will be expanded to the rest of the country. 🚲 📦 👌🏼
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
@guitar-ted.bsky.social Cook Bros Cranks! I remember on cold and snowy days then the bike shop was dead we used to look through get QBP catalog or other materials we had in file folder from our vendors. I fell in love with Cook cranks. It was the first unnecessary upgrade to my first MTB.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
This is well done. #Todaysbeautifulbike theradavist.com/haute-bicycl...
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2025 Sea Otter Classic: Haute Bicycle Co XO-1 Tribute by Cane Creek – John Watson
Our 2025 Sea Otter Classic coverage will continue to highlight the Beautiful Bicycles we come across in individual galleries. Let's check out this rad Haute Bicycle Co XO-1 Tribute by Cane Creek below...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Have you seen this? @whateverbikes.bsky.social bikerebuilds.com
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Bike build ideas & inspiration resource
Classic steel frames, rigid forks, modern components, resto-mods ...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
#todaysbeautifulbike
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
She’s a train wreck, but I love her
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Poorly Drawn Arsenal @index.www.poorlydrawnarsenal.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2025
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Arsenal Real Madrid Poorly Drawn
Hello, Here’s some text to make this email spoiler free for the email previews in your inbox. And now that is done: WOW! What a night. I was drew as much as I could after that game, and now my hands hurt so I’ll leave it there, but I am greatly looking forward (and screaming, crying, throwing up) to next week. Below is the drawing from the game, plus a bonus drawing, and an important announcement about doing some good in the world. Declan Rice celebrates as Odegaard, MLS, and Saliba lose their minds Saliba loses his mind after the third goal **React to this drawing** 👍👍👍 - 👍👍 - 👍 * * * My friends at ArsenalVision Podcast are doing their year fundraising campaign for the Arsenal Foundation in Za’atari Camp. The work that the Arsenal Foundation is doing there is amazing and if you have the means to do so, giving to the fundraiser would be amazing. They are already halfway to their goal of £150,000. Here’s the link for more information and how to donate. Thanks! ❤️ * * * Me when that second Declan Rice goal goes in Poorly Drawn Arsenal is free, but there are other ways to support what I do. ****Share the newsletter:**** tell your friends (or your enemies) about it. ****Buy some merch:**** I put a lot of my drawings onto shirts, mugs, posters, stickers, etc. This helps keeps the lights on at PDA Headquarters and you get something in return. Neat! ****Leave a Comment:****leaving a comment just lets me that you like what I’m doing which is sometimes hard to know when you are sending out emails into the ether. ## Comments
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#todaysbeautifulbike is the 2017 Sinner Lemond Homage Road bike. theradavist.com/a-team-dream...
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A Team Dream Stinner Frameworks Lemond Homage Road –
We all have our favorite cyclists or teams from the 80's and 90's. For Sean of Team Dream Team, it was the early 90's and Greg Lemond, specifically that slick Calfee-built Team Z bike. The red to yell...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Ritchey's are a favorite of mine. #Todaysbeautifulbike is this kermit green Outback. theradavist.com/ritchey-outb...
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Ritchey Outback Review: An Instant Classic (2025 Update) – Morgan Taylor
Morgan takes an in-depth look at the Ritchey's alluring Outback gravel bike and what makes this platform so unique, even five years after its launch... Over the years, having had the chance to ride a ...
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
It’s so important that this story is being told - a truly terrible thing happened to Becky and people need to know. It’s also important to emphasise that every person who ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, or crossing the Darien Gap, or in a detention centre is somebody’s Becky.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I always have a bike that is my "winter" ride. I keep the drivetrain clean and the frame is usually a mess of mud and crap. I washed that bike last week. So of course it's raining this week. It's the Swiss Cross's turn to get nasty. #todaysbeautifulbike.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This Kona is painted in a striking purple color. Key features are a real head tube badge (!!), post mount brakes, and comes with a FD mount to convert to 2x. #todaysbeautifubike bikerumor.com/second-gen-k...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I've not done a #todaysbeautifulbike post in several months. This Ritchey Montebello kicks us off again.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Just wow. Makes me want to go back to square taper BB just for this crankset. Is it stupid to convert a late 90s Bontrager Privateer from stock 3x to 1x just so I can have a set of these? theradavist.com/paul-100-pur...
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Paul 100% Pure Cranks Review: The Cult Is Alive
The days of paying upwards of $1000 for Paul Component Engineering cranks are over with the re-issue of the 100% Pure Cranks today. John's been riding this "modern" take on a vintage inspired design f...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I understand and appreciate this post.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I live in Kansas. Think what you want but there is plenty of climbing here of the rolling variety. A typical gravel century can see 4-9k feet of climbing. I came across the segment "Southwest Butler Road Climb" when searching for a place to do climbing intervals in the Wichita area.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Why hasn’t the NCAA invented a connected whistle that stops the clock when it’s blown?
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I used to own an Alpine Gravel bike and didn't even know it.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I had to go back and swap bikes 2 miles into yesterday‘s commute due to a tire going flat. Found it. All set up and ready to go for Monday.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Slinky. Fully recovered from yesterday’s mystery dunk.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Cask Strength Aberlour gives zero fucks about your previous experience with whisky.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Orange cat showed up on the back deck completely soaked. No idea what happened and no questions were answered.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It is difficult when the cooldown portion of your ride consists of 2 miles into a 20mph sustained wind with 38mph gusts.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
@guitar-ted.bsky.social Gravel Amplifier: Open Range 100/200k out of Pratt KS. I was the course photographer one year, but this will be the first year I’ll ride it. www.openrangegravel.com
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Home | Open Range Gravel
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Dork video alert. I love shit like this. theradavist.com/short-pull-v...
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Short Pull Versus Long Pull Brakes
What's the difference between short pull and long pull brakes? It's the most often asked question to Paul Component Engineering's tech email and phone line. In this video, Paul and Patrick help make s...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I am at the age where I like gradual shifts in riding temperature. Yesterday was 77. Today was low 40s and snow. Two months ago or so and I would have been on a 3 hour ride in low 40s. Today was a Zwift ride.
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Escape Collective @escapecollective.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Mid South Gravel: What might have been, and what came to be as wildfires forced the event's cancelation, and the community mobilized. escapecollective.com/mid-south-20...
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Mid South 2025: What could have been
As wildfire smoke cleared on Saturday morning in Stillwater, OK, air quality reports drastically improved from the day prior. But what would have been the 14th edition of Mid South did not take place.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
My spouse like to make “Apple Mountain”
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
My son and I were heading to Stillwater in the morning to race in the MidSouth. The current air quality is 500 in Wichita and 170 in Stillwater. Highways are closed and people lost homes along the course today. They haven't called the race but it doesn't seem right to ride tomorrow.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Moran is my state's Senator. Fuck him.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
@guitar-ted.bsky.social Count me in on a RAG shirt.
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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Photos posted! www.scatteredlodgephotography.com/dirty-disco-...
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Still working through the catalog.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Working on the Dirty Disco photo catalog today. I took close to 2k photos yesterday. Here are some early returns. Most of my photos will be typical endurance event close ups. But I am not above doing some of the photography that I prefer.
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Here is my US Senator fleeing his own town hall. www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
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Senator Marshall (R-KS) flees his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans
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Aaron The Bruce @aaron-am-brusach.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It’s a mild wind, but a shit climb. I think I’m sitting at mile 70.
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