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Hot Coffee, Cool Wax, and Inner Peace through Small Wheelies


Clif, George, and I take a breakfast ride to a neighboring town in a search for delicious coffee, over-medium eggs, old vinyl records, and inner peace. We find it all on a Saturday morning in March. Come with us.


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