Ultrafit: Riding High (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

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My bike has no brakes and just one gear. But I'm pedaling with all I've got, tucked and spinning, breathing hard. Hands clenched on drop bars. Wheels humming. Thighs screaming. Knuckles literally white. "Hit it!" a spectator yells. The track ahead banks left -- a hard, swooping curve, 20 feet high and perilously pitched. Stopping now is not an option. G-forces tug at my gut. My mouth is dry. I'm ...

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