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- <h1>Glossary</h1>
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- <dt>Adventure Cycling Assoc. (n.)</dt>
- <dd>a nonprofit based in Missoula, MT, that advocates for bicycle tourers</dd>
- <dt>bivy sack (n.)</dt>
- <dd>also, bivy. A minimal tent for a single sleeper. Enough coverage to lie down and... that's all. I
- brought it as a lighter alternative to a full blown tent. The size and shape of a sleeping bag. Really
- just an insulating layer around a sleeping bag</dd>
- <dt>bonk (v.)</dt>
- <dd>to neglect to eat the right amount at the right time and subsequently run entirely out of enery
- (usu.) when going up a hill</dd>
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- <dt>lugged bike frame (n.)</dt>
- <dd>an apparently appealing feature of old bike frames. i was unaware of what this was until it was
- pointed out to me maybe a dozen times that my bike had it</dd>
- <dt>pork chop sandwich (n.)</dt>
- <dd>delicious meal invented in Montana</dd>
- <dt>recumbent bike (n.)</dt>
- <dd>a funky bike; favored by weird old dudes; its use in the TABR is not controversia</dd>
- <dt>tabr (n.)</dt>
- <dd>an annual race where a bunch of lunatics ride the TransAm trail as fast as they can, carrying
- little, hardly sleeping, finishing the route in as fast as 16 days</dd>
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- <dt>TransAmerica Bicycle Trail (n.)</dt>
- <dd>a bike route from Astoria, OR, to Yorktown, VA, developed in 1976 by a bunch of hippies for the
- "bikecentennial"</dd>
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- <dt>velomobile (n.)</dt>
- <dd>a funky bike; its use in the TABR is mildly controversial</dd>
- <dt>Wisconsin Dells, the (n.)</dt>
- <dd>Wisconsin Hells, the</dd>
- <dt>zero day (n.)</dt>
- <dd>when you put in <em>zero</em> miles for a day; sometimes for rest,
- sometimes to spend time in a fun place; usu. the former</dd>
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