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Cecil Yount is a cycling enthusiast interested in the beneficial impact of cycling on our community. Yount is Waynesville native, married to a Canton native, who now make their home in the Bethel area.
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CYCLING 101 – A Refresher Course II
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - May 06In my last column, I reviewed four terms related to cycling in hopes of helping all users of our roads be better informed operators of their ...
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READY TO SPRING FORWARD?
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Apr 24Since my last column, we’ve had winter in March. The weather provided me an opportunity to keep finding good reasons, some would say excuses, for ...
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Are You Ready For A S240?
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Jan 29Another relatively mild winter would seem to be on tap for this year and with the mild temperatures, area cyclists have managed to stay active. ...
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PREDICTING THE FUTURE!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Nov 13I recently had the pleasure of attending the first N.C. State Bike Summit in Raleigh. The Summit sought to bring together citizens involved in ...
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Ubiquity and the Bicycle
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Sep 25Ubiquity, ubiquitous, ubiquititness - Great words to just let roll off your tongue. You can feel that first “uuuu” slipping up on you melding into ...
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NON-CYCLISTS: ENJOY THE BLUE RIDGE BREAKAWAY TOO!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Aug 14Yep, folks who are not currently riding a bicycle or participating in this year’s Blue Ridge Breakaway can still come out and enjoy the event! ...
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YEP, IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Jul 11No, I’m not referencing the time of the year to be sweating in the heat of summer, although it clearly is that time of the year. I also don’t mean ...
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CYCLING – A GROWTH INDUSTRY?
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Jun 03Since its inception in 2009, our local cyclist advocacy group BicycleHaywoodNC, has been working hard to bring the benefits and issues related to ...
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IT WAS ODIFEROUS!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - May 04There are odors and then THERE ARE ODORS! Recently, my friend Bob and I were enjoying this early summer weather and getting in a nice 20 mile ride ...
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To The Beach and Back
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Apr 09My “better half” and I spent last week, along with our close friends, at Folly Beach, SC. We’ve been going there for many years for some rest and ...
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Cycling 101 - A Refresher Course
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Apr 27In honor of Dogwood Winter being on its final few days, I thought it might be timely to revisit some cycling terminology as a refresher for most ...
Are You Ready? (Revisited...)
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Feb 21…To feed the gas tank that is? Gas prices opened the New Year amid predictions that 2012 would become the most expensive “gas year” on record… If ...
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Progress Made in 2012
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Dec 14I’m going to succumb to the annual need to look back at the year past and take stock of where we’ve been and what we’ve accomplished as 2012 ...
A JOB WELL DONE!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Oct 09This past Saturday evening, my wife and I attended an end of season celebration at our favorite campground. We were going to celebrate a job well ...
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Doping Comes To The Breakaway!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Sep 05Amidst the rave reviews and laudable comments received following the 3rd Annual Blue Ridge Breakaway, comes the disheartening news that cyclist ...
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23 DAYS AND COUNTING!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Jul 25We’re getting down to the wire with only 23 planning days until the 3rd Annual Blue Ridge Breakaway. Last year’s event garnered kudos on many ...
Bethel Grocery Store - At the Crossroads!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Jun 27This past Tuesday evening, June 26th, several members of BicycleHaywoodNC had the pleasure of joining together for an evening ride up Lake Logan ...
NATIONAL BIKE WEEK ROLLS TO A CLOSE
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - May 20National Bike Week, celebrated this year between May 13th and May 20th rolled to an end under some great blue skies and wonderful temperatures. ...
THURSDAY RIDES ROLLING TO SUCCESS!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Apr 23BicycleHaywoodNC, the local bicycle advocacy council, is enjoying a very nice start to their sponsored seasonal cycling group rides. This year’s ...
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In Praise of Little East Fork!
By Cecil "Zeke" Yount - Mar 28With more daylight, this “early summer” in spring has been great! I took advantage of it recently to get in a late afternoon ride to one of my ...
