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Tales from the Road

I loved the TWALD article in the July/August issue and think that MC should have a running "Tales of the Road" section in the magazine. Reading interesting stories about barn finds, lost loves and frame-off restorations are great, but rides like TWALD are a huge component of what riding vintage bikes is all about — riding them with your pals. Years back, I dubbed our annual road trip The Oddball Run, a sick play on the Cannonball Run race, so named because “we ride old junk long distances for no reason whatsoever.” While I can’t write about the Oddball due to our “what goes on the road …” agreement, I am sure that there are

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