（´・｀）Nº290 Time to be bold, Minutes tick by, Stories untold. ⏳💪

I'm in back in Amsterdam since Friday evening after an awesome week of riding in Spain. I managed to get a recap of the 1st three days up & will post another soon. Thank you to Felix for organizing once again & everyone for making the week so amazing! (Ass Savers shared this initial edit & this video too.)

Saturday was our ride & film screening with Allan Shaw. We miraculously dodged the rain & had a great turnout for the ride and the film. Allan is already on his way back to Copenhagen, and I'll share a quick edit on Instagram in the next day or two as well. Thank you, Omnium, for making it happen, Allan for visiting & everyone for coming!

I'm heading to the office shortly for our Monday morning standup and was determined to ship this week's issue more or less on time. 😉

Speaking of time, this week's subject line was penned by an AI rhyming clock that tells the time with a poem. There are 1,440 minutes in a day, so Poem/1 needs to display 1,440 unique poems to work! 😅 With 3 days left to back the Kickstarter, read more about the clock here.

wishing you a nice week ahead,

Jon

p.s.

if you're near Bend, Oregon: Old Man Mountain is hiring!

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February

🇳🇱 29th Mechanics of Joy with Garry Pigot

March

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Gary Boulanger's 2007 Bike Radar Interview with Grant Peterson

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Ideas

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