Via DeseretNews.com

CRAWFORD, Texas — The most powerful man in the world is also a heck of a mountain bike rider. And that has nothing to do with the fact that he’s followed on his rides by a military attache with the secret codes for unleashing nuclear Armageddon.
George Bush invited me and a few other reporters for a mountain bike ride on his 1,600-acre ranch Saturday. His escapades on the bike have been well-documented: an over-the-handlebars crash here at the ranch and a wet-pavement wipeout in Scotland that hurt a pedestrian policeman.
But the truth about this 59-year-old mountain biker is that the man can really ride. Over the course of a two-hour Tour de Crawford, Bush humbled every rider in Peloton One with a strong and steady pace over hot paved roads, muddy creek crossings, energy-sapping tall grass and steep climbs on loose and crumbling rock.

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Interesting to hear someone say that Bush is actually a good rider…. up till now, all anyone ever talked about was his numerous endo’s…