Ah…April—the month of high winds and windy excuses. I got rained out on a few of the days and hammered against very strong headwinds on virtually every other day of the month. Despite all this, I set a personal best average speed, on the day, week, and month. I’m sure when the winds subside a […]
Another five day riding week this week makes seven weeks in a row where my mileage was less than my goal mileage. In this case, it was a projected rain storm on Wednesday in which it rained most of the day and sprinkled after I got home from work. By the time I got moving […]
Today, I got started a little late, but earlier than I frequently do. With the longer days, the sun sets about 8 and jumping on my bike at 4:15 means that I can still hammer my miles out. After scrubbing, degreasing, and lubing my ride for the first time in a while, I was ready […]
One year ago today, Dave at Bike Connection in Menlo Park installed SPD pedals on my old Giant Cypress DX hybrid and I took my first ever ride in my Vittoria Skye ATB cycling shoes. My Trek 520 came equipped with SPD pedals, so I have continued to ride in SPDs for a full year. […]
I haven’t been out on hardwood in front of speaker stacks since Forward, a month ago. I used to go out every weekend night, meeting all kinds of people and having a great time. Lately, I have only rarely tended to check the scene out, which makes me feel like a little of a shut-in. […]
I was on track for a six-day riding week and getting my first 100% complete week since the middle of March, but the weather guys forecast rain on Saturday, so I waited to see. It sprinkled a little bit mid-afternoon, and I really should have gone out on my ride, but by the time I […]
The last several days have featured headwinds substantially higher than I’m used to—every single day. Yesterday’s commute home was a real endurance event—stomping as hard as I could to maintain my sanity against winds in my face over 25 miles an hour and “breezy” gusts that took me off the road three times. I ended […]
On July 22, 2004, I ordered a year of service from KnowSpam, a web-based spam killing solution, involving approvals, denials, good senders, and bad senders. I have been ecstatically satisfied with the service I have received. As of this moment, almost forty thousand spams have been blocked. Today, I received a rather interesting message: Due […]
A six day riding week at long last, but despite my quivering desire to hammer hard and turn in good numbers this week, I was thwarted by a steady headwind every single day — sometimes approaching 30 miles an hour. A worn out back tire (and the flat that revealed it) thwarted my morning commute […]
Last Saturday, I went for my ride about 4:30 in the afternoon. Completely by coincidence, I headed out for this Saturday’s ride about the same time. I knew I had about 3 hours and change to do my miles. Also, the weather report online told me that I’d have substantial headwinds (as in over 15 […]
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