Oct 31 2008
It is rare that I ever get sick, but last night I came down with some sort of bug. Either I am cold and shivering or hot and sweating with no in between. It made for a long ride home from work, but I did use the train for part of the commute to shorten [...]
Oct 30 2008
My winter project is build an Xtracycle to haul groceries and who knows what else. I have my donor bike to use for the conversion and with a few upgrades I think it will be a great ride. However I am always open to ideas and suggestions, so today a friend sent me the YouTube [...]
Oct 27 2008
This past weekend the weather was excellent for getting out and enjoying the outdoors. So I rode to the farmers market, coffee shop, bookstore, and to my parents for Sunday dinner. It was a great way to spend the weekend. But what stuck with me about the weekend was what I read on A view [...]
Oct 23 2008
Never being someone who avoids hills, I like being strong on them and can only attain a certain level of performance by repeatedly attacking them. So with the weather transitioning into the rainy season this month, I have been increasing my time in the gym with more focus on my legs to increase my performance [...]
Oct 20 2008
When I awoke this morning it was 48 degrees and raining. Instead of my normal morning routine of coffee and oatmeal, I decided I was going to go out for my morning coffee. As I rode the wind blew and the rain came down, but it was a nice ride to Starbucks.
After enjoying my Mocha [...]
Oct 18 2008
Have you ever wondered why people complain about the things they do not have control over? Take for example the weather, yesterday when I started out on my ride it was damp and foggy. It did not take long for me to figure out I was going to be damp and a little chilled by [...]
Oct 15 2008
Wearing spandex/lycra cycling shorts when riding has never been my thing. I don’t know if it is because I have had encounters with several snotty poser types or if it is just the look, but either way it has not been for me. During the warm months I usually wear baggy mountain bike shorts [...]
