Feb 12 2009
After spending a month off my bike and exchanging riding for running on the beach, swimming, surfing, and lifting weights, I rode my bike for the first time today. I was curious while I was gone how my fitness on the bike was changing from not riding. Was I losing my bicycling fitness level? Maybe [...]
Jan 01 2009
With all of the time I spend on my bicycles, I never keep track of how far or how much time I spend riding. Maybe I don’t really want to know, but today I decided I was going to give the mileage and time logging a try. I don’t want a handwritten log, so to [...]
Dec 19 2008
The people in Vancouver and Portland just don’t do very well when is comes to handling a little snow and ice. The drivers are inept and the news people start to wear on my nerves after about a week of beating the weather story to death over an inch of snow and freezing temps. Residents [...]
Nov 28 2008
Red at spokesNspin was tagged by his friend RBK and chose to participate without tagging anyone. I enjoy reading some of the unknown facts people put in some of these meme list, so I decided to participate too. The rules are listed below. 1) Link to the person who tagged you.-Check 2) Post the rules [...]
Nov 25 2008
Last night on the evening news there was story about UPS hiring bicyclists to make their deliveries by bike in the area. Apparently UPS is hiring 28 bike delivery employees to make deliveries during the holiday season rush. The company has purchased a small fleet of mountain bikes equipped with a 200 pound capacity trailer [...]
Nov 19 2008
When does discourse become complaining? I read a lot of web sites and blogs about bicycling, whether it be about commuting, fitness training, or recreational riding. One of the common themes written about is bicycle infrastructure or should I say the lack of or inadequacy of this infrastructure. Many times there are comparisons of the [...]
Nov 17 2008
Three years ago today I was diagnosed with diabetes. My doctor said I had been diabetic for a long time, however I consistently rode a bike so much, it just didn’t show up until my pancreas quit producing insulin and the disease was not longer manageable by exercise alone. He also said I was the [...]
