Miles This Week: 62 Miles Towards Goal: 764.3/1000 New Bike Miles: 193.4 Not a phenominal week... I was hoping to make up for some miles today, but it wasn't to be. Sunday: Rest day after the ride to Augusta. I did a little cleaning of the bike and fitted my GPS to my handlebars to serve as a cycling...
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Weekly Ride Report: 10/5/2008
Saturday, October 11 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Weekly Ride Report: 9/29/2008
Saturday, October 04 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Miles This Week: 180.6 Miles Towards Goal: 702.3/1000 New Bike Miles: 131.4 Sunday: 18.6 fast miles (for me, avg speed of 15.6, including my long hill) and then I went out and test rode new bikes for about 6 miles Monday: 15.5 to work, also fast (for me, 16.6 avg). 15.5 home, normalish speed Tuesday...
Bike Shopping: Part 2 of 2
Wednesday, October 01 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Well, that went quicker than I expected. After having ridden the bikes on Sunday, I had pretty much made up my mind that I wanted the Jamis Quest, so yesterday night I went out , rode it one more time and then did the deed. I'll post some Old Bike/New Bike pictures later. The reason I decided to go ahead...
Bike Shopping: Part 1 of ?
Monday, September 29 2008 - Fun / Cycling
I spent Sunday (9/28) test-riding some bikes at 2 different shops. In the morning I went out and did 18 miles as fast as I could to kind of wear myself out a little so I could feel how the bikes would be when I was not so fresh. All rides were done with my pedals and shoes. Biowheels First I went out...
Weekly Ride Report: 9/22/2008
Monday, September 29 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Miles this Week: 19.5 Progress towards a new bike: 521.7/1000.0 What a sad week. My shoulder was still killing me from last week. Sunday: Nothing Monday: Zero Tuesday: Zilch Wednesday: Nada Thursday: Goose Egg Friday: 19.5, commute to work, short ride to the pick up point afterwards Saturday: Zip...
Weekly Ride Report: 9/14/2008
Wednesday, September 17 2008 - Fun / Cycling
9/14/2008: 15.8. Did a nice short speed loop... pretty fast for me. 9/15/2008: 0. Took a day off 9/16/2008: 26.1. Tried out another loop up to Fort Thomas and down to Alexandria 9/17/2008: 16.2. My shoulder was killing me. This was slow Nothing for the rest of the week... in fact, more than a week, due...
Halfway... maybe
Wednesday, September 17 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Well, I finished a ride this morning (in spite of not feeling it at ALL, I think I let myself get dehydrated) and passed the 500 mile marker on my 1,000 mile challenge that I set for myself on 8/19/2008. By my math, that means I've managed to average more than 17 miles a day during the past month, which...
Weekly Ride Report: 9/7/2008
Saturday, September 13 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Miles this Week: 186.8 Progress towards a new bike: 444.2/1000.0 This was a truly epic week for me. My vacation started Friday and I felt compelled to celebrate by taking the Long Way Home on Thursday night and do some nice rides in the area on Friday and Saturday. Before now, the most miles I've done...
Gear Review: Specialized All Condition Armadillo
Wednesday, September 10 2008 - Fun / Cycling
The people at work like to laugh at me... since I started commuting to work in June, I had a rash of flat tires. So far, I've got 28 commutes under my belt and 10 flat tires... 3 of them in one night. Part of the problem is that I had a pinch flat that tore the tire and I didn't realize it for 3 flats...
Gear Review: SKS RaceBlade XL Fender
Tuesday, September 09 2008 - Fun / Cycling
Not that I'm particularly qualified, but I'm going to type up my opinions on various and sundry cycling gear. Maybe you can think of these as the impressions of a newbie and that will bring some value to them... I recently purchased a pair of SKS RaceBlade XL Fenders from Amazon after the recommendation...
