I should tell you that sometimes I have been known to trash pick. I’m nowhere near the level of scavenger that my wife is, but sometimes I give in. Like when someone leaves out a perfectly good salvageable mountain bike with a sign on it that says ‘Take me’.
I’ve been promising myself for at least [...]
Category Archives: Cycling
Lets Call Her Laramie.
02-Aug-09Quieting Bicycle Trainers.
02-Dec-08In an effort to find information online about quieting down my jet engine foundation of house shaking bicycle trainer. I googled ’siliencing bicycle trainers’ not much there. I tried ‘quieting bicycle trainers’.
I got this article from the times in 1909 about 2 Madison riders who got in a dispute over money and started [...]
BH emailed me an excellent dissection of the ‘myth of the scofflaw cyclist‘, from WashCycle, the DC version of the Philadelphia Bicycle Coalition blog. Pretty awesome to have someone lay out the stats like that.
Mullica Van Ronde Race Report.
14-Jul-082 years running, I have registered…and then not showed up. Awesome!
Both of my friends racing the 5s were taken out in a crash. Not awesome.
Why does Riccardo Ricco, aka ‘The Cobra’ immediately make me think of Cobra Kai from the Karate Kid?
Sweep the leg, Johnny.
heh.
Down the Shore, via Bicycle.
13-Jul-08Philly bicycle coalition thru up a google map of a variety of ways to bicycle to the shore. Thats a good thing as the first 20 miles of my way is not exactly well paved.
Remind me to never again pretend to complain about having to alter course on the West River Time Trial because of Canadian Geese crossing the road. This mountain bike racer got attacked by a bear.
The Victory Salute.
10-Jul-08VeloNews live coverage of the Tour yesterday had a link to an article highlighting the various ways in which pro cyclists celebrate wins. Pretty fantastic.
TDF Notes. 7-6-2008
06-Jul-08The Tour De France begins a new. I’m pretty psyched, but for Steph its the ugly time of the year when I turn from a reasonably well rounded adult male, into the worst kind of dude…a sports fan.
A couple things about the tour so far:
A close friend came by the house this morning and watched [...]
The Return of the Shore Run
05-Jul-08Way back in the spring and summer of 2006, I would ride to the shore monthly.
I got the ok from my wife to make the trip myself, while she drove down the night before.
I made the 66 mile trip in 3hr 28 minutes. Averaged about 19mph. Thats alot faster then my best [...]