so when’s the next bicycle ride?
Friday, September 11th, 2009- took that ride on the 7th, and now I have a cold. or the flu. - I may have to get the handlebars and shoes fixed before I go out again. It was brutal.
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- took that ride on the 7th, and now I have a cold. or the flu. - I may have to get the handlebars and shoes fixed before I go out again. It was brutal.
First bicycle ride since sometime in 2007
Monday, September 7th, 2009... not counting a brief check-out ride in front of Bruce Herbitter's house. This afternoon I put on cycling shorts and a poly t-shirt (not sure I want to try on any of my cycling jerseys right now), along with gloves, a helmet that probably needs to be ditched due to ...
This is a catch-up post…
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008The more interesting life is, the less time I have to write about it. And then there are other complications. Interesting stuff at work. Not finalized so - can't write about it. Making some progress with the accident case. Not finalized so - can't write about it.
Spinning
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007Yep, spinning describes my life, but lately what I've been doing is getting up at the ungodly hour of 4:45 and going to spin class twice a week. It's really helping; I've lost a bit of weight and I'm going a bit faster on the road bike, especially up hills. If ...
If you didn’t get enough of these in school – films from avgeeks.com
Thursday, September 13th, 2007I stumbled into this treasure trove of old "educational" films at www.avgeeks.com - I thought these kind of films were ancient when I was in school, but now they seem from long, long ago... here's a sample. Too bad they had never heard of bicycle helmets...
Yahoo article: Tour de France cyclists’ hearts larger than average
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-cyclistshearts&prov=ap&type=lgns In other news, they also seem to have less body fat and climb faster than average. Even the article states that "athlete's heart," i.e. the idea that the heart, like any other muscle, develops with strenous use, has been well understood for eons. I suppose the article represents "news" in that the ...
