Cranksgiving Raleigh

Tomorrow, I'm going to participate in Cranksgiving Raleigh 2015.  This will be my first year doing it, and my goal is to carry 30-40 pounds of food.

New Bicycle Seat

I have a new bicycle seat.  It's a snazzy half-seat style.  First impressions:  the seat loses some stability, though not too much.  I wouldn't want to try riding with no hands, but then again, I'm not very good at that with a full seat...  It also seems to slow me down a little bit.  But…

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New Tire

My rear tire has caused me several problems this year.  Over the past two months, I've gone through three new tubes.  The latest one burst just yesterday, on my way to SQL Saturday.  I was able to get it replaced today, and figured that I would get a new tire as well, to see if…

Week Of Cycling Completed

This was the first full week of cycling this year for me.  I was concerned that Friday would be rainy, but fortunately, I was able to leave work early enough that I did not get caught in it.  So naturally, the first thing I do after this is take a three-hour nap...

Driving In China

When Henry Miller wrote that "chaos is the score upon which reality is written," he must have had Chinese traffic in mind.  I linked to a description of driving in China yesterday, with the note that it is absolutely correct: ...Chinese drivers haven't grasped the subtleties of headlight use.  Most people keep their lights off…

Another Purchase

I decided to try to get into cycling shape a bit early by purchasing an exercise cycle.  It's roughly the same price as a fluid trainer plus a mat to hold my bike, so I was fine with that.  Apparently, though, I am entirely incapable of anything with "some assembly required."  It would help if…

It’s Official

Pat's wife is a better cyclist than he.  The three of us ended up doing a 20-mile route.  For the first half of it, she was keeping pace (with the rest of our group) while Pat and I jumped ahead.  On the return route, she was setting the pace at the beginning, as I was…

Up To 25

Today, Pat and I took advantage of incredibly nice weather and went a bit further than we figured we could.  We started downtown and made it up the Olentangy Trail a bit past Antrim Park, and then back downtown.  We took a break our first ride through and walked a lap around the lake at…

20 Miles

In my first real bit of cycling this year, I ended up getting 20 miles in.  This includes 6 miles for my daily commute (3 each way) and another 16 that Pat and I ended up pulling off.  Fortunately, tomorrow is a day of rest, so I'll get to rest my poor quads...