Had to get up early to get my first miles in on the new wheels. I haven’t been on a significant ride in 16 days, and have been patiently waiting to try my new ride for six weeks. I’ve been waiting because I wanted to get the new bike 100%…
Category: Cycling
My wife will tell you I wasn’t a happy camper yesterday afternoon. As I mentioned yesterday, my new road bike was not living up to my expectations. So I spent hours working and tweaking it yesterday in an attempt to get it better and it just wasn’t happening. Combined with…
Finally got a mount for the front light on my new bike and just had to take it for a quick rip. I wanted to have everything on it 100% together before taking it out and today it’s finally done. Unfortunately, I’m still waiting on a final fitting and I…
Ouch. Can’t believe it too me nearly 2 hours to get home, almost double my time to get to work. Then again it was uphill the entire way home, into a head wind, after not riding for almost a month. Am I tired? Absolutely. Am I sick, bonk exhausted? Thankfully…
I’ve been talking for months about getting a new bike and I finally pulled the trigger last week. That lean and mean road machine is almost ready to ride I’m just waiting for the final fitting before I roll it out. In the meantime I have the first world problem…
Today was a rough one. Dropped near 20 minutes from my best time on this route. Granted that best time didn’t include the breaks to refill water bottles. Regardless I still dropped 10 minutes from the last time I did this exact route with the water breaks included. I’m really…
With the weather forecast calling for temps in the 105+ range, I had to get out early to put in the miles before the worst of it set in. Also had a breakfast date with the family before my daughter’s riding lessons. Add to that the fact I missed my…
Feel a little like a cheat with the distance on this one. Added a little more than a half mile to this typical ride by doing a loop through Acacia Park refilling a water bottle. Then I cheated again when I got home and my computer read 37.99 miles. I…
Had a disappointing start to the day. I’ve been trying to get my weight down to 200 pounds, and I start each week with a weigh in. On Mondays, before I start my day, I get on the scale and check my progress. I’ve been hovering around my target weight…
Quite the ride today. Pretty impressed with my performance. Took two bottles with me, one with water and the other with Gatorade (full strength). Think the later helped me with the second half of the ride. Felt much better at the end of my ride versus the ride a few…