I’ve complained before (though perhaps not on this blog) about the advice given to cyclists to “ride as if you’re invisible”, because it just doesn’t make any sense. If you assume no one sees you, you can’t ride with traffic at all. Finally, a piece of cycling instructional material backs me up: People will often […]
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Ride report: Sequoia 50K 2008
Nice ride today! It was the same route as last year — I talked to an acquaintance of mine who helps organize the ride, and he said they change every two years. But I think my mind had smoothed out some of the hills early on in the route, because I didn’t remember how challenging […]
Nashbar wins again
I’m guessing the crappy knicker thing with Nashbar was just a fluke, because I ordered some more stuff from them recently and it came today and everything looks great. The Cateye magnet works fine with the Cannondale computer I mysteriously either lost the magnet for or which was defectively packaged with no magnet. I also […]
Soreness
Well, the whole mileage plan was great in theory, but definitely not happening. There is both more and less soreness than I expected based on yesterday. I’m not staggering around on insanely sore thighs, but my whole body seems to be a bit sore from shoulders to feet, and my hands and saddle area are […]
Ride report: Long-ass hilly ride (San Carlos-Menlo Park loop)
Ride route: Cedar St/Eaton Rd/Alameda, Edgewood, Cañada south to Woodside, Mountain Home Road to Portola, Portola to Alpine, Alpine becomes Santa Cruz into downtown Menlo Park. Pause in Menlo Park for lunch at Le Boulanger. (I think we stopped about 40 minutes.) After lunch I could have gone back home (total distance just over 20mi), […]
More bikey
Yes, it’s possible to get sunburned in the small strip of skin between your bike glove and your watch. (Best option: sunscreen, then watch.) I rode all the way in to work today and it took me 46 minutes total (including stopping time). I am getting faster. (I think I had a partial tailwind too, […]
A matter of course
Today was an interesting bike day. In the morning, I had a bike-car contact moment when a guy stopped suddenly in front of me (someone had stopped suddenly in front of him). I had a moment to think “Huh. My brakes aren’t going to stop me in time. Whoops, I just hit him.” Fortunately it […]
101 in 1001 #49: Bike advocacy volunteering: BTWD 2008
So Thursday was Bike to Work Day, for which I was determined to do something more than just biking to work. After all, every day is already bike to work day in that sense. So I decided to volunteer to help out as an Outreach Host for SVBC at an Energizer Station, to provide information […]
I’m a self-propelled person!
I picked up a copy of Momentum magazine (“The magazine for self-propelled people”) out of a box they brought us at Maker Faire to take to SFBC. It turns out it’s an awesome magazine, and it’s incredibly cool that the ads are all for things I might actually want, or want to know about — […]
What makes us believe we can do it
I took a road bike class at REI today. The class was interesting because it was a mix of levels, from people (like me) who commute and do a good amount of recreational cycling, to people with experience mountain biking or light recreational cycling, to people who hadn’t been on a bike in years. The […]