Always looking for vindication, Part II: To continue with yesterday\’s list: #15: Oh, the \”cyclist\’s tan\”! Pale hands with tanned arms; and a clear demarcation where the legs of your shorts end. #16: Some say that the grease mark on the right leg is a sure sign of a newbie. Not necessarily. There are still […]
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Spooked? Or Spoked? Are we spooked? Or spoked? Happy Hallowe’en, everybody! Today is a great day for a “spirited” ride. Just don’t let the spooks get into your spokes! Watch that you don’t get gremlins in your derailer, either. I don’t think I’ll dress up to ride … aren’t I scary enough as it is?
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Are we always looking for vindication? How many lists such as this does it take any rider to convince him/her that, \”Yes, I\’m a true cyclist\”? #1: It\’s a long time since I last rode with a local group; but I found it hard to recognize many of the other riders when they weren\’t wearing
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This sure feels slippery. I\’ve been at it yet again. I\’m toggling back and forth between the slide builder and the web site; and working on the spacing of the various elements of each slide. It\’s turning out to be quite a lot to do. I was working on the first slide of the For
Here is an urgent question: Are we cyclists; or aren\’t we? Am I, myself, a cyclist? If being a cyclist has to mean a $5K bicycle gracing the home, count me out. I don\’t have that kind of money to spend on a bicycle; or on anything else. If being a cyclist means reading about
Yes, I\’m on vacation. I chose to take it now partly because of \”use it or lose it\”; and partly because I want to get some R&R in advance of TdC. This view is so relaxing! It would be wonderful to be able to get away to something like that; but unfortunately such a trip
Improving Upon Me “Improving upon me” isn’t meant to sound egotistical. I found a YouTube about teaching an adult beginner to ride a bicycle; and it’s certainly much better than the one I did last March. Unfortunately I can’t go back and edit my video. The Cycling UK video shows the beginning rider walking the
Strike while the iron is hot, they say. That\’s what I must do when I come up with an idea for making changes to this web site. If I let things wait, I\’ll forget what I planned to do. Once I start acting on my plans, I work like mad because I want to finish
Sometimes things don\’t add up. As a rule, I do my weekend long ride on Sunday. This weekend, however, I did it on Saturday, because this coming Saturday is Tour de Cure. As a result, yesterday kept feeling like Sunday; and today doesn\’t feel like Sunday at all! Normally I do my grocery run on
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Becoming a cyclist isn\’t always quick work. From what I\’ve read about cyclist training, some people are \”fast responders\”. Their bodies react quickly and favorably to the training process. To become a pro cyclist in a year\’s time is a staggering thought; but evidently it\’s not impossible. This fellow must be a phenomenally fast responder;