I think I\’m under the weather, because I feel a bit like this frowny face right now. At 7:25 am, I was surprised that the sun was out. In a half-hour or so it was overcast again. But rain wasn\’t expected for several hours; so I ran the errand that I skipped yesterday because of predicted […]
I need my bicycle\’s chain to be oily in the morning. It reminds me of this old joke: Why did the man sleep under the petroleum tank? Because he wanted to get up \”oily\” in the morning. Every two or three weeks, I need to lube to my road bike\’s chain; and if I get
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Apres Noel! With Christmas past, I have to try to pull myself out of the holiday haze of goodies. I have some broccoli in the fridge; but it\’s been there a long time, and I fear it\’s no longer fit to eat. I still haven\’t cleaned the carrots I bought several weeks ago; and I
No pedigree? It\’s gotten warm for the time of year. People used to call it a \”weather breeder\”. Does whoever breeds that weather have a proper license? Maybe there\’s something in the expression \”weather breeder\”. The forecast currently shows 30-90% chance of T-storms right through next Sunday. And can you imagine the genealogy table for
Anticipation is sometimes more fun than the longed-for day itself. Oh, what shall I do tomorrow? I want to go for a ride. Unfortunately there\’s a 30% chance of rain; and there might be some patchy fog. I do not like fog! Shall I ride first; and open my presents when I get back home?
Remember \”Twas the night before Christmas\”? And A Christmas Carol, when it was so foggy? When I was a kid, the evening of December 24 was very exciting. We had trimmed the tree after breakfast that morning, and it was still something new and wonderful. Our tree was always a real one, and it smelled
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There\’s the shimmy on the dance floor, the way Kate did it. It was considered quite naughty at the time. Now and then a cyclist\’s wheel goes naughty and starts to shimmy; and that\’s an entirely different matter. Look here for advice on the cause of this problem; and what you can do if it
Here\’s a high five for me! Today my mileage total (road bike + hybrid) for 2018 passed the 5000 mark! For a minute I was afraid it hadn\’t. I had double-checked by going over my week-by-week totals; adding them up in short columns of three or four weeks at a time, to make adding much
I hope I\’m not what Joe Friel calls a \”Christmas star\”. By that he means riders who are in shape for racing during the Winter, but are gone when the Summer\’s serious racing begins. (See The Cyclist\’s Training Bible, 4th ed, pg. 109). Today I got out there and rode 40.3 miles. I wasn\’t racing,