Good timing happens. This morning I hitched up the trailer and rode to the salvage store. It turned out to be, well, good timing. I got some unusual bargains today. As I was getting a one-pound block of mozzarella cheese out of the cooler, an announcement came over the PA system: if a dairy item […]
Looking for an exotic new vegetable? How about trying RUBARB: Rusted Up Beyond All Recognition Bikes. I like the idea of a place where anybody can go to learn how to \”tinker\” a bicycle. I know that I have 99.9% of how-to-work-on-a-bike to learn; so RUBARB ought to be a good place for me. In
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Have you ever been out on a ride and wondered which direction you were heading? The local part of the MRT is a good example. It takes a lot of bends as it follows the course of the Mississippi River. Therefore I can\’t keep track of which way is North; or South or East
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We despise water weight, don\’t we? Especially when we\’re watching our weight. But in this case, I don\’t mean unwanted water poundage on one\’s frame. I mean the weight of a full Camel-Bak reservoir on my, well, back. The one I have can hold 100 ounces, or a little over three quarts (liters). That right
What a Changeling! What a changeling weather is! Ours has been quite capricious just lately. Maybe it’s because we’re currently in the Capricorn zodiac sign date range? At any rate, day before yesterday the morning temperature was around 39. Over last night it got up to about 57 — nearly twenty degrees warmer! The wind
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Achilles’ Heel? 🦶🏻 Achilles’ Heel is quite famous; or maybe infamous is more like it! Have you ever noticed that one particular part of your bicycle seems more prone to causing problems than the rest of the machine? It’s rather like Achilles, of Greek legend. He was invulnerable, except for his heel. My road bike’s
Logging? Uh, wait a minute, there. Not those logs! I\’m not Paul Bunyan, you know. I don\’t think I\’m ready to try birling, either. Neither do I have a wood-burning stove to feed. But a cycling log can be handy. You can keep notes in any notebook, or be fancy and get The Cyclist\’s Training
I\’m cooling my heels, along with the rest of me. This is one of those days when I\’m actually glad not to be riding! It\’s still cold; and the wind is still rather brisk. Early this morning the chill factor was below freezing. Riding in cold weather isn\’t my favorite thing, and probably never will
Are you hooked on cycling? It certainly is habit-forming! Do you remember when you first knew that cycling had snagged you? It didn\’t take me long at all; less than one mile, in fact! Maybe being on three wheels was a factor. I wasn\’t trying to learn both balancing and pedaling at the same time.
Some tests are pass/fail. Today\’s ride was a test, all right; and a tough one, too. It was 39 degrees, which feels very cold to me; and the wind was 25-26 mph. I\’m glad I had the headwind on the way out! Again, I saw bizarre heart-rate readings; I know very well I wasn\’t in