Today was not my day. It started off with fog, in some places very heavy. I decided to ride in the park. That, at least, proved to be a good move. Before I had made one full circuit of the park, my headlight went dim; and I KNOW I charged it. But is the problem […]
Use it how? Use it or lose it, they say; but how do I do that? I\’ve got lots of ride data. Years of it, in fact. Now, how can I use it to tweak my training, and to become a better cyclist? I\’ve always logged my ride data in notebooks. All very fine and
Cute pic, but I don\’t mean sis as in sister. I mean SIS as in electrolyte drink. I prepared it last night and let it chill; then gave it the taste-test this morning. It\’s pretty good. I wanted to try it before taking it along on a long ride. With new foods and drinks there\’s
So what\’s going on as we ride? How fast are we going? What\’s our cadence? How hard are our hearts working? How many miles did we ride? What\’s our wattage output? Some folks don\’t give a hoot about such data. They just want to enjoy riding for the heck of it; and there\’s nothing at
Here it is, a new product report! Something new to me, at any rate. I\’d seen SIS products in bicycle shops and online, but hadn\’t tried any. Last week I ordered a tube of SIS Go Hydro electrolyte tablets (berry flavor) along with GU-Gels and Zym tablets. My order arrived today. I couldn\’t find information
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It\’s long been said that \”there\’s more than one way to skin a cat\” (poor kitty😢) There\’s also more than one way of gearing a bicycle, it seems. I only recently heard of half-step gearing, when a co-worker mentioned it. It seems confusing; and in fact, half-step sounds like a dance! OK, I\’ve heard of
Who doesn\’t know the Monday blahs? This pic is a good example of how I usually feel on Mondays: tired and listless. It means going back to work; and that\’s not fun. How I wish I could work from home! For some reason I often have a hard time sleeping on Sunday night. Maybe I
If you\’re in a good mood, don\’t spoil it! For an activity associated with feel-good endorphins, the word \”cross\” comes up often enough in cycling. Cross-training. Cross-country rides and even cross-country races (RAAM, anyone?), and cross-chaining. That first is a good thing. Cyclists need a certain amount of cross-training to work on muscles that are
Are we getting railroaded? We hear of a bicycle\’s drivetrain. It sounds rather like travel by railroad, doesn\’t it? But without that drivetrain, we might still be kicking around on the Draisine! Having a drivetrain is certainly much more efficient than having to push yourself along using your feet. I\’m well aware of that, because
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And now, a ride report! It wish I could report on a view like the one at left! But I don\’t have any such vistas around here, so I\’ll have to stick with more mundane things. Windspeed is something that I can talk about for any ride report. What cyclist can\’t? I know from years