Quandry What a quandry I’m in sometimes on my Sunday long rides. Was there ever a wind today! Stronger than the one blowing this Flag. I had it against me for most of the way out; and some of the time on the way back. You’d think that a stiff headwind (26 mph, with stronger […]
Aren\’t we cranky? Cranky? Cycling generates endorphins; and endorphins generally put a body in a good mood. So why be cranky? Or rather, crank-y? Well, we shouldn\’t ignore crankarm length entirely. I had no idea that crank length is involved in how easy or hard a particular gear feels. Not being an engineer or bicycle mechanic,
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It worked — sorta. The forecast for today looked quite dire. Then, yesterday, I found a four-leaf clover; and I wished on it for the weather to NOT be bad today. Up to a point, it worked. When I rode out to the salvage store this morning, it was overcast; but not raining. It was,
For all intense purposes? Isn\’t it, \”for all intents and purposes\”? Not always! Intensity, so they say, is the component of training that cyclists most often get wrong. (See The Cyclist\’s Training Bible, p. 33) When they should be taking it easy, they ride a little too hard; and when it\’s time to go really
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Oh to retire! No, not re-tire as in putting new tires on a bicycle. Retire as in leave the work force. I\’m not saying that I\’ll retire soon; but I\’m at the age to be planning for it. Just as a pro cyclist needs to have something after the racing career is over, I\’ll want
It\’s about more than wheels. We hear all the time about the need for balance in our lives. Just as we have to balance on two wheels while riding a bicycle, we must strike a balance between cycling activities and everything else: job, family, and so on. Find out here how some people have managed
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Hang tight! Or something. A nice, straight track like this is what I could not manage this morning. There was a pretty stiff wind, 17 mph, with gusts up to 23 mph. Outward-bound, I did fairly well. The wind was behind me; and I tried to hit 25 mph again, the way I did day
Just because! Ride because it\’s for a good cause, that is. \”Just because\” rides abound. There\’s Tour de Cure for diabetes, and Bike MS for multiple sclerosis. Those two are the only two I\’ve done, and they appear to be merely the tip of the iceberg. Many other fund-raising rides exist, such as ClimateRide. The
BioWall? What\’s that? I\’m not sure how much of a green thumb I have. Truth to tell, I\’ve never really tried much; but I wonder whether having a BioWall might help with my sensitivities. At work, where I really need it, having a BioWall installed would be a major undertaking; and not up to a
Are we inferior, really? Cycling alongside motor traffic can make us feel might small sometimes, especially when an 18-wheeler roars past; a bit like standing below the Eiffel Tower and looking up at it. But just because cyclists take up much less space than motorized vehicles; and aren\’t as fast; doesn\’t automatically make us inferior,