Heads up about cycling in Yorkshire! Okay, I don\’t know whether that map is of Yorkshire or somewhere else, but cyclists from there have some things to tell the rest of us. Climb a \”chimney\”? I think I\’ll skip that 33 percent grade. Besides, I\’m not Santa Claus. The cafe stop? Yorkshire pudding sounds interesting. […]
Thailand Looks like a beautiful place! This blog/page may contain affiliate links. “We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.” How would Thailand be as a cycling destination? According to at least one
In the lab again? Since when did I turn scientist? Well, the kitchen is a laboratory of sorts, isn\’t it? It\’s a place to experiment with recipes: substitute this, omit that, etcetera. Last Saturday I went Feed Zone again, with yet another variation of Chicken Tikka Masala (pg. 229). Only I didn\’t use chicken; I
Can Can We don’t have to visit Paris for the can can! WHAT? Can Can? Have I landed in the Moulin Rouge? Mais, non. Paris is a long way off. I just got to thinking about that dance while preparing my “Thanksgiving feast”. And then I got to thinking of Offenbach! For my dinner I decided to
Double-Edged Sword Event preparation is like a double-edged sword. Just look at me, for example. Because of the pulled hamstring I suffered in early October, I had to ride very short and very easy for three weeks. Then, because I’m working to correct my left leg’s pedaling technique, I’ve continued to keep my rides shorter
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When a bike isn\’t a bike?! How could a it be anything else? When it\’s a sulky, that\’s when! \”The sulky (informally known as a \”bike\”, and also known as a spider) is a light, two-wheeled cart equipped with bicycle wheels.\” I was surprised to finally learn what a sulky really is. I\’d always had
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The penny-farthing is quite amazing. How did people ride them? A penny-farthing doesn\’t look like it would be easy to mount in the first place! This is the kind of bicycle that Mark Twain wrote about, and it seems that his experience with the machine was not a positive one. If you\’re eager to give
My addition skills are better that this, I hope! Fortunately I don\’t need math skills to be able to ride. Today I added another mile or so to my outbound route. My average speed was actually a bit faster than last Sunday\’s, and with similar wind conditions. Here\’s what I did that was different: I
Yes, I was lucky this morning. After I checked the forecast last night, I expected to have to ride through rain to get to the salvage store. As a matter of fact, it did rain at about 7:15. By the time I started to the store, the rain had stopped; but it was still overcast.
We do sound like a broken record, don\’t we? This non-stop discussion of food in the pro peloton does get tiresome. Or even of on-bike food for us purely recreational riders. Pro cyclists competing in, say, La Grande Boucle burn so many calories that they end up going catabolic, with their bodies in effect eating
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