Here I go, shortchanging myself! Today\’s \”long\” ride wasn\’t all that long. As you can see, it wasn\’t any too fast, either. My weekly long ride, however, isn\’t about speed so much as endurance. But I did hit a peak speed of 21.71 on the way home — nice tailwind! I\’ve put in too many […]
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I\’m on the anti-UV warpath! This morning I visited the local Whole Foods. To my delight, I found this sunblock on sale; and at $3.50 off the usual price! I go through the stuff pretty fast; so I bought two tubes of it. I made a long-term savings of $7.00🙂 I applied that savings towards
Am I a frustrated performer? Sometimes imagine that I\’m doing fancy show-riding to music; such as this fast-and-furious polka. It would take terrific stamina both of leg and heart; and strength far beyond what I have. Maybe I never will have the strength and stamina for such a performance. For one thing, I lack the
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Wishful thinking sometimes takes over. OK! I have the James washer! (No pic available, alas). And there\’s a wheel! Let\’s assume it\’s the rear wheel of a bicycle. Suppose I had enough space to set up a bicycle near that washer. I could attach one end of some kind of rod to the rim of
Sometimes things go just OK — barely. I had planned this morning\’s ride to be an easy one; but it turned out to be a very short one as well, because I overslept. I tried to go easy; but my Garmin\’s screen persistently showed that I was in heart rate Zone 2 (out of
Welcome to SpokEasy! This web site is a continuation of my former site, www.threewheelstwowheels.org. You may follow my adventures as I progressed from an adult tricycle to a road bike. See the Archives page for descriptions of my early efforts at adjusting to two wheels; including a brief YouTube video! Along the way, I