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Wishful Thinking

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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 the wheel, and the other end of the rod to the agitator handle of the James washer.  The attachments at both ends of this rod would need full 360-degree rotation — right? This piston would also probably have to be as least twice as long as the wheel\’s diameter. Otherwise it would be useless! I guess that, if I hopped into the saddle and pedaled, the rotation of the wheel would cause the agitator lever to move  back and forth? Or, would it be better to have two pistons, attached at opposite points on the wheel? Would that provide more power? The catch here is that the agitator lever is at about waist level, and the bicycle\’s rear wheel is below that. Well, I can always dream. Dreaming and wishful thinking is how some great inventions/discoveries came about!

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Just OK?

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  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 5 zones). I wanted to stay in Zone 1. And, for the second day in a row, the Recovery Check showed \”Fair\”. Usually it says, \”Good\”. Today, because I got up late, I didn\’t bother with taking my blood pressure and pulse; but yesterday my resting heart rate was lower than usual. This is a sign of possible overtraining. Or maybe I\’m just overtired from getting to bed too late? Looks like a day off from riding might be in order; and then maybe things will go better. It annoys me when it goes just OK.

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WELCOME!

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  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 rode a century on the tricycle; and in fact, I wore out that trike! When I got it, I never expected to ride as much as I did; but I was hooked on pedaling before I completed my first mile. For a long, long time, it was a rare day when I did no riding at all. And I thought I was just buying a way to get to places more than a mile or two from home! Eventually I rode centuries on the hybrid and the road bike. Maybe, one of these days, I\’ll do a 100-miler again. It\’s hard to train up properly, though, when your riding time most days is limited. I sometimes dream about doing an Adventure Cycling Epic Tour. Or maybe I should call that pipe-dreaming. Those tours are about three months long; and the cost is beyond my budget! Once again, Welcome to SpokEasy!

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