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January 30, 2009 28 degrees very cloudy My plan called for a cross bike ride today. I checked the weather yesterday and it was calling for a high in the upper 20′s which fits within my parameters for ‘warm enough’ to ride outdoors. So i started to pull together all the stuff. tights, warm socks, [...]

We own a bike shop. this means that George and I can never travel anywhere together from March through November. We also live in VT where it is very cold and snowy these days. I decided that this year, we were going to take a trip somewhere warm during those few months that we can [...]

we’ve been in the middle of a major cold ‘snap’. seriously. it was -33* degrees when I woke up on Friday morning. You know it’s cold when 9* feels warm and toasty. there’s been a lot of time spent on indoor bikes this week. frankly i’m tired of it – but it is what it [...]

View of the full moon over the Green Mountains from the plane as I was landing at BTV on 1/10/09. Click to see larger and check out the bridge and waterfall in lower left corner. Last week the posted the registration form for SSWC09. I colored it in and sent it in right away – [...]

January 5Singlespeed ride30 degrees (ish)Not enough clothing1:40Picking up the new pooch took all of the day on Sunday, and with family visiting I had no opportunity to fit in a long ride on the weekend. Seemed the right thing to do to squeeze it in on Monday, besides it was going to be a whole [...]

Because we had to go on an 8 hour excursion to get this guy.  But I am going to reschedule for tomorrow. It’s supposed to be a lot warmer tomorrow than it was today and warmer makes it a lot easier for spending hours and hours out on a ride. And by warmer, i mean [...]

Attempting to start the new year right. I was up extra early this morning and hit the gym. I sat on that bike and started pedaling and just felt like crud.  Like that cold that i’ve been so smug about not getting was being gotten. My heartrate wouldn’t really go up. My tv wouldn’t do [...]