1. Best riding that i’ve ever done. From Arizona in January, to the awesome long solo training rides, to Durango in September - the riding this year was beyond anything i’ve ever enjoyed.
2. Training. This stuff really works. I know many people who pride themselves on how they don’t train, and I guess that’s good [...]
9 things from 2009
actual outside riding happened
yes again, I scored an outside ride.
The day after Christmas we packed up and headed south to PA to spend some quality time with my parents. It poured rain during our drive down there, the rain taking all the snow to a better place. And Sunday turned out sunny and fair, with highs in the [...]
recipe for a christmas ride
first, get up really early to watch your kid open presents. then add a few mimosa’s to get the day started.
After drinking, bike choice becomes easier. Singlespeed. Choose the one with the toughest gearing, you might as well, you’ve been drinking. Then start with a nearly immediate steep, long climb.
But, enjoy the first day in [...]
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after enjoying a long, warm fall we’re now suffering through a particularly cold, miserable december. so cold that getting outside to ride hasn’t been an option for me. It’s been a lot of this:
and some nice time on the trainer at the house as well. not fun, but better than frostbite. Some hiking. Hiking is [...]
Niner One9
I love my Jabberwocky. Really, I do. It’s fun, fast, sticks to the trail, has all the handling characteristics that I totally love. I also like that it’s a frame that retails for only $429, and it rides as good as it does. It’s a great bike. However there is one problem. The bottom bracket [...]
first snow
after a protracted and warm fall, the weather finally decided to turn toward winter and bless us with the first snow. We lucked out with folks in the mid-atlantic bearing the brunt of the storm. But we had a hearty inch or two this morning when we got up. Temps in the low 30’s.
After a [...]
