Homeward Hustle
Such a nice sunny warm fall day I was motivated to put a little power to the pedals. Not bad for a 30 year old steel mountain bike with loaded panniers, not to mention the (ahem) age of the rider.
Category: Activities
It isn’t pretty.
Just reading up about training with a power meter for road cycling and ended up on Joe Friel’s blog where he is discussing the issues and challenges of “old” or “aging” athletes. Here is his take on the things that your aging body can do to you. Joe Friel For the purpose of this discussion Read More …
Sorry Lady
Just wanted to say I’m sorry to the lady who yelled at me from her car on Assiniboine Ave this morning after I made a radical lane change in front of her car on the Queen Elizabeth Way bridge. I know I surprised you and you didn’t see me coming until the last second. It Read More …
Tires & Mechanicals
A while back the original tires on my road bike were starting to look a little worn, so I replaced them with a nice looking set of Michelin Pro 3 with a red sidewall that matched the bike paint job nicely. Then I started to notice I was getting more flats, a lot more flats. Read More …
Darn you Strava
Once upon a time going for a ride was a simple thing, relaxing, no stress. You could ride easy, go hard, or anything in between. And then there was Strava. Strava has an iPhone app that allows you to track your ride and then upload it to their web site. It also has the concept Read More …
One thing leads to another
I’ve been geocaching for a few years, but lately it’s taken a bit of a back seat unless I’ve got lots of time, or I’m out at the lake. Since we’re out at the lake on vacation for a couple of weeks, I assembled a bit of a list of geocaches that you need a Read More …
Rode with Hincapie
On the weekend club ride, we had a couple of “special” guests. The other special guests were the Woodcock Race team that joined up with us at Lockport. The FOG fast group went off with them to Selkirk, and then from Selkirk to “The Big Bridge” Tim & Don pulled the train at 46-48km/h and Read More …
With a little help from my friends
I thought I knew how to change a flat, and I do, but last Saturday I learned a lot more. I learned how to do it with the help of friends. It was the first official FOG ride of the year and we were about 45 minutes in and just about to turn off Main Read More …
Commuting
This is the first week without the truck and a full 5 days of bicycle commuting. So far I’m not missing the truck too much and with the unusually warm weather it’s not been much of a hardship. In fact, last night I biked home in shorts! Not all the days were easy. On Tuesday, Read More …
Steel Beast Rides Again
Well, pretty soon the truck is going back, and I’ll be making the daily work commute using different forms of transportation. It will either be the bus, or by bike. I’ve made a few test runs on the bus and it seems like it will be quite acceptable. The only thing is I’m not all Read More …