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For the first time ever I commute to work in Lancaster by car. I had no choice as I was in court interviewing for the day. So today was full day's work. Nothing to say about that. I came back home by 17:30 chopped a few vegetables for the chili con carne I had in mind. I swapped the wheels and...
I headed to Marple (Near Stockport) for the second audax of the week. The forecast looked bleak so I packed the winter ribble bike and a range of waterproofing clothing items. The journey to Marple was uneventful if a bit slow around the outskirts of Manchester. I arrived with ample time for the...
The whole system that we live in drills into us that we're powerless, that we're weak, that our society is evil, that it's fradulent, and so forth. It's all a big fat lie. We are powerful, beautiful, extraordinary. There is no reason why we cannot understand who we truly are, where we are going....
That's one hilly scenic ride around the pennines and the forest of Bowland. Recommended for the scenery, challenge (if you are as challenged by hills as I am) and good company. Well organised by Don Black under the hospice of Audax UK.
Yes, it was my very first time racing the women's Category 1-2-3 crit. In the Bay Area, as a woman cyclist, easily 1/2 of our races (especially crit's) are combined category 1-2-3. Primarily because there aren't enough of any one category to constitute an entire race to itself. So, I moved up to...
I just loaded my bike in the car and was pleased to note that it's significantly cooler this morning than it has been the past few days. It's significantly cooler because it's going to start raining any minute now. Wonderful. I should have just said weeks ago that I wasn't going to be able to ride...
Velonews has more details on the new Shimano Dura-Ace 7970 electronic shifters. There's enough information there to convince me that this is definitely different. No cables, self adjusting derailleurs, potential for more than a single set of shifters. I'm not going to be jumping on this bandwagon...
The marriage of spandex & velvet is surely the kind of unholy alliance that should be banned.
I have some political objections to Critical Mass (most notably, I've seen the flagrant breaking of traffic laws) but the New York City police department's recent response to the event is just disgusting, and might be enough to make me start riding every month.
I woke up this morning before my alarm and immediately wanted to shut it off and try to go back to sleep until about noon. I recognized that wasn't going to be possible because this is one of my weeks to sweep the course - and I wasn't about to shirk my duty - but such thoughts were nevertheless...
I confess to not quite understanding the point of electronic shifting but Shimano is apparently hitting the market next year. Cables stretch, but are cheap and easy to replace. Perhaps the electronic version will remain snappier for a longer period of time, or perhaps forver. I just don't want my...
I was mentioning the Sunflower Revolution to someone today at work. This is an annual ride to raise money for the Davis Phinney Foundation. It will likely be my next big organized ride of the year. I was sending them the link, and noticed the route was going to be different this year, starting in...
It was a simple after dinner walk down the Oak Street Hill or that is what I thought it would be sadly it got a bit more complex for a bicycle rider and out of town driver. I gave my statement of the facts to the VPD that responded to the scene of the accident. Regardless everyone that rides their...
With stories of bike racks being overfull in communities around the continent, it's nice to see someone trying to do something distinctive. Contest picks best designs for Ballard bike racks By JENNIFER LANGSTON P-I REPORTER Later this year, Ballard cyclists could find themselves parking their bikes...
Learned to sing songs in Croatian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian. The Bulgarian one was crunchiest, harmony-wise, and very challenging. Yum. Learned a new definition to the word "hurtling": The sensation of being on a bike, going downhill at 46.75 kmph towards loose gravel. (See beyond the gravel ......
Been way too long VOX but now I have some good stuff to talk about that has been happening over the past few months. I just today completed the Wish-A-Mile ride. It was a fund raiser for the Make a wish foundation 300 miles in 3 days. Back to Back to Back century rides. I ended up with killer...
Went out to Central Park with Jeff yesterday. Did three loops. It was a lot of fun. I did really well too, up until the very end. That's when I fell. Everything fine. I did great. Could stop and start just fine. Clipping in and out very well. But then at the very end when I was getting off my bike,...
July's Critical Mass ride had the setting of a cool overcast night. Vancouver Cyclists came out in Mass but it was a much smaller Mass then June's 2000 plus riders. Critical Mass is about movement. The Movement of Bicycle wheels across pavement. The Movement of People to the same place at the same...
The Dunwich Dynamo has become quite a classic of the cycling world. Hundreds of cyclists assemble on London Fields / Pub on the Park in Hackney and head to the lost city of Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. The ride is semi-organised by Southwark cyclists and the London School of Cycling. Tim and I rode...
~wife: are you too old to be a domestique? buz: i think so buz: unless you mean french maid. ~wife: well youve got the legs for it ~wife: you decide which
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