Ouch!
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Me falled over on me bike yesterday. Went around a corner and the bike slipped out from under me. Unbeknownst to me, my front tire was going flat. It didn’t want to go around the corner. It thought going straight … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Aarrgghh!
Cleaned my bike the other day. Then I used Pledge furniture polish to get the frame sparkling again. (A good trick by the way, if you didn’t know it.) I tried hard not to look too closely at my back wheel. … Continue reading
Squirrels in a cage
That’s the way it feels sometimes, out on the weekly training rides. Same roads, up and down, out and back, over and over. It’s like we’re squirrels in a cage. There are reasons for this, of course. Those roads that we train … Continue reading
Gearly beloved
Me on my Schwinn Stingray, circa 1970, with its 3-speed internal hub, (which can’t be seen.) What I was doing with those mustard weeds stuffed on my bike, I have no idea. My first bike was a Schwinn Stingray — … Continue reading
Magical days
I ride about four or five days a week. Of those days, two of them are usually designated as ”hard” rides — group training rides where I work on strength and speed. While these training rides are mostly fun, I don’t particularly enjoy the sprint … Continue reading