December has arrived. Yesterday I looked at my Strava cycling data for November and was aghast! (yes, truly “aghast”! Both shocked and horrified. I don’t even want to tell you the number of rides or total miles, it is terrible. First, my defense. I traveled two full weeks in November and fought off one head… [Read More]
Sprinting from a flat
After my week long eating binge (otherwise known as “Thanksgiving week at my Mom’s”) I returned home NEEDING to put some miles on my bike. The long riding pants/bibs and jersey that I had ordered from China (long ago) had arrived and I was excited to give them a try. However; I had caught a… [Read More]
I’m a WINNER!
Yes, I won! It doesn’t happen all that often so I have to relish it. Relish….relish…..relish….relish… Ah, it is so wonderful!! So, what did I win? Well, it starts with Elden over on FatCyclist.com. He challenged the great Levi Leipheimer to a bicycle race at Levi’s Gran Fondo. You gotta read the details over on… [Read More]
Winter Woes
The last month has been very hard on my cycling, mountain biking, and general excercise/fitness plan. My desire work out has been high but everything, it seems, has conspired against me. 🙁 First, the loss of daylight really put a damper on things. It was easy to ride for an hour or two before work. … [Read More]
New Bike!
About a month ago, I decided that it was time for a new bicycle. My existing bike (Schwinn Impact Pro) was very old (25 years??). It was still working great and the steel frame was plenty stout. The problem that I was having was that it was so old that upgrading components was very hard…. [Read More]
Review: Shimano PD-M424 Pedal
The issue: Firstly, my cheapo pedals were falling apart. Secondly, I was finding toe clips to be less than ideal on mountain trails. Pedals are one of the many bicycle components that everyone has an opinion about and it seems no two people agree – ok, there aren’t that many options. I really wanted to try… [Read More]
Cycling or Rock Climbing?
The Socorro, NM website has several really neat looking mountain bike trails listed on their site. The site isn’t the most intuitive to navigate but it does work once you get used to it. I’ve been very interested in riding the “Barite Mine and Box Canyon” trail and I recently flew over it to get… [Read More]
Clipless
I did it! I went clipless! I’ve been using toe clips and they have worked just fine for me. They are cheap and simple. For the type of riding that I did – they worked fine. However; for the type of riding that I do now – they weren’t all that great. I mentioned this… [Read More]
Me-Own Backcountry Flight/Ride
This past weekend I had the opportunity to combine flying and cycling – it was great fun! The plan was to land at the Me-Own backcountry airstrip (1NM0) and then ride our bikes to the nearby Black Canyon campground and creek. We simply wanted to do a bit of exploring. The obvious problem with this… [Read More]
El Malpais Ride
What an amazing site. I’ve seen the lava flows from the air but up close and personal, they look very different. The National Park Service website describes the area as follows… “The primeval black basalt terrain of El Malpais was created by volcanic forces over the past million years. Molten lava spread out over the… [Read More]
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