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I dropped by my favorite bike shop yesterday, and found myself a stranger in a strange land. The retail/shop space reconfigured and unfamiliar faces behind the shop.
Felt weird. The only guy I recognized was the guy who I gave my money too. I asked him where the hell everyone else had gone, and […]

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It so happens that today’s Tour of California stage is the individual time trial (ITT) (not to be confused with indoor time trial).
The length of this ITT is 14.5 miles, which is roughly the length of my winter commute (in the winter months I drive a couple miles to the trail so it cuts a […]

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Given the weather lately, and I had a round of sickness, and taking some time off at the end of the year since I reached the mileage goal (I know, all of these *excuses*).
Anyway, today was the first time in awhile where I’ve done a round trip bike commute. 30.4 miles.
I arrived at home feeling […]

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There was an article in the latest CycleU newsletter that talked about New Years resolutions. To take it out of that context though, I thought it seemed fairly reasonable for multiple things (regarding decision making). Most relevant to me is how this could apply to being more of a bike racer.
Here it […]

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Something I’ve been doing the past couple of winters are doing the Indoor Time Trials at CycleU. If you know me, this is of course nothing new.
Even more so it shouldn’t be new that I’ve signed up for every other Tuesday now through March.
What *is* new however was the stupid idea […]

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Note: I was going through my unpublished posts, and came across this from the time trial I did back in November. I’m not sure why I didn’t publish it then, but given that I’m just about to post another ITT thing, this seems a bit appropriate given that there are similar undertones happening […]

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Well, another season of cyclocross is over, my third to be precise. I decided to stick with the category 4 because honestly I haven’t put in the effort to move up.
A good friend recently commented that they found that hard to believe, especially given all of the riding I have done […]

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It was one of those mornings. Two weeks since I’ve actually been on the bike (that wasn’t attached to a trainer).
As a welcome back gift, I noticed the white caps approaching me as I looked south at log boom park. Nothing like a great headwind to get back into the swing of […]

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Today was just one of those weird days.
My first encounter was coming up Boat street from getting some cheapo normal/flat pedals for the cross bike so some family visiting could take it for a spin. I was jamming up (and really probably going too fast ) and was taking a left […]

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If you ever wanted a way to eat whatever you wanted, just spend 6-8 hours on the bike.
via The Boston Globe
This is what chef Gisbert Kunz typically feeds Tour de France riders:
Breakfast
8.8 ounces (dry measure) rice or pasta
4 ounces muesli
4.4 ounce carton of yogurt or fromage blanc
1 to 2 slices whole grain bread
Homemade marmalade
Omelet made […]

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