Category: General

So, I broke down and bought a Garmin Edge 705 GPS.  My thoughts follow: THE GOOD: It tracks a lot of information…up to 16 different items are instantly viewable with a single button push. For instance: Speed, Average Speed, Max. Speed, Elevation, Elevation Gain, Percent of Grade you are...

Leading group rides and sharing the pull....

There is an article in today’s Wall Street Journal (March 30, 2010) on the last page of Personal Journal.  The title is  “Cycling’s  Mystery Man Shows His Face”  It is about the blogger bike snob, whose site link is also added to the links section at the left of...

paying to volunteer for a bicycling event...

For me, early November is the end of my season.  The weather gets raw and my excitement level wans until March. This year, however, Susan and I took some breaks during the season…a vacation out west, some weeks where we only rode once or twice, etc.  So, while I...

There is something surreal about bicycling in The Grand Tetons. Regardless of which way you ride, there is open prairie on one side and the majestic peaks of the Tetons on the other. Susan and I had an opportunity to ride through this landscape. As with the Mickelson Trail...

My final blog on riding out west — Grand Tetons — will have to wait until next time. There are 15 minutes of fame for some people. On a bike, however, it is often more like 30 seconds of fame. In a good riding season, however, that is coupled...

Are you paranoid about any new rider in your group? Do you fully expect the unknown or unsafe rider in your group to do something dumb? Do you consciously avoid riding near certain people, even people you may like, when they are on a bicycle? If you answered yes...

A flat tire fix should be just that. But sometimes it becomes a project. The scenario: My wife, her brother and his wife wanted to go to a huge plant store. For me this rates slightly above watching re runs of Mr. Rogers. With a free hour to two...

What a crappy weather system we have been having in the NY metro area this spring. Repeated emails to the weather bureau have not produced results.  Requests for a refund or redo have been ignored. I protest. Even today, it was cloudy, but the weather forecast was for...