( 5:10am )

This video blew my mind. He's hilarious, to start, and talks coherently about cycling in traffic and dealing with cars - and particularly, about those people who choose to holler things out of car windows.

Enjoy.

(Also, bullying.)

So argh128 rode his biggest damn ride thus far this year - and certainly his biggest damn climbing ride ever (at ~7200 feet elevation gain ( Read more... )

It's funny how hobbies affect your life.

I'm watching Battleground, you see.  It's a show about candidates running for state senator of Wisconsin, and much of it is supposed to take place in Madison, Wisconsin.  I figured Madison might be made up as a stand-in for a real city, and didn't really think about it past that point ( Read more... )

I should start this by saying I love ads. I do. I seem to get different messages from them than what the publicity people were probably going for (for example the TV commercial for Tahoe that is so psychedelic - and focused on water - that I feel they're actually saying Don't Drink The Water Here Because It Causes Hallucinations), but I feel that's ( Read more... )

I got a reasonable amount done on campus today.  I rode my bike to the train, too, so I was able to get to/from transit quickly ( Read more... )

It's got beautiful views, the ride leader said.  Well worth the climb.


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Today, I got on the bike for the first time since I sprained my ankle. I'm off and rolling!

( rolling! )

So argh128 is tentatively trying to convince me to do a ride next year.

This ride.  It's like the ALC ride from San Francisco to LA, but in Canada.

The fact that you spend a night in Kingston actually makes it kind of tempting.

I don't really want to do ALC - it's too much, too many days in a row, and I think it's beyond my abilities for at least a few years ( Read more... )

So this weekend is the Sequoia century.  From now until then, I'm committed to doing no training whatsoever of any kind.

( excesses )