Nov bike log: 200 ( Read more... )

Oct bike log: 175 miles ( Read more... )

Bike log for Sept: 150 miles ( Read more... )

Bike log for August: 225 miles ( Read more... )

Today I rode Pedal Pittsburgh's city tour. My goal was to ride the 100km (62mi) route for the first time ever. My second goal was to finish in time to hang out and get some beer at the finish line festival. My tertiary goal was to fail competently, with a smart bail plan. I succeeded at one of these ( Read more... )

Bike log for July: 125 miles ( Read more... )

Bike log for June (first entry): 202 miles ( Read more... )

It's spring now, and that means that I can say that I succeeded in riding my bike through all of winter for the first time. Yay me!

This was greatly aided by primarily three factors that I can think of:

1. Acquiring Bar Mitts for my bike. My biggest problem in years past is frozen fingers below about 30F, despite trying many, many options of ( Read more... )

This week, having finished projects, costumes, college application, and the time of daylight saving, I briefly reached a point of feeling Caught Up On Life. It was glorious. Ways I used up my fleeting free time included:


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It's definitely fall. Leaves are turning, rain is more frequent, temperatures are dropping, days are dimming, college applications are starting to be due.

I'm extremely happy to be finished with the Sidewalk Project; I have plenty of other things to spend my time on.  I did the first apple sweep in a long time, after ignoring them for about a month ( Read more... )