Apparently Marcus didn't know the extent of my riding the BGT to get home.

Marcus says: where does BGT go up to?
Bike Ninja says: uh... it ends over in Ballard. Where Fred Meyer is.
Bike Ninja says: I don't go the entire way though.
Marcus says: hang on how does BGT get you over the lake
Bike Ninja says: it doesn't. It goes AROUND the lake ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometresJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch906 mi1458 km

YTD: 2252.14 mi (3 624.47 km)
Equivalent distance: Perth, WA to Yass, NSW.

MonthMilesKilometresJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch767 mi1235 km

That's exactly what some San Francisco citizens did.

New bike lanes and bike racks could come to San Francisco streets as early as July, ending a court-imposed ban on bicycle improvement projects in the city, officials said Monday ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch540 mi869 kmOn Thursday I set a new PB for riding down the Burke Gilman Trail to home - 1 hour, 35 minutes and 48 seconds to cover 29.48 mi of ground, for an average speed of 18.46 mph, or 47.43 km averaging 29.71 km/h ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch457 mi736 kmI discovered earlier today that my weekly riding, both in terms of speed and distance, is up near the professional cycling level during the off peak season. Given those guys do nothing but ride and ride lightweight $5,000+ racing bikes instead of heavy steel touring bikes ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch287 mi462 km


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MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmMarch190 mi307 km

This weekend... did not go as planned. Saturday started out ok, with brunch at Anita's starting at 10. In compliance with my "bike to brunch" rule (where I can only go to brunch if I bicycle there - mainly because brunch is usually so terribly unhealthy), I started ( Read more... )

MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary742 mi1194 kmTotal1346.4 mi2167 km

REI's dividends apparently hit the registers today. I'm looking forward to getting a bicycle repair stand more than anything else.

MonthMilesKilometersJanuary604 mi972 kmFebruary734 mi1181 km

Some things I forgot to mention about the Chilly Hilly.

• People got shot while riding around Bainbridge by two teenagers with bb guns. They caught the little fuckers but I doubt anything will come from it since no one was seriously injured.
  
• There was a guy riding around with a paper ( Read more... )

Saturday
( Snowboarding at Crystal (awesome photos) )