your daily bicycle log

NO HANDS ON THE BIKE SMART GUY, TRY IT ON THE ROLLERS AND TAKE PICS PLZ

leg curls are killing me

No cycling for three days because I forgot where I left my bike. Turns out it was outside pub.

CAEK MEET GBX, GBX MEET CAEK!!

BANNED

We are such terrors!

Will I be able to ride in Park City during Sundance or is there too much snow?

Also, snowboarding when drunk: your thoughts?

FIRM BELIEVER IN SNOWBOARDING AFTER A BEER OR 2...ANYMORE, I TEND TO GET CARELESS.

IT'S 52 DEGREES AND WET OUT IN NYC, LOVELY RIDE TODAY!!!

We have a bike misplacement thread, entertain us there w yr musings and losings!

I need a back mud-guard, I got grit down my jeans yesterday from the inch or two of back that wasn't covered. Gross.

where is the bike misplacement thread? I remember it but can't find it.

I can't remember what it's called, we need gbx.

Kind of ironic, if you think about it.

some bandana'd lesbian honked violently at me and called me a faggot while on the willoughby bike lane

bike handling skillz are ++

thanks low-paying job!

22 miles in the freezing cold - my toes are hideously numb, might be time to buy some overshoes

shouder surgery yesterday went ok, no rotator or lig damg. just scraping off arthritic collarbone. no bike but trainer for a while and im not too motivated to do that.

but you did do it

2 hrs on the trainer whilst watching stage 3 of paris-nice 2007

Trainer work yesterday proved that 8 days without riding = a 5% reduction in performance. Sucks.

(oh no i dint xpost).

anyways, there are no usage restrictions on my 4 holed wing. "as pain allows." im like, incredibly able to do things i can actively raise it to near parallel to ground. i could totally ride on it i think. the streets are v icy tho. do i commute on it? do i ride to my postop doc appointment? im on day 4 up in here. what u think iltrmb?

Have spent most of this week cycling to and from work drinks totally hosed.

I have borrowed skiwear for Park City. Cycled home in the goggles tonight. Twilight visibility would have been excellent, but it was like 3am.

Not directly related to my biking but we are mooting a plkan to go and watch the Paris Roubaix in the Trouée d'Arenberg in April. Day trip including a large french dinner.

can i come

arenberg so fucking insane. the streif of the hahnenkahm of road cycling.

A PROMISE: I'm at my dad's house for over a week and I will have some picturesque shots for you guys.

Also, in chicago tomorrow, more riding on the lake.

All can come to the Paris Roubaix.

i dont care how much dope theyre on i wanna see that someday for the sheer spectacle. looking down that long gradual incline with the lion of flanders and other banners streaming out, and down on the cobbles, or in the mud of the siding, total chaos. and then impossibly a very small group of riders exits onto the tarmac. for the rest, carnage, a desperate chase, or just sit up and look for a car.

sorry i have been slacking on the log

mostly gym strength work this week with a couple of easy 1 hr rides in between

today was rainy so 2.5 hrs on the trainer, 3x12 minutes in 53x12 woohoo

it's almost time to post pix of my calves gentlemen

xmas eve day ride in central park 3hrs endurance, this was torture at first but eventually i got into a great tempo

flying down a desolate bike path along an arroyo
slow burbling creek on my left
train tracks and occasional freighter on my right
80 degrees and huffin
back tire blows out
enough to blow the bead out and over the rim
"hello? hi it's Steve. yeah uh... can someone come get me?"

PIX PLZ

guys guys i just went on a tandem for the first time EVER, awesome fun! only like 25 or 30km around country lanes in the dordogne but so ace!

No riding today, but- 20 mins ago in treacherous riding conditions:

me: *walking on v. v. icy/snow sidewalk, crossing over dedicated bus lane as bus approaches. move a foot or so to left to ensure not being hit by bus*

small voice behind me: "on your left" *nearly simultaneous bike crash sound*

me: *look over shoulder, prepare to ask "are you ok?"*

little woman in balaclava on _decked_ Primus Mootry cx rig: *picking self up* "Oh, gee thanks."

me: *dander rising* "was i in your way?"

lwodpmcb: "i said 'on your left'!"

me: "WHAT!? WHY ARE YOU ON THE SIDEWALK? WHY ARE _YOU_ EVEN ON A BIKE? DON'T TRY TO LAY THAT ON ME. nice cross bike tho." *spins on heel, continues walking."

its the most smugly self-righteous ive been in... hours, i was angry and embarrassed at the same time. im sure to her i just looked like some douchebag in a suit.

i visited my pops in south carolina and got to some biking! 12 miles or so, which is just about how long i can go before getting bored.

i started out riding my stepmom's Giant bike, which is sweet, then switched and rode my dad's pedal-backwards-to-brake bike. also my dad fell off his bike once.

next summer will be the summer of biking. so excited you guys.

awesome!

MADISON TO CHICAGO. THINK ABOUT IT.

I got like $150 worth of bike tools for Christmas but except for one cone wrench basically NONE of them will be of use on my cotter-pinned, threaded-freewheel babies. I had to take everything back. The LBS they came from did not have a lock ring wrench, a third hand, cloth bar tape, or anything I needed for sale. ;__;

I realize this is all my fault for having obsolete machines but I can't help that right now.

<3 u

MADISON TO CHICAGO. THINK ABOUT IT.

wow. how long do you think that would take?

its like 150mi right?

that's about right. so maybe 13 - 15 hours or something?

Why are bike lanes on the left in nyc?

one-ways?

driver on left of car, easier to see you

Ugh - haven't touched my bike for 6 days due to social and alcoholic commitments, and now we're forecast freezing winds so there's no chance of me getting out on the open road. Also I have a cold so the trainer isn't likely to get much use either. Kinda pathetic to have lost my bike fitness by the start of January.

First time on bike in month! Desperate bid to get fit again before skiing holiday! Titanic struggle to get out of bed in time for work after over a week off! Only 35 minutes late!

Freezing winds, what, when?!?

Today, in theory! Except the forecast snow hasn't come and it was cold but still this morning.

Bike lane on the left is basically mandatory on bus routes, the bus spends whole time weaving back and forth across where lane would be if on the right.