Fixed gear

Over the weekend, the New York Times had a cool little multimedia story about the allures of the fixed gear bike.
Enjoy.

Click the photo to visit the NYTimes story.
Find your edge and dance upon it.
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Freaky deaky news on bike helmets

I did a double-take when I saw this headline over at Scientific American: Strange but True: Helmets Attract Cars to Cyclists
Zoinks!
Turns out this British researcher strapped on some sensors and rode throughout England while wearing a helmet, no helmet, and a long wig. Some fascinating and eerie results.
While I agree that a bicycle helmet probably [...]

Random Thoughts…

It’s Friday and rather than write another essay, I’ll just drop a few rabbit pellets of information I”ve gleamed from the past week of my humble life:

A big e-Thank You to Shelli Stein over at Joy in Movement for offering a few nuggets of great advice on running technique. She saw my “full sprint” photo [...]

Bike racing season put on hold

Well, it looks like my bike reason season will end before it got started.
I’m not giving up mind you. Oh no.
There are two major obstacles I have to surmount before I can enter a road race:

Time
I have not been able to get enough saddle time to even be remotely competitive. Once school starts up in [...]

Meet my Tuesday Night Crit nemesis

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted. I had to fly out of town on business on Wednesday and was out of touch with the Internet world for most of the day.
Tuesday’s crit definitely felt better than my first crit the week before. Although my average speed was .7 m.p.h. slower, I felt like [...]

Gear Review: Muscle Milk ‘n Oats

Having a healthy and protein-rich afternoon snack on hand has always been a challenge for me. And after choking down a cup of Muscle Milk ‘n Oats, I’m not any closer to finding that ideal meal.

I’ve seen this high-protein oatmeal at the gym and for $2.75, I figured I’d give it a try today.
It tastes [...]

Gear Review: Muscle Milk ‘n Oats

Having a healthy and protein-rich afternoon snack on hand has always been a challenge for me. And after choking down a cup of Muscle Milk ‘n Oats, I’m not any closer to finding that ideal meal.

I’ve seen this high-protein oatmeal at the gym and for $2.75, I figured I’d give it a try today.
It tastes [...]

Tuesday Night Crit in pictures

For those of you who are into the charts, here’s my Polar chart from last night’s Tuesday Night Crit. It’s pretty easy to see each loop and the spike in my HR when I attempted to grab a tire on the rear of the peloton.

Click on the image to see a larger version.
Find your edge [...]

Tuesday Night Crit

Last night was my first go-around with the local roadies during their Tuesday Night Crit series. I was expecting to be thoroughly spanked, and I was. However, I had one hell of a good time.
The course is a 1.7-mile loop (marked in yellow below) that has a slight incline on the east and south legs [...]

The dog days of pre-season racing

Man, coming out of a base season I feel like I never really started is rough. My motivation level throughout March was low and three weeks out from my first sprint triathlon of the season, I’m still not as fired up as I should be to get out and train.
Over the years, I’ve come to [...]