Shop talk: Building a Wheelset
A number years ago, I took it upon myself to learn how to true and build wheels. It was very interesting and turned out to be lots of fun. Plus, wheel building and maintenance skills come in handy every once in a while. Over the years, I have learned quite a bit about wheel building [...]
Read moreBeverly Gran Prix 2010 – race (crash) report
I was looking forward to racing Beverly after the Tour of the Catskills the weekend before. I had really struggled with fitness at Catskills following a month of doing nothing after being mis-diagnozed with a hernia in June. But now I was confident I had enough racing in my legs to be competitive and was [...]
Read moreAutour du Luberon
I just returned from a ten day vacation in France. Most of the trip was spent in Provence; with a few days tagged on the end in Paris. This was not a pack-up-your-bike-and-climb-the-Pyrenees sort of vacation, but rather a sight-see-with-your-family-eat-lots-of-fromage-drink-lots-of-wine vacation. While staying in Provence, I found a day where I could tell my fellow [...]
Read moreLake Sunapee Bike Race 2010 – CAT 4
The course – http://www.bownet.org/cnaimie/ssw/LSBR/LSBR.htm The good news – I did not get dropped, which is what happened last year in the early stages of the 2nd lap. I actually felt pretty confident on the hills. I was passing people who were clearly stronger than me on the flats and not getting dropped from the leaders [...]
Read moreRidin’ for charity
For the last 8 years, I’ve done the MS tour the Vineyard Charity Ride at the southern end of the state, Martha’s Vineyard. (My mom has MS so I do it for her). The last two years were cold (50F) with rain but today was absolutely perfect. It was warm (70F), not a cloud in the [...]
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