Biking makes me hungry. My body starts to tune into the fact that it needs to eat, a lot. I have to say no, but then I see chocolate and I start to think, “a little isn’t so bad.” I live in Utah, a desert. This week it has been raining like crazy. The rain…
Category: Cycling
2008 Trek Madone
I am writing Ruby code today and all of a sudden I need a fix for bike porn so I do my usual search for Time bikes, this time the Time VXS which is supposed to be a comfort bike. I end up at VeloGoGo and read about a special VXS built for Tom Boonen….
Logan Canyon
I have never ridden Logan Canyon. I was always to worried about traffic. We tried it today. It is a fun ride. The road follows the river up the canyon and there are plenty of trees that provide brief moments of shade. The ride up hurt a little bit, but on several sections we managed…
Want to lose weight?
I like how the title sounds so very spam like. I have lost 25 lbs since I started biking. 10 lbs in the past 2 months. So if you want to know my secret pay close attention: GET OFF YOUR FAT BUTT AND STOP EATING CRAPPY FOOD. That is yours for only $19.95 plus shipping…
More on my bike dilema
Bicycle ride quality is hard to describe, but is easy to feel when you are on a bike. With all the bikes I have ridden in the past few months I have made sure to include a couple of common riding challenges/issues. I made sure to hit pot holes. The roads around here have plenty…
I love Calfee, Strong, and Time bikes
I have been seriously investing a new road bike for a few months now. By serious I mean visiting a lot of bike shops, reading every forum I can find and posting questions to some very friendly communities. I have read up on as many manufacturers and their supply chains as possible. I can tell…
Rails Conf Day One Impressions
I ended up with a major migraine yesterday towards the end of David Black’s talk so I didn’t get a chance to finish up the post. Don’t worry I probably won’t. My overall impression of the pre conference tutorials was that they were aimed at beginning users. If you have background in any of the…
Diet
I haven’t been riding in about a month which really sucks because I am gaining back weight. The trainer is almost setup though – have to make space in the basement – so I hope to be back on the bike soon. In the mean time I have been thinking about diet and about ever…
More riding and I feel like crap
I had the chance to ride Smithfield canyon after work. Riding in the fall is interesting. The weather is warm and then cold so dressing correctly is difficult. The canyon is beautiful and a fun ride. As the leaves turn it should only get better. The bad news is that I now feel like crap…
Tired… again
Last week I rode around Bear Lake – 52 miles. The next day it was up BlackSmith Fork canyon – 27 miles. Stupid wasp hit me in the lip on the way back and stung me. My mouth swoll to the size of a small apricot in a matter of minutes. Stupid wasps. This time…