Author: fastk9dad

  • A climbing we will go!

    And climbing we did. We had great weather for Saturdays group ride. It was low 60’s all day with very little wind. I was dressed in shorts, cycling shirt, arm warmers and a wind vest to start. Total distance was just shy of 34 miles with lots of climbing! Ride with GPS (which the group…

  • Batten down the hatches!

    Apparently it’s monsoon season here in the Northeast. After some nasty storms, below average temps, wind that would knock you off your feet, record rain fall and localized flooding I think it has finally come to an end. It’s seasonably warm out, no rain but a lot of fog! Hopefully that all burns off and the…

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    Weekend Wasteland

    Unfortunately, thanks to a couple of overnight work shifts, not much riding was done this weekend. I did manage to squeak out ~12 miles yesterday morning. I planned to ride longer but it was cold, windy and miserable so I packed it in a little early. Had I not gotten home at 4am and slept…

  • Bibs v. Shorts

    I remember back in the early 90’s when I bought my first pair of cycling shorts. I was riding more and more and realized that for any distance over a few miles I needed to cushion the bottom side. At that time about the only store local to me that carried anything like that was…