Category: Cycling
-
What I’ve been up to
It’s been a hectic week and a half here! I owe some serious updates… RunningI picked up a pair of new shoes at Potomac River Running. I went there because I wasn’t too pleased with the service I had received last time at Footsteps, where I had gone ever since I began running in high school. PRR has a nifty gait analysis system set…
-
Mountain Bike Maniac
As an avid mountain biker (who didn’t go out once this year due to broken stuff), I have a silly amount of respect for this guy. He can hop a good 2 feet; I can hop maybe 6 inches when standing still.
-
The S won’t be sitting as long as I expected…
Rather than tell everyone individually, this is probably the best forum to share my day. The day starts off normally; I have a great ride to work, morning meeting, get some work done, and then it is time to head to a going-away lunch. I hop on the bike, head out on to Route 7 and find myself following a coworker in his MR2…
-
F’ing Dnorm, wrong.
So Dnorm tells me today that according to our friend (an accountant) that it is more risky for life insurance companies to insure a bike rider than a smoker. Being the skeptic that I am, I do some research… 53,300,000 smokers in America400,000 die from smoking related junk in America per year53,300,000 / 400,000 = 1 in 133 smokers will die this year 3,500,000…
-
Got my gear!
Drove the hour from Sterling to Falls Church on Route 7 after work today to get to Coleman Powersports just before they closed at 7 and picked up some riding gear! Jacket, but in black Gloves Helmet
-
Shopping Mall Scam
Just wanted you all to be aware that this is going on… Two good looking 18 year old women come to your car as you are getting into it. One starts wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, the other comes to your window saying “Hi,” while bending over with her breasts almost coming out of her blouse, impossible not to look, when…