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Mostly cycling on old steel bikes. 8230;well I have been a very. Good boy this year. Any chance? This is the specially made Jaguar F-Type time trial support car used by Team Sky when they were sponsored by Jaguar). December 24, 2016. Firing on all cylinders →. 3 thoughts on “ Dear Santa…. December 24, 2016 at 10:07 pm. That’d be a heck of a Christmas present right there! December 24, 2016 at 10:22 pm. Liked by 1 person. January 3, 2017 at 9:49 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.

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Frivolous Cycling: December 2016

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Distance, not speed. Friday, December 30, 2016. Being a somewhat acquisitive sort, I am always looking for a new bike to add to my hypothetical stable. Lately, though, it's been the process more than the goal; I'm riding all sorts of bikes. And I had settled.no, almost. Settled on a drop bar road bike. But then I rode here:. Or I'll go crazy trying to come to a decision. I'll let you know. Thursday, December 29, 2016. My (almost) year of biking. But there have been other benefits for me. I watch less...

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Frivolous Cycling: About

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Distance, not speed. In February of 2016, I ended a thirty-five year moratorium on exercise. I did this by buying a bicycle. Like many new bicyclists, I overdid it and in August of 2016, I pulled some muscle group (at least that's what the consensus was) and was unable to get on the bike again until September 2016. And maybe I'm not. In any case, it's not important. I have two goals in biking:. Get where I'm going. Good enough for me. If you want to contact me: dablog(at)sonic(dot)net. Rivendell's Clemen...

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Frivolous Cycling: November 2016

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Distance, not speed. Wednesday, November 23, 2016. In the United States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. One of the traditions of Thanksgiving, at least in my family, was to go from person to person at the dinner table and have everyone say what they're thankful for. So: I'm thankful that I have a bike, and that I'm physically well enough to ride. That's only one thing I'm thankful for, but.well, this is a biking blog, right? I'm also thankful that places like this are within riding distance of my house:.

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Frivolous Cycling: My (almost) year of biking

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Distance, not speed. Thursday, December 29, 2016. My (almost) year of biking. But there have been other benefits for me. I watch less television. This is partly because it's impossible to watch television when you're outside and traveling between ten and fifteen miles an hour. But it's also because I don't need the television to relax; I'm already relaxed after a bike ride. Bicycling has also given me goals. Granted, these goals are largely related to bicycling, but then, what would you expect? And the b...

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Frivolous Cycling: Christmas ride

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Distance, not speed. Monday, December 26, 2016. These are a couple of photos I took on my Christmas morning ride. Christmas in California. I moved here from the Midwest thirty-nine years ago. While I sometimes think I would like the challenge of riding a fat bike in the snow, that's not enough to make me return to the Midwest. And an abstract piece of bike art. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel. No Time for Old Bike Commuters. It's ALL An Adventure. What is Bicycle Advocacy.

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Frivolous Cycling: New Year's Day ride etc.

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Distance, not speed. Sunday, January 1, 2017. New Year's Day ride etc. In her post "2016 Rewind". Talks about some of the firsts that she's achieved in the last year. And, as I'm sure most people who read the piece did, I started wondering about how many firsts I've had the first year. And now, my first first of the new year: two blog posts in two days! Ok, it's not a big accomplishment. In my twit feed this morning, I found a short sentence from @bikesnobnyc. It's the story of her world tour by bicycle&...

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Frivolous Cycling: Bike by Nerd

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Distance, not speed. Thursday, January 5, 2017. One of the first things neophyte bikers hear from real cyclists is "remove that pie plate! You know, of course, what the pie plate is: that plastic piece between the cassette and the spokes. It's more properly called a spoke protector. Does it serve a purpose? Sure it does; it protects your spokes. I'm not sure what it protects them from. Aliens? The chain breaking and getting tangled in the spokes? My guess is the last. What else needs to be removed? Janua...

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Frivolous Cycling: double lament

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Distance, not speed. Saturday, November 12, 2016. Grant Petersen, owner of Rivendell Bicycle, has often expressed the idea that "racing culture" is taking the fun out of bicycle riding. That many cyclists, adopting racers as role models, bring an intensity and an attitude to riding that turns every ride into a competition. And Mr. Racer, I can pretty much assure you that the families on the multi-use path that you travel at 30 mph are not there to race you. Or even to see you race. I believe that another...

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Frivolous Cycling: New Year's Eve rehab ride

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Distance, not speed. Sunday, January 1, 2017. New Year's Eve rehab ride. Yesterday I rode thirty-one miles in semi-inclement weather. For those of you not in California, that means the temperature dipped below forty at some points. The low temperature was partly because of the wind - for about two-thirds of the ride, I was struggling against a headwind. Yesterday's weather. Overcast and cold one second, sunny and slightly less cold the next. I replied, "Huh? He noted that I was wearing a bicycle helmet b...