Category: Biking

I’m surprised but glad.  Unless one is doing something like mountain biking, bike helmets don’t protect.  They aren’t even designed to protect against the most common form of bike injury.  I don’t wear one.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/no-helmets-required-bike-share-busy-nyc-0

Looks interesting….

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2013/6/24/4461530/another-little-ride-through-west-virginia-hilly-billy-roubaix-2013

It’s all about performance:

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If that is true, have a look at this:

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Dist: 29.75 km
Ride Time: 1 h 16 min 35 sec
Avg. Speed: 23.6 kmph
Feb. Dist: 67.91 km
Total Dist: 343 km
Total Time: 19 hr  28 min

Not too much better than yesterday’s ride.  But, this was uphill.  45 min out 10 back.  I froze on the way down.  Here are the stats:

Dist: 14.71 km
Ride Time: 58 min 14 sec
Avg. Speed: 15.3 kmph
Feb. Dist: 38.16 km
Total Dist: 313 km
Total Time: 18 hr 12 min

[Update 2012-12-26 15:50:42] The internal link was broken.  I redid it.

Well, I went on my first bike ride of 2009 today.  Wow.  It was horrible.  Here are the stats (sorry…my computer only does metric):

Dist: 23.45 km
Ride Time: 1 h 3 min 38 sec
Avg. Speed: 22.3 kmph
Feb. Dist: 23.45 km
Total Dist: 298 km
Total Time: 17 hr 13 min

Doing some more math, I barely averaged 13 mph.  ARG! I know, I haven’t ridden since Septemberish and have eaten poorly (I’ve gained 10 kg from my low after we arrived).  My goal is to get back in shape (where I was 1.5 years ago) and loose some weight (I’d like to weigh between 90 and 95 kg).

Lance is back.  This is an update on these two posts.

[Update 2012-12-26 15:51:47] I had to redo some internal links.

[Update 2013-01-18 06:58:05] Lance has admitted to doping.

photo by eugene

 

 

More on this post where I talk about Lance returning to cycling.

Can Lance be stopped?
Lance is taking a chance.
His old boss wants him back.

Oh, and by the way, Landis is making a return too.

[Update 01-21-2009 09:27:08] More information can be found here.

[Update 2013-01-18 06:58:05] Lance has admitted to doping.

Is Lance going to return to Cycling

[Update 09-11-2008 19:26:49] There are more stories out.  Go here for a summary.

[Update 01-21-2009 09:27:08] More information can be found here.

[Update 2013-01-18 06:58:05] Lance has admitted to doping.

I wanted to share this with everyone (as well as remember it for myself).  here are some pictures of a guy who rode his bike from FL to AK!