I am a firm believer in resistance training. Hauling kids was an early factor in doing what I do. The weees I got while riding around with the little ones really helped spur me on to faster speeds with them in tow. My street is slightly offset when crossing one road and one time while riding with the kids I sped up to make the light and I got some glorious weees as I made the quick left and then right and I looked back and the trailer was up on one wheel. Ok, maybe faster is not always a good thing.

One factor that has lead me to be doing what I do is that I am divorced and the X would drop off the kids almost every weekend so she could do the things she wanted to do solo. So I asserted my right to have every other weekend off. One thing lead to the other and it was just easer not to be available the whole weekend or at least for a whole day. Once you are out for the day or weekend on bike, gaining mileage is an inevitable result.

I was surprised to hear that NoRacer is near the same age as me (50.) But then again he would probably say the same about me if I was not sporting a grey beard.

Vitamin J: I would love to meet you some time at the Annapolis B&A parking lot and we could do the B&A trail or whatever. I have tried making a case that the State should lower the fee for bikes to cross the Bay Bridge since they saved a ton of money by not accommodating us on the bridge so its only fair that they spend some of that money they saved in ferrying us across (right now it seems that there is not enough traction to get this done.) Currently it’s cheaper to drive down to Easton then it is to bike and since I don’t have a car it means I don’t get there much, but I should be around there during CAM.