rydabent

You should have to live in the snow belt like I do. By this time of year I am really getting cabin fever when it comes to biking.

However due to and unusually warm day or two, this after noon I am going for the third ride of the year. I simply do not like to ride if I cant ride in shorts.

Wileyrat

I feel your pain. I can see the wall of heat coming soon here, and getting the remnants of your storms during prime riding season kind of sucks. It's cool rainy and windy here, but in my best Little Orphan Annie voice....The sun will come out tomorrow...

Maybe we'll get a cooler summer to go along with our cooler rainier winter.

OldsCOOL

I doubt it after seeing those Colnago's.

Rick@OCRR

I moved to SoCal (from St. Louis) in '95 to get away from cold winters, excessive rain, etc. The only reason I'm bored now is that I came down with this awful cold/flu thing that's been going around.

Very bad timing. I had to miss a double century I'd been training for. So far this year I've ridden 1,423.32 miles with 69,622 ft. of climbing to train for this double. Some of those miles in cold (for here) and rain.

Still not feeling recovered enough to ride . . . maybe tomorrow. Overcast now but not raining. I hope to be ready for the Spring Solvang double on March 18th. Sickness sucks. Could be worse though, I know.

I will recover to ride again!

Rick / OCRR

MickeyMaguire

Nice collection.

MickeyMaguire

Steve Martin said that he bought a Kindle because it could hold 3200 books. then he filled it. Now, he says he can't lift it.

I am an author and all of my books are available in e-book formats exclusively. I figure I save distribution costs and I am not killing trees.

eja_ bottecchia

Mickey, that's funny about Steve Martin.

I am a "serial reader," usually reading two three books at a time. Right now, in addition to SAPIENS, I am reading Gay Talese's Thy Neighbor's Wife and a biography of Jacque Anquetil. Somehow Talese's novel and the story of Anquetil's sexual escapades (whete did he ever find time to train?) dovetail nicely. Carrying all those books around would be difficult before the advent of e-books.

Mickey, what kind of books do you write? I always like to read stuff from authors that I know (or are acquainted with).

eja_ bottecchia

Rode 45 miles today, cool and windy, but no rain.

I would normally ride in the rain, I have done it before and I love it. But my neurolosurgeon wants me to avoid risky rides...at least for now.

eja_ bottecchia

Thanks.

BobbyG

Sweet!

Rollfast

You'll catch up

Rollfast

I suppose Magnum would have been boring, if he was always trying to fix a Jaguar XJ12 instead of driving a Ferrari.

1Coopgt

This is a joke right? Cabin fever you say. You should move to the north east and try it out some time in the winter . Cold Gray and snowy for 6 months of the year .

eja_ bottecchia

That's why I live in SoCal. I pay high taxes, deal with earthquakes and put up with wacky politicos just so I can ride my bike 360 days a year.

I leave the crappy weather, snow, slush and mold to the rest of you guys.

MickeyMaguire

I have written books on different subjects.

Get Happy, Write Away (positive thinking and motivation)
Ninja Mind Tricks (mental discipline, goal setting, relaxation techniques, connecting with people)
The Art and Craft of Romance (A Gentleman's Guide to Romancing A Lady) how to write love letters and love poems
Fly Tying Secrets of the Pros (the subject is obvious, but it's my claim to fame)
Frame That Shot (take pictures like a professional photographer)
The Thrill of the Hunt (how to craft a resume, interview, get a job)
The Age of Stupidity (now out of print, but, we might do a second edition in the future)

My next project- "Somehow We Manage (why businesses fail)" another obvious subject.

That pretty much sums up the books. I've written so many articles that I lost count years ago. Everything from world trade to religion, cycling, philosophy, and a lot more.

Here is a link to my blog....
Get Happy, Write Away

markwesti

I feel your pain eja good thing you can't feel mine . My new build bike not really adjusted correctly , plus the horn bars aren't helping . I'm using these rain days to.... um, er , feel better about things .

Cyclist0108

We finally got replacement poles and power restored (but no internet ). That lasted less than 6 hours. I drove to work today with a chainsaw and a cyclocross bike in the back of the car, optimistically leaving two dogs in the house...

Fett2oo5

This one? Is Your Mama a Llama?

eja_ bottecchia

Interesting that you are taking a cyclocross bike, just in case. Many years ago, following a rash of earthquakes in So Cal, I bought a folding bike to carry in the trunk of my car "just in case."

Fortunately I changed job, closer to home, and sold the folder. I figured that it would be easier and probably faster to walk/run home.

eja_ bottecchia

What a beauty. I wouldn't take her out on the rain and rish making her a dirty bici.

I figure that it is OK to pay higher taxes and deal with crazy politicians ( and their crazy laws) as the price for living in a cycling paradise, where I can ride 360 days out of the year wearing only bib shorts and a jersey.

Lately, however, I feel as if I am not getting the full benefit of the bargain.

markwesti

Thanks eja , I actually killed a few rain days putting this bike together . Don't worry about the rain , I think we are going to get one more light day and then it won't rain for years .

Wildwood 

@eja_bottecchia, you clean bikes so well, on your next bored day could you come clean mine?

Wildwood 

There is no crappy weather, only inappropriate clothing.

I used to live in Imperial Beach and Newport Beach - just too many humans in you're part of the world. But the bike riding temps near the coast can't be beat.

peterws

Someone told me it never rains in S California . . . . .

eja_ bottecchia

Pay for aif fare for me and one of my bikes and I am there!