Got home a while ago from a beautiful 18.45 mile ride (with Strava enabled on my phone) to try it out. Excellent smartphone app!!!


Here's the proof from Strava:



Here's my old LG smartphone from Verizon clipped into a holder that I fastened down onto the steering stem:



Lastly, my wife just took this photo of me in the backyard, as I just was going to park the bike by our outdoor patio:
(Sorry... No "kit" for me. I'm proud to be "old school" and/or viewed as a Fred. I just wear what I wear... Black surfer shorts,
lightweight sports shirt (from Richmond's 8K (5 mile) section of the Marathon that I ran a few years ago), and of course,
a yellow safety vest, as I don't want to end up as another statistic in the news!)

Last night, a great timed speed run to the greenway then a long loop up north to return. There's one hill that's just too steep (some day, maybe, but not yet) and I carried up that. 70F, evening into dusk, shorts and t-shirt, super nice.

I hope that was as awesome as it sounds. You can see your route from space!

I got out Saturday morning as the sun came up, 48*, 20.5 miles, and I about died. Not literally, but I massively bonked. Last year due to a couple of nagging medical issues, I only logged less than 700 miles in comparison to a seasonal average of near 2500 miles. The last of those rides before yesterday, were back in December @ 18 mi., and October @ 38 mi.
The last 3 miles were tough to keep moving and when I got back to my vehicle, I nearly passed out. Lucky for me I had a Clif Bar in the truck, it and 10 minutes later, I was able to drive away.

Moral to the story, don't push so hard until I get some base miles behind me.

29 mile club ride this afternoon on the tandem with my stoker. Day7 of #30daysofbiking . Warmish and a bit windy but dry.

DNF !! First hundred non stop just under 5 hours and it pert near killed me. After stop things started going down hill. Temps went up and so did humidity while power delivery from legs went down. 167+ was actual ride with me turning in at 164 miles.

Very nice 23 mile solo ride from home and back this afternoon on Day 8 of #30daysofbiking .

Beautiful weather for once this morning. mid to upper 60's. No wind. Sun was out.

IMG_7480 by 2cam16, on Flickr

I got in 65 minutes on a 80 degree, but very windy day. What is strange is the wind is out of the north and warm. Usually the northerly winds are cold.
My tires are still turning green from all the pollen in the air.

Back in the land of MANY cars and few safe cycling roads. Going to be a real challenge find safe roads for serious long distance rides. 37 mi yesterday and ended up 10 mile from home with no safe way to get there. Had to call the Mrs.

Participating in the Society of Three-Speeds' Adventure April.

Up in the hills this morning sessioning some dh segments on my mtb.

Had hardly ridden my RANS V-Rex, which had been primary commuter bike, since last day of work 12/28/18 so spent some time today cleaning, lubing, pumping, etc., then out for a thirteen mile ride with one hill. Day10 of #30daysofbiking .

Nice !! Especially the wheels !!!!

Couple of rides so far this week on new-to-me late 1990s Trek 5900. 25 casual miles with friend for dinner Monday, 33 hard workout miles Wednesday with 20+ mph head and tail winds. I'm liking this bike. Doesn't really feel much different from my Centurion Ironman until climbs, then the lighter weight makes a difference. Just needs a few more adjustments to make my knees happy.

Finally back on training schedule. Long ride one day trainer next day. 15 mi @ 14 mph on trainer.

Got in 60 minutes on an extremely windy day. Looks like storms are in the near future forecast.

Just cold and way too windy morning ride. There are just some rides that aren't that fun and this was one of them.

Three rides in three straight days. Got in another 60 minutes today before the rain is supposed to arrive.
It was the maiden voyage of my shiny new Trek FX3 in Viper Red. Love it!.

I would have but my bike broke

20 miles on the first real ride of the year, and plenty of hills.

Today on Day 13 of #30daysofbiking we rode 39 tandem miles on a club ride starting in Pendleton, IN. Mostly very rural and pretty danged flat. Not complaining.