When I was in first grade, my parents bought me my first bicycle and gave it to me for Christmas. I remember being so excited that I could hardly even sit still. Up until then, I had been riding around on my sister’s bike and I felt pretty silly about it. The first thing I [...]
Archive for December, 2009
I bought my road bike yesterday. I hadn’t really intended to buy one so quickly. I left the house yesterday with the intent of hitting the various shops, riding some bikes, and thinking. I’m an impulse buyer though, so I should have known I was doomed before I left the house. I can’t tell you [...]
Several weeks back, when I was first starting to talk to my father about going home for Christmas, I mentioned to him that I had started cycling. Unlike everyone else in my family (and most of my friends), he didn’t give me the “Have you lost your mind?” speech. Instead, he started getting excited and [...]
I’m a little disappointed at how things have gone so far. I started making plans for how I was going to do this Christmas weeks ago. So far, they have all pretty much bombed out. That’s the way things go though. My original plan, since I had to work yesterday, was to work most of [...]
I asked my co-worker riding buddy yesterday how often I should lube my bike chain and how frequently I should take the bike in for routine maintenance. He asked me, “Why take it in? Why not learn to do it yourself?” The honest to god truth is that me and tools do not get along. [...]
This won’t have anything to do with cycling, fitness, or anything else probably that anyone will be interested in, so feel free to skip reading if you wish. I was simply assaulted by memories and emotions this evening and have felt like a caged animal. I’ve been looking for some way to get this pent [...]
I hate being trapped inside… especially when things are as dead as they are right now. Ninety percent or better of my office is on vacation until the first of the year. Since my job is to support them, them being out means that I literally have nothing to do. We are all pretty much [...]
As I have slowly purchased my cycling supplies, I have continually avoided the issue of buying clipless pedals and cleats. Why, I’m not exactly sure. It isn’t that I don’t want to go clipless… I simply haven’t done it yet. On more than one occasion, this delay has annoyed me to no end. I find [...]
My Personal Holiday Challenge
Posted: December 18, 2009 in Biking, Exercise, Fitness, Food, General FitnessI’ve been a bit frustrated lately. The whole atmosphere surrounding my frustration is kind of silly when I step back and look at the bigger picture, but stepping back has never been easy for me. I’m frustrated because my fitness isn’t coming along as quickly as I want it to. I’m frustrated because I’m [...]
When I was checking out my normal morning news sites this morning, I saw a story that most news agencies treated as kind of a footnote. I don’t pretend to understand the implications or the scientific ramifications, but any step forward is a good step forward. As cancer research and treatment is something near and [...]
