Today marks my return to the local Tuesday night “beat your head against the ground” lung burner we like to call a “group ride.” This one runs out of Penny Rd Pub in Barrington….because it can. This is where I show up, get kitted up, shoot the crap with a few guys, make jokes about …
Hrmpgh. I got up at 5 to do the commute in to work. The Fox River Trail is what I use for the majority of the ride. The total commute is 50-ish miles round trip. Well they decided to repave about 4 miles of the trail this year and decided to do so during the …
The century we rode yesterday was a good one. We rode a bit faster than I had imagined we would. Not a record breaker, but faster than planned. It was kind of weird. Every time we mentioned something remotely superstitious in nature…karma would come around and bit us in the butt. Some comment on how …
I’m trying to organize a century for tomorrow morning. Finally threw down the map: Alternate Local Solo CenturyFind more Bike Rides in Elgin, Illinois
I wrote a long ride report over on Bike Forums about the Horribly Hilly Hundreds ride I did last weekend. While combing through other reports I noticed CyLowe’s pictures just don’t show up at work (blocked by the firewall) so I took it upon myself to proxy over and save copies of everything on my …
Wheel building can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. There really aren’t a lot of really good resources for specific technical questions or aspects of building. I am too lazy to accurately model the stuff in a CAD program…although at some point I will need to, but that’s top secret. So you end …
I figured it was time to foray into the blog world. Quite a few friends do it…so why not me. This same rationale has led to various other poor decisions over the years as well…. meh. In general this will be my attempt for a stream of conciousness outside of my normal venues. It will …
