I’ve been intrigued by the heart rate information that is captured by my Garmin Edge 305 GPS-enabled cycling computer. I decided to learn more about the various heart rate zones. You can personalize this by finding your own maximum heart rate. A simple method is to take your age and subtract it from 220. The resulting number is your heart’s [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! Just finished a big meal with my parents and my brother’s family here in Dallas, Texas. The weather is absolutely perfect! I should have brought my bicycle! After eating a big meal here today and with yesterday being another bad day of eating…methinks the bicycle and I will have a date on Saturday and Sunday!! Many blessings to [...]

Cars and bicycles can coexist peacefully. That is, if cyclists and motorists follow the rules of the road. This video does an excellent job of covering this topic. Take a couple of minutes and watch it… http://www.bikelib.org/video/index.htm Now, if we could just ensure that every driver watched this video…it might be just enough additional info to make our streets a [...]

Discovered a really neat web site this evening – The Science of Cycling – while browsing the Internet. Here are just a few highlights of what you’ll find: Cycling is the most efficient means of transportation in the world. Period. It beats walking, running, driving, etc. A hundred calories can power an average cyclist three miles while the equivalent of [...]