33 miles. A new milestone for my wife in her self-proclaimed quest to build a fitter geek. Our ride took us along quiet country roads with farmland as far as the eye could see. The sound of silence during water breaks was inspiring. It would have been easy to find a fence post to lean the bikes against and sit [...]
Trek Valencia Experience : Ride #10 (of 10)Ride Type: Moderate commuteDistance: 8.6 miles This will be my last, formal, “ride experience” review of the Trek Valencia. That said, if you’re in the market for this bicycle have no fear as I’ll continue to include insight on the bike on a regular basis. Last Monday, I awoke to wet streets and [...]
My guardian angel has been working some serious overtime today. About 57 minutes into my bike ride to work this morning I became one with the pavement. I was coming down a steep hill but due to wet roads had been doing some periodic braking to keep the speed manageable. Fortunately, this meant I crashed doing about 17mph versus a [...]
Trek Valencia Experience : Ride #9 (of 10)Ride Type: Moderately difficult ride with some big hillsDistance: 10.70 milesRide Map and Details: Garmin Connect My sister and her family were out of town this weekend so they asked me to stop by during their absence to feed and play with Hershey, their beagle. Google Maps identified a distance of just over [...]
I’ve used the Weather Underground web site for many years. One of their more recent features is called the WunderMap and I’ve found that it can be quite useful as a “pre-ride” weather source when you’re wondering just how many layers you may be piling on in order to stay warm. In addition to superimposing weather radar over neighborhood level [...]
Texas Senate Bill (SB488) and House Bill (HB827) aims to, among other things, require that motorists pass “vulnerable road users” by more than three feet. Cyclists, pedestrians and motorcycle riders meet the definition for a “vulnerable road user”. The bill also creates penalties for things like throwing objects at these road users, making “right hook” turns directly in front of [...]
