0 comments I recently spent some time in metal shop. No, not like that. More like this: I have for the last – well, let’s just settle on “many” – years been working in wood, and if I do say so myself – and I do because there’s nobody else around to say so – I’m pretty […]
0 comments A few years ago – when the offspring was younger – the three of us did a couple of family multi-sport bicycling tours through Bicycle Adventures. We enjoyed them thoroughly, and early this summer, the wife and I were talking about the a summer vacation, and decided to do an adult-only bike tour (the offspring […]
0 comments Recently, my wife and I went on this guided tour. You can find my tour writeup here. The tour was 6 days long; a half-day at the start, four full days in the middle, and a half-day at the end. It’s really two separate rides; the first half is along the coast, and the second […]
0 comments This year marks the fourth time that I have gotten up far too early, journeyed to Enumclaw, and hauled my body around the mountain (to be fair, in 2007, road closures meant that I hauled my body back and forth along the east side of the mountain). Perhaps it is true that as one gets […]
0 comments A number of first-time RAMROD riders have asked for my advice recently, so I thought I would save some time and write this up. After you’ve read this, you might want to read my ride reports as well: RAMROD 2007 RAMROD 2009 RAMROD 2011 RAMROD 2013 Congratulations on choosing to try RAMROD. If you you […]
0 comments 9 steps, turn. 9 steps, turn. 39. 9 steps, turn. 9 steps, turn. 40. 40/69 is pretty close to 40/70, or 4/7, and since 1/7 is about 14%, that means I’m a little over half done. My legs are burning. It seemed like a good idea at the time… That’s not really true. It – […]
0 comments I had an idea a while back. I’ve noted in my previous article about cadence that riding a slower cadence can be faster. And I’ve been playing around with this on rides, and found that a cadence of about 80 seemed to require less effort at a given heartrate – I can ride at 150 […]
1 comment RAMROD is a yearly stage ride that is held in Washington state, involving a circumnavigation of the state’s highest peak, Mt. Rainier. It attracts a large variety of riders from throughout the state and other areas, drawn to the ride for its challenge and pain potential. Two days before the ride, I get up and […]
0 comments T-35 hours At this point, I think I’m ready. Or, as ready as I’m going to be… There are two main philosophies that people use before a big event. Well, perhaps “philosophies” is a bit too grandiose of a word, so I think I’ll use the word “approaches” instead. The first approach is to ignore […]
0 comments For 2007, my cycling was very unplanned, but I think I’m going to try to be a bit more structured this year. Here are my plans: RAMROD, July 30th154 miles, 10K elevation The problem with RAMROD is that you need to join the lottery to try to get in, so you need to sign […]