About Me

I'm a bicycle rider. More to the truth I train on the bike to stay fit as I get older. I train to fight off the age. Diebedes, high blood pressure, trigeminal neuralgia, unwanted weight and the problems from that to. There is a host of other age related fun to. I let myself put on 110 pounds over about the last 12 years. Then the body just had enough. I was falling apart. So I started doing the only thing I knew how to do. Train on the bike. I was a competitive Cyclist from 1979 to about 1992. I gave it all up. Bad choice. In the end I would have been far better off on the bike. Oh well. The lessons continue. That's really the truth of it. The lessons continue. Everyday, every moment. Everything is connected all the time. Well, that's how I see the Universe for me. How you see it, is your business. Ah freedom of thought. I got married to a wonderful woman March 21st 2007. The love of my life. It's true! It took all these 58 years to get ready to love this one beautiful woman. A writer of poems. A writer of pros. So many people know her already.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Winter Rides


It's been a few rides once again. The last post was a few rides to. The weather has been rough. Wet, wind, snow and just bone chilling cold. Even without snow, 38 degrees and wet, is hard. The roads are tough to. Dirty grimy, just sand paper on the equipment. I stripped the bike down to the bare frame the other day. Cleaned everything! I was amazed at how much road grime fell out everywhere. My rear shifter is still holding up, barely. The jocky wheels are looking bad from the sand. I will have to replace them soon. Also the main bearings on the new Campy crank system will need replaceing by early spring. The Mavic wheels are doing OK. Thank goodness the spokes have no rubbing spots. Still the grime is everywhere. After all the cleaning it was one ride and the bike was hammered again. I just do my best to keep the equipment in good shape. I was gifted 3 new 10 speed chains by Connie Fails and family for Christmas. All three will have seen better days by May of this year. Thanks Connie. So the work goes on. The miles go on.
Last ride was a photo op without a camera. Snow on both side of a soaking wet road. Just after it had been sanded of course. The bike and I were so dirty. I wished I could put the bike in the washing machine to. It was a fun, and COOL ride. Some runners from the Langey group stopped me on Lone Lake road just to let me know they were impressed. These guys are all Triathalets. They are strong and tough. They want me to ride with them on Satudays. 2 of their wifes have already asked me to ride that ride to. I guess the Univeres is trying to give me a message. Go ride with the folks in Langley. I do not complain to much, but their ride starts at 8:30 AM in Langley. I'm a afternoon rider. These nice people are all morning riders. I'm going to make the effort. Getting up extra early to eat and get ready. I'll ride the bike to the start point in Langley.
I got to start taking the little digital camera with me on the rides. There have been so many COOL winter shots to share. The wild turkeys are hanging around. Mary Anne and I were out in the car and there they were. Mary Anne missed them so we turned around. What a beautiful sight the wild turkeys are. There are other sites to. I'm going to start taking the camera!
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