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.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Clean up


The rides have been great. Fast and full of power. The training has done such a good job. The weather has been decent, but, cold and wet. The bike has taken it on the chin. Good thing I have a winter bike. Fenders and all the gear that is a little older. Not that old! It's really a clon of my #1 bike with a better frame that's one year older than the #1 frame. The #1 frame climbs much better than the #2 frame. Odd you might think these 2 frames are so close to each other. Just little differences and a long time rider can tell. So the winter bike is the one that takes the abuse. The "SAND" that is everywhere here on the Island. I cleaned the winter bike up after 3 rides. The chain gets cleaned every ride. I clean the winter bike up all the time. Riding every other day makes cleaning a full time chore. The sand gets into everything. Some of the moving parts are just being erased from the abrasion. The new chain I just put on not so long ago is already starting to look a little sad. Thanks to Connie and family I have 2 more to replace it with soon. It's good to have friends that speak bike. Really all is going great. I'm on a 2 rides in 2 days and one day off now. This will increase my fittness. Also I have moved back to a higher protien diet. I was eating to many carbs at the wrong times. This eating plan seems to be working to improve the over all power to the peddle.
For some other news there has been a Cooper's Hawk feeding on the birds in the back yard. Wish the hawk would feed on the nasty squirrels that live there to. The 4 Bald Eagles are swooping over the yard now looking for those squirrels. Fishing must be a little thin. So the back yard is full of drama. I'll post a close photo of the Cooper's Hawk I took 2 days ago. Recently I thought this hawk was a Sharp Shinn Hawk. On much closer and better inspection, it's a Copper's for sure. I enjoy the whole back yard bird thing as I have been a serious "Birder" for years. I take a bird book with me almost everywhere Mary Anne and I go. When I forget to bring the bird book I always find something I want to know from that book.
So the post is simple today. Rides are great. Bikes are great. Birds are fun. Mary Anne is the best and the Love of my life. Come home soon from your trip Mary Anne.
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