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, August 6, 2008

The Days Of the Past


In the lack of writing comes the price of memory. Less detail to the truth. More addition and subtraction.
The Sailboat (Little Siren) a nice 17' pocket cruiser. There has been several adventures. Life by the tides in Useless Bay. Some few, very few rides with guests. It would be more fun with a friend or 2 to share the ride. The little boat though is a friend in itself. A nice and kind sailing boat. Friendly in it ways. It loves to dance the dance of the wind and small waves. I'll put a photo of one of my adventures.
The bike has got no less attention. Every other day has been the way. The heat of Summer baking me well from the refrigerator of Spring and Winter. Long miles and the short days to. Short days of 40 miles and one long day of 94 miles. Every other day except when more recovery is needed. The #1 bike working well. The roads less filled with cars. Gas prices are a blessing in some way. David at Half Link, our local bike shop, selling more bikes than ever. He can not keep up with folks getting tune ups on their older bikes. More people riding to the store. It's great to see. Even if it's just for the good weather. Every bike on the road is one less car for the moment. There are a lot more people walking to. Not all the roads, but Bayview that leads to 2 food marts has walkers and bags all the time. We live on Bayview. I need to get in the habit to. I just do not like leaving a $3500. bike in front of the market. I think I will ugly down my single speed for trips to the market with my back pack. Some kind of lock as the wheels are worth $500. with out tires and tubes. That's another $180. So the plan is made. A little spray paint, matt black, my old saddle, and a lock of some sort. Milk, 1/2 & 1/2, a few simple things, no gas. $1.50 saved every trip. It's only a few trips a week. I want to be one of the one's showing the way in this area. Seattle is bike city. More commuters on bike than I have ever seen. Keep the faith. The road is long for a reason.
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