Cycling in and around Union County, NC
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Well, it’s been a few weeks with little word. Found out today that Brent has been sick with the flu. He has a few other project just in front of ours that he says he has to work on then we get our turn. I expect something more concrete by next week, just after the Thanksgiving holiday.
At that point, it will be easier to pinpoint a completion date. I will post that here as we find out more.
Most of the people I ride with know that I ride exclusively on tubular tires. It is something I am used to and something I am very familiar with. I have weighed the trade offs between using clinchers and tubulars and I am happy with the decisions I have made. This post is not to persuade anyone to choose one type of tire over another. I just want to find a tubular that I can train on that doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg.
With all the posts about the Veteran’s Day Ride on the site, I figured it would sure be nice to have a post from somebody who actually FINISHED the ride. Nicole and I opted for the 35 mile route, I thought I’d share some of my impressions from the ride.
While being chased by a rabid farm dog I was struck by a runaway truck that flipped me and my bike into a freight train. Bouncing off the train I was bitten by the rabid dog before I could get my water bottle and squirt electrolytes in the dogs eyes. Then the dag ran away.
Here are the pictures:
So, yesterday I said that the ride was fast. Well at least the 15 miles I did was fast for me. After getting dropped and trying desperately to hang on, here are the stats I have for the ride to the first rest stop:
| Location: | Matthews, NC | Start Time: | 11/8/2008 9:02:56 AM |
| Category: | Road |
Today of course was the Bicycles East Veterans Day Ride. Just over 60 miles through Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Union Counties. The weather forecast was for rain in the morning tapering off to a nice sunny day by mid-afternoon. For this ride we have the entire family involved. First off Annette was working at the registration table, she was a cyclist and would love to again but some inevitable knee surgery prevents her from riding until it is over, hopefully in 2009.
Things are moving a little faster than I expected, seems like the tandem will start production the end of this week, yeah! One week to assemble the collection of tubes then off to the sander before painting. Looks like it might even be here by the first of December if not before then.
After spending about 2-3 weeks trying to decide on what kind of wheels to get, whether to buy a wheelset, or build, I finally made a decision… or perhaps, the decision was made for me.
The decision I had come to was to look either a set of carbon clinchers, or build a powertap wheel. I’d been shopping around, looking for a reasonably light set of aero rims. I was looking for something similar to a set of Reynolds DV46C wheels, or a Gigantex based 50 mm rim.
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