Just the other day my nephew and I were discussing what we might have done different with our current bicycles, whether or not it is time to look for a new ride or will upgrading a few parts be enough to keep us satisfied for another season.
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As we embarked on our second tandem ride of the season, Nicole and I discussed the fact that we so much enjoy riding with other cyclists. This year our Sunday church services are in the middle of the afternoon and that makes all of the Sunday afternoon rides unavailable to us. We also have one vice, since we all rise early during the week, no one wants to get up early on Sunday morning. That fact precludes riding in the early Sunday rides. Maybe when the weather warms up a bunch we will be more inclined to start early.
And coach Troy is a sadist!
Spent yesterday afternoon trying to get through one of the Spinervals DVD’s and by the time I got to the one-legged drills my quads were about to blow up. It was all I could do to get the pedals to turn. But if Nicole and I plan on doing the Charlotte Motor Speedway Time Trial series we need to get into shape. The first event is May 5th. That just isn’t very far away.
Woo Hoo! We finally made it out on the tandem this year. It has bees quite a while since I have been on the bike and written about it on this blog. Wasn’t yesterday a beautiful day, nearly 70° here in Matthews. We managed to get a good start around 12:15 pm. About an hour later and 12 miles covered we were back home. It wasn’t much of a ride but there were some up and downhill stretches on the route.
The Cancer Council Helpline Classic starts of the week of cycling festivities in Australia that is the Tour Down Under. Lance and team RadioShack came out in force with Armstrong in the lead breakaway for nearly half the race.
The results for Team RadioShack were:
13. IMPEY Daryl RSH 1.04′33"
16. VAITKUS Tomas RSH 1.04′33"
18. STEEGMANS Gert RSH 1.04′33"
30. ROSSELER Sebastien RSH 1.04′33"
So, here we are in the year 2010. Starting the new year off correctly was something I have been meaning to do. With very good intentions I planned on getting on the bicycle on January 4th. Well as it so happened I had to travel out of town on the 4th. Since my destination was sunny Florida I figured I would drive instead of fly and that way I could take advantage of the warm weather and get a few rides in after the meetings for the day were done. Who could have known that Florida would be in the worst cold spell they have seen in years, with morning temperatures in the low 20°’s.
As some of you have astutely noted, there have been no new posts on the Incidental Cyclists in the last month. It is not because our enthusiasm for cycling is waning, on the contrary. Our short hiatus has made it even more clear that cycling is a very big part of our lives. Just like all other aspects of life, sometimes there are things that encroach on the things we would rather be doing. In this case it is work and family.
After yesterday’s ride debacle, broken spoke nipple 14 miles into the ride, I felt I needed a nice easy ride on a beautiful Sunday morning. Off to Bicycles East for the Show & Go SS/FG ride. I get there about 20 minutes till 9 and am the first one there. Jackie shows up a few minutes later, then Chris then finally Jim and his girlfriend Carrie (I hope I spelled all those names correctly).
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