General

As some of you know I am riding a carbon framed bike from a small importer located in Connecticut, Pedal Force. The specific model that Nicole and I ride is the RS. What some of you don’t know is that I have two of these frames for myself and they are built up slightly differently.

It appears that the moving of The Incidental Cyclist has been successful. The new domain home is http://www.incidentalcyclist.com. The old site, while still having all the files and data intact is no longer accessible and you will be redirected to this new home if you try to access it. Please note that this redirection will only be available for approximately 6-8 weeks. At that time all bookmarks need to be pointed to the new web site URL.

There are still a few glitches that have to be worked out after the move, but it looks like it is coming together nicely. One of the things I would like my readers to check is, if you have already registered as a user please see if you can log-in. There was a little editing that had to be done to the specific table of users and I am not 100% certain that the edits were all correct.

I am sorry I missed the Assault on Morrow Mountain. I hear it was a great ride put on by Jeff Viscount. Congratulations to all that participated.

Hopefully next weekend I will be back at full strength and riding all I can to train for Mt Mitchell and riding with all my friends.

Been told by the doctor ‘no work for two more weeks.’ This is killing me. Next check-up is April 3rd.

Been working on Bike #2. Nothing else to do at the moment. Replacing the fork this weekend, and bars next week.

Been investigating natural ways to lower cholesterol without medication, so far large doses of Niacin (Nicotinic Acid) appear to have the most data and the fewest side effects. Nothing like the Statins on the market now. Will start looking at other supplements soon.

Well I decided that bike number two was going to be purposely built for climbing. After a year of riding Pedal Force No. 1 I had to change a few things to make it work the way I wanted it to. Just as a review, No. 1 is full Dura-Ace built on a 1050 gram carbon frame Pedal Force RS. I have many light weight parts on it but the key factor was reliability. That bike comes in at just about 15.9 pounds. When I built it up originally it was just  over 15 pounds but I did have to replace the fork and stem, also a change in wheels brought the weight up.

The Bee Team Sunday Afternoon Ride has been updated, new starting schedule and an additional route was mapped in MapMyRide complete with cue sheet in the map notes.

I will be posting an update to my hospital stay next week and my recovery progress.

Nicole and I are preparing for Mt Mitchell/Marion.

The Cureton Town Center Ride time corrected