Cycling in and around Union County, NC
Well the weekend is over, Nicole and I managed to ride with the Bee Team. Well not the entire ride, just 15 miles of it on Sunday afternoon. Neck was sore but did not really hurt. A couple of ibuprofen and an ice pack and everything was better.
Wife and I went to see the crafts at the Matthews Alive festival today. Walked around a good bit. Took a few pictures.
The other day we posted a short review of the VholdR ContourHD Adventure Cam. In that post we included a sample HD video. Besides recording HD video the ContourHD is also capable of recording SD video at an increased frame rate of 60 frames per second. The use of a higher frame rate will allow smoother video recording of fast moving action. The ContourHD records SD video at a resolution of 848 x 480 pixels. All video is compressed using the H.264 codec with audio compressed using AAC. Files are saved in a MOV package.
I finally have a chance to play around a bit with my new toy the VholdR ContourHD helmet cam. The ContourHD is one of the first HD video adventure cams. It is able to record HD resolution video on a Micro-SD card. The video is 720p at 30 frames per second and the image quality and clarity is simply outstanding on a camera this small. Obviously I cannot wear it as a helmet cam just yet but I do have the bike mount and a few other mounting options. This allows me to mate the camera to various surfaces and still use it without adding any extra pressure as my neck muscles are still healing.
Fourth annual Discover Anson Bike Ride is Nov. 7
The fourth annual Discover Anson Bike Ride will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7, in conjunction with the Ansonville’s Homecoming Celebration.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. at Ansonville Elementary School, located on U.S. 52 across the highway from the Ansonville Volunteer Fire Department. The entry fee is $25 per rider ($20 if registered by Oct. 16). For a printable registration form, click here.
Annette, Nicole and I made the trip down to Greenville again today to see the RR Championship. It was a great day watching some of the best US cyclists compete for the National RR title. We ran into Terry and his daughter Sarah while Nicole and I were wandering around downtown Greenville. We took lots of pictures, this time we did get pictures of the Podium Girls.
Nicole and I made the trip down to Greenville today to see the TT Championship. It was a great day watching some of the best US cyclists compete for the National TT title. It seemed that Floyd Landis got the biggest cheers from the crowd at the start even though last years winner David Zabriskie was there to defend his title.
We took lots of pictures, but unfortunately we did not get any pictures of the Podium Girls.
handbookCyclingNews covered this event with a lot of pictures.
There were a lot of Snow Bikes (when it snows here everyone stays inside) and some tandems. Paketa showed their version 2 tandem that they claim can be built to about 24 pounds with the right component mix. Wow 24 pound tandem, that is 2 pounds lighter than our Ruegammer!
Quite a few single speed and commuter bikes. Renovo featured a ride worthy wooden frame bike.
I will be going on my first bike ride since April, today!
I probably won’t make it out of the neighborhood but at least I am on the bike. After my morning visit with the surgeon, I asked if I can go back to completely normal activities and he said he didn’t see any issues. I got to see the x-rays of all the hardware now inside of my neck. The palsy in my left arm is nearly gone. I just need to do some weights to rebuild the strength. So I decided I am going to blow the dust off the single-speed and take a short trip to see how it feels.
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