Blogs
This is my personal blog, but who am I?
At first you might think I'm simply a cycling enthusiast, after a casual glance at how many of my blog topics revolve around this topic. I get my butt kicked on a regular basis by younger riders on fast bikes. This happens at White Rock Lake in Dallas. That is where most of the cycling action is in my town. Read more »
My younger brother Paul, made an honest woman out of his long time girlfriend Julia, this past weekend.
A short ceremony and celebration:
Paul and Julia promised a short ceremony and a celebration. The ceremony wasn't as short as the we might have anticipated, but the great party made up for it in spades.
There was so much fun that it took 15 videos to cover it. Mostly, the different videos split things up to allow you to to just pick and choose from what you might wish to see. The first few minutes of the Grand Entrance make for a particularly amusing view. Read more »
This is a fascinating video from several perspectives. Read more »
from Green Car Reports, Coda is an all electric with 100+ mile range, that comes with a 110 extension cord plug in it's trunk to plug in to any 110 outlet.
It has a cute, watchable 3 minute video:
Got this email announcing, among other things, 17 new trail maps for Dallas:
Checking Them Out
If you've ever been some place that is so cool that you're pinching yourself because you can't believe it, this might be one of those places. The Smithsonian flight museum is less cool by half, because these planes get out of the hanger and start flying around while you're watching. Goosebumps.
These planes are loud, just like old planes would be expected to be. You're watching real guys do real crew work. The electricity is palpable. And these planes were built by Rosie the Riveter, so this is the real thing. You'll feel it. Read more »
I'll be riding with hundreds of thousands of others worldwide on Wednesday, during the annual "Ride of Silence"
What is the Ride of Silence?
The short version is it's just that - In hundreds of cities across the world, cyclists meet and ride in silence, to honor those who have been killed by cars.
This ride has taken on a life of it's own in only a few years since it's founding. The most moving and personal description that I have found is in this article in a local weekly, by the ride's founder Chris Phelan.
This book was on the best seller list over a decade ago, I only just now read it. That's OK it will probably be a classic 100 years from now, so being reviewed 10 years later is not a problem.
Rollicking Good Time
If you had just one takeaway from this review, it would be this: Read more »
The first thing I promised myself after a 15 month contract finished was a straight 21 day cycling spree.
I finished it Tuesday of this week. That was a couple days ago, and my body is still thinking about what it was that I did to it. I swear, I've even got callouses on my butt now, on the bone tips that touch the seat. Guess it's only logical.
It's been nice getting a couple of whole days of work in without a riding interruption, but mostly it's been nice just getting some physical rest, and trying to remember what normal feels like.
Photos
I've got all my best photos from this circuit stored mostly on this blog. Too lazy to re-post them here. They are pretty though.
Here in Texas, we have a vigorous growing season in springtime, especially when it comes to certain species.
Oh well, it looks great anyway. Along side the hundreds of miles of hike&bike trails you might find in the area, you'll find a lot of poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. Does this guy have any clue how close he is getting?
