July 2009
11 posts
dumpy doo
we all know that plans can change. i had planned on getting up and riding to the valley and going to this stupid work meeting and then really putting the hammer down and crushing sepulveda and hitting 40 mph and doing like 45 miles and coming home.
then i got to the meeting and everyone was late and it took 1.5 hours instead of .5 hours and then nothing i needed to know was resolved...
gmaps is busted. the link is to this posting (aka... →
it’s harder to go 100 miles on a bicycle than you might think. actually it’s not that hard physically or mentally, it’s hard to find a good path to take.
los angeles is huge. sprawling. roads that go on for uncounted miles. but in the end, to hit 100 miles you have to…hmmm. look, i could ride around the block 100 times. that would suck. it sucks to even think about....
san gabriel on the rocks →
wow. how hot is it? it can’t be that hot. it does however feel THAT HOT.
the whole point of today was that i wanted to tackle at least part of the san gabriel river trail. and so i set out to bang up the top 1/3. for some dumb reason the thing is split up into sections…
here are some things you might want to know.
washington east of la brea is flat. it’s like nebraska. there...
what dan and i do →
after discussing all the major points, we get on the bikes and think of other major points and the details and everything in between.
dan has awesomeness inside his phone. so here’s a big thanks to all the smart people that make things.
and to all the smart people that come up with ideas and then the things they thought up never get made? hmmm.
better than breaking toes...i guess →
well everything about yesterday’s ride was just totally awesome. (sarcasm?)
i decided i was gonna do the ride i was supposed to do the day the guy hit me with his side view mirror forcing me to kick the asian guy’s door etc.
i got a new bike computer (more on that later) and some new shorts in the morning and hit the streets. wild, wild, runnin’, runnin’,.
hmmm. i...
beach path to misery
today i took the beach path to redondo or something. i don’t know where i ended up.
head wind.
sand.
bugs.
it’s only 35 miles round trip but it feels like forever. the path is normally hectic and today was no different.
people got the “it’s summer” memo. besides the old man that cut left when i yelled “passing on the left!” there was really only one...
skipping stones
so i read a blog today. it was kind of an accident. i generally don’t read blogs, which is why i don’t really care if anyone reads this. i do this for me. it’s fun in a few sort of ways.
this blog i read wasn’t the blog owner’s original content. it was a posting from like a hallmark card or something. one of those trite inspirational little #’s that no one...
la is pretty? bologna! →
man oh man. as many different ways as there are to go in this city once you step outside, i end up going the same ways day in and out.
well today started out no different. but before you stop reading cuz you know what’s coming, there’s an explanation. i want to ride my bike. i don’t want to sit at stop lights and weave desperately in and out of traffic nonstop.
so the creek...
my ride with mr. hall
well i’ll get the stats out of the way tout de suite cuz they weren’t the focus…i still care a little.
time = 1:51:56
dst = 27.8 miles
avg = 14.9 mph (c’mon! i’m not a llowed a leisure ride?)
max = 37 mph
so it all started a few months ago when i was working downtown for some silly tv show and i had rigged it so i got to ride my bike every single day. and, much...
insurance, hills, & full blown pandemonium
it’s not one of the reasons i would list if you ask me why i got married, but, sort of as a side bonus that i am in no way ever going to complain about, i now have health insurance. but not insurance like i’m used to where i pay every week out of my pay check for years on end only to find that when i go to the doctor i have to pay for everything up...
back up in the mutha mutha saddle
considering it’s basically all i ever think about it’s been quite a long time since i rode my bike. until today!
quick stats from last ride i did which was just my usual loop to the beach and back went like this -
dst = 23 miles
avg = 20.0 mph
time = 1:08:08
max = 31.8 = mph
so it’s been over a week since i got to ride and boy-oh was i not looking forward to it. i went...