Author: John

So I hyperextended my knee a little bit on my Monday ride — it was nothing major, and something I’ve done before. During one of the climbs, I didn’t have good form, was pedaling slowly, and whoops. I didn’t think much about it at the time, and I shouldn’t be paying much attention to it… Continue reading Knee Injuries are No Fun

I have been doing so much of the commute to work stuff that I haven’t actually been out for a “fun” ride in quite some time. I figured this morning, with it being Labor Day & everything, it was time to remedy that. One of my favorite “guaranteed to make me exhausted” rides is what… Continue reading Today’s 50 Mile Ride

Normally, me not riding in isn’t that big a deal . . . but today seems like one. I had made it 8 workdays in a row, and I was very, very proud of myself. The weather this morning was cold (see previous posts as to how that really isn’t a problem), so that’s not… Continue reading Did Not Ride In Today

Today begins my second week of “bike every day” madness. I don’t anticipate anything coming up that will force me to drive. Next week, we have the holiday on Monday – but I’ll have to drive on Wednesday due to choir rehearsal. That said, I should be able to manage those three days – and… Continue reading Things I Will Not Do

This is my first week with five commutes – and I’m feeling great. Sure, my times have gotten progressively worse (ranging from 1:02:00 to 1:11:00), and the soreness in my legs happens to be at a new extreme — but I’m quite happy with things thus far. Assuming $3.60/gallon gas prices and 15 miles to… Continue reading When I Will Not be Riding

Well, just finished Stephen King’s Magnum Opus, and I loved it – even the “not ‘Happily Ever After’” ending . . . it just seemed to fit. Ka is a wheel . . . as is the Dark Tower. I guess I’m left to think what my own dark tower is — what am I… Continue reading Child John to the Dark Tower Completed

So, I’m thinking about a tattoo. Specifically, I’m thinking about a bicycle chain tattoo. Riding a couple of hundred miles a week means that I have a constant “rookie tattoo” on the inside of my right calf. Each time I stop my bike, I unclip my left leg, and my right leg ends up resting… Continue reading The Plane! The Plane!

So, I’ve been ignoring things here . . . and I feel like kicking myself. I haven’t given up biking in the least — just haven’t been posting anything about it. To date, I have put 1,596 miles on the bike (those little bicycle computers are really neat), and I’m averaging somewhere between two and… Continue reading Those Cold August Mornings?

I know I’ve said this before, but one of the great side-benefits of biking into work is that I get to listen to audiobooks — and I do this for hours a day, each day that I ride (a typical day, with the current route that I’m taking, has me on the road for about… Continue reading Song of Susannah

Well, my bike has passed the one-thousand mile mark. Three tubes, a replaced rear tire (because of the damn tube problem), a few nicks, a few very low-speed crashes (only thing ever hurt was my own dignity . . . I think I’m finally used to the damn clipless pedals), and a whole lot of… Continue reading 1,000 Miles