Wow, today has been an emotionally mixed day. The exciting news, I took Penny apart, put her in a box and shipped her off to San Fransisco. This is the unofficial beginning of the beginning of the transcontinental ride. I start in less than two weeks. Eep ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Penny and I did our first single day century together, going up to Bear Mountain and back. I now remember the other reason Nyack is used as a turn around: the hills after it are steeper. My full write up of the ride can be found on my transcontinental blog: milezer0My legs feel fine if a bit tight today, though my knees kinda wonder what ( Read more... )

happy birthday, dad and uncle peter

I have started a new blog just for my cross country tour.

milezer0I also would like to take a moment to invite you all to my fundraising bake sale I'm having on April 17th. I'll be making brownies, cookies, bagels, pretzels and some other goodies. Also, I'm sweetening the deal with an offer of Rock Band. We'll be playing pretty much all day. So ( Read more... )

a while back, i announced that i would be making an announcement. Then i totally forgot to and left for alabama for a week. so here it is ( Read more... )

got a new bike! got a new bike! bounce bounce bounce!

I would like to take a moment to thank the careless driver who hit me with his car in April '08. Thanks to his mindlessness, I just paid off my credit cards and am about to go on a little stimulus spreading spree ( Read more... )

I tested a Trek 520 yesterday. It is a touring bike and different from my mountain bike in a number of ways. The bike is lighter and faster, partially because of the thinner road wheels. Also, instead of my straight 26" wide mountain bike handlebars, it features a rams horn handlebar set that is maybe 20" across. Instead of the trigger gear ( Read more... )

I'm going to be test riding a couple new bikes today. I'm not planning on walking out of the shop with a new bike today, I'll probably wait until next week. but this is step one of a lovely and crazy plan I have for this summer. I'll let you know all about it very soonly.

The olympics are over, which makes me sad because that means no more curling on daytime tv. I already miss the Norwegian curling team's pants ( Read more... )