Dreaming of a Life Less Ordinary

  That's What I Do, I Cycle, and I know things... BTW isn't that shirt fantastic, thanks Rachel!!!!  As the year winds down, I know a few things.  I know that my riding for 2022 is number mainly because the forecast calls for rain.  Yes, I would love to ride, but honestly, would rather have the rain because we really need it in California.  So, I would gladly trade a few more miles for some heavy down pouring of rain.  What else do I know?  Well I know according to my apple watch (which is not 100% accurate b/c  I know it left some miles off, but that is ok) I rode 1,199 miles this year, which means I actually rode over 1200 which makes me very excited!!!  I couldn't ride a bike a year ago and I went over 1200 miles this year.  Again, let me say it, That's What I Do, I Cycle, and I know things...   I also know I spent well over 100 hours in various different bike saddles.  Remember the fine Italian one that hurt my ass.  Stupid Italian saddle.   I also know the more I t

  Getting excited about 2023!!! Doing some planning for the upcoming year and I am really getting excited.  Climbing and distance are on my mind for 2023.  My cycling season is shaping up to a big October, that could see me do as many as three rides in consecutive weeks.  I have to talk to my cycle peeps about that.   On October 1, 2023 I am going to climb Mount Diablo.  11.2 miles and 3200 feet of climbing.  Dios Mio, I really must be insane in the brain.  Why would I want to do that?  I don’t but I really do and so I am going to. Then on October 14, 2023 I intend to ride my first century, the 3F’s, in Sacramento:  Fast, Flat, and Fun.  It is really flat too.  I think it is like 280 feet of climbing.  So we are going from short and steep to long and flat.   I am really excited, 2023 is going to be an awesome year. Bike and Beers falls between the two rides and I would love to do that again but it might be a little too much for my legs, however, I have a brain trust to help me figure t

  I wonder if anyone who names their bike has second thoughts on what the name should be?  I know after adding the new back light to my bike and it hit me, there might be a more perfect name for the Silver Bullet.  When you hit the button twice the red light starts bouncing back and forth.  Maybe it is just years of being a sci-fi nerd but as soon as I hit the button the second time and the light started to bounce back and forth, I knew that my bike should have been called the Cylon b/c when the light is bouncing back and forth it looks like a Cylon is moon walking away from you.  Do you see it?  Do you?  I see it.  However, one can’t just up and change the name of a bike because a better name came along.  Although my bike is sexy like #6 (going heavy nerd here).  Thank god for Tricia Helfer, dios mio.  I do think Cylon is a great nickname for the Bullet.  Or perhaps it is a Cylon powered Silver Bullet.  Or Perhaps the Silver Bullet is jus a bad ass Cylon.   Anywho… I was super proud o

  These messages are coming far to infrequently these days.   Here we are with only 8 days to go in 2022 and the blogging and riding have all but dried up.   The weather turning cold doesn’t help.   Work being well work doesn’t help either.   However, with that said I was able to finally get back out on the bike today and it was fantastic.     It was a brisk 48 degrees at the time of pushing off today.   I thought I would be fine in my cycle jersey, long pants, and arm warmers, but the Wind God, found a way to find every little opening in my gear and make me shiver.   It was cold out there for someone who has spent most of his live in California.   Other than the wind and being a little cold, things were good after a while.   However, when I first pushed off, I accidently put my front gears into the small ring, and I couldn’t remember how to shift back into the big ring.   I was a swerving mess, trying to figure out how to use my electric shifting.   Thank goodness for the larg