Just uploaded some photos from our ride from Easton to Oxford to St. Michaels that we did on Labor Day weekend. Also posted pictures from our ride on the C&O Canal Towpath from Brunswick to five miles north of Harpers Ferry. A full ride report will follow shortly.
Riding with the wife…
August 10, 2009 – 5:51 pm
My wife got a new Trek 5.2 Project One Madone and she loves it. We’ve been getting out a fair amount together for her to ride. It is her first real road bike and road biking experience she has had. I convinced her to set aside her fitness bike and give the road bike a shot.
Her adapting to a road bike has been a learning experience for me, realizing that what I take for granted while I ride she needs help with. As we ride together more, I’ll share more of what I have learned trying to help her become a better rider.
One thing that we have learned is that she loves her Gore Power III Lady cycling shorts.
Lance on a Training Ride
July 21, 2009 – 4:19 pm
This is a really neat video of Lance out on a training ride. How cool would it be to run into him like this while you were out riding with your Dad?
Sorry I haven’t been more on top of the posts, been super busy. Will have lots of posts on all of the new products I’ve been playing around with.
Time for One’s Self
May 18, 2009 – 1:18 pm
Mom 1 day Kids 364 Fair?
I got out for a ride the other day and I had just started the ride and I was thinking to my self.
“I really do enjoy this I need to make more time for “me” and “me” to ride.”
Not a half mile later I rode by this church and saw the above sign. I thought to myself.
“How appropriate maybe someone is sending me a message. It certainly applies to me and not making enough time for myself, how many other people are doing the same.”
For me as of late I have been trying to cut out the stuff that isn’t critical and focus on the things more important to me that will make me more happy and less stressed. I really want to get out on my bike more and had such a great time riding. So then another message was sent to me later in the ride. I was riding with my friend Andrew. In April he made a pledge to ride 30 days outside for at least 45 minutes. He completed that goal and the results of it were really neat to see. Andrew has become a much stronger rider since I rode with last. That became apparant as he “danced” up the hills and left me to suffer!
So what have you done for you today? Probably not enough is my guess.
Have a great week!
30 Days – 30 Rides The Halfway Point
April 15, 2009 – 10:24 pm
People say it takes about 21 days for behaviors to become a habit.
Sometime during the month of March Ammon decided to issue a challenge to the employees of the store. The challenge was to ride everyday for 30 days starting April 1st. Nathan was quick to get on-board as were Scott and Tammy. They all wanted to see how much better their riding could be after a solid month of riding.
How much could your riding improve if you road everyday for 30 days?
The rules were simple. To met the criteria you had to ride everyday for 30 days. The ride had to be outside and at least forty five minutes in length.
So here we are at the halfway point. Little did they know when the challenge was issued that April’s weather would be some of the worst we have experienced in April for some time.
To date I know that Ammon and Nathan are still going strong. I am pretty sure that Tammy and Scott have also been getting a ride in everyday. Ammon and Nate have been riding both off and on-road while Scott and Tammy have been doing mainly road rides. Scott gets most of his riding in during his commute to work. Sadly I haven’t been able to ride everyday but I have managed to increase the frequency of my rides.
So the gang is well on the way to making riding every day or at least more often an habit for them.
Some photos from Nathan of his rides.
