There was a mention on the Frederick Pedalers mailing list back in June that someone climbed Teen Barnes Road. I have been passing it regulary for a few months and I tried back in July. It started to rain on that attempt and I started to slip on the climb, so I stopped and walked [...]
Entries from August 2006
August 29, 2006
Waiting for the Crowds to Show Up
The blog got mentioned in the Frederick Pedalers newsletter this month. I am sure that I will not be inundated with traffic. I better start posting more often.
August 21, 2006
Bicycle Trails as Congested as the Beltway
The Washington Post had a story about the congestion on Washington area trails. I am glad that I ride on the quiet roads of Frederick County.
The traffic is unbelievable — stop and go for 45 miles. Commuters stream in a line toward a busy intersection pulsing with people changing lanes. One or two swerve into [...]
August 15, 2006
New Fun with Gmap Pedometer
I discovered that Gmap Pedometer can give you elevations are well as maps. I did this map of the climb over Mar Lu Ridge on Mountville Road. It is a 250 foot climb in just over a mile in the direction that I ride. On the left side of the page look for elevation and [...]
August 14, 2006
New Route
Yesterday, I checked out the route that George and I have been riding to see if it would make a good club ride. It is a little hilly but most of the C riders I know should be able to handle it. My big concern was how much traffic we saw on New Design. [...]
August 14, 2006
Freak Fall
As I was finishing a 40 mile Sunday morning ride, I appoached a red light. I unclipped my right foot from the pedal and prepared to stop. I must have been leaning a bit to the left, because as I came to stop I fell to the left with my left foot still clipped in. [...]
August 9, 2006
Testosterone Is Not Popeye’s Spinach
One of the things that bothered me so much about the Floyd Landis doping story was that the positive result came on the day of his spectacular comeback. The only thing that made the doping story seem credible to me was that the high reading came the day after he bonked and was considered to [...]
