Entries from December 2006

December 31, 2006

End of the Year Ride

I rode with Mike, Betsy, George, and Ray on Friday. The weather was in the mid-forties when we left. It was sunny and there was not much wind. It was still one of the coldest rides I have done. My biggest problem was my feet. Everyone else had shoe covers on, but I just had [...]

December 24, 2006

December Riding

I got out today for the first time in 3 and half weeks. I did 21.9 miles, so I have now ridden in 11 of 12 months this year. The weather was in the high 50’s and it was not too windy. I hope I can get out at least once more before New Year’s [...]

December 5, 2006

NPR reports the weather is important to cyclists

On All Things Considered this evening there was a story in a series on gadgets. They interviewed Bicycle designer Georgena Terry about her favorite gadget.  She likes  weather reporting widgets for her computer. She nicely explains how  attuned cyclists are to  the weather.  She does not mention how attuned we are to sunrise and [...]