Entries from February 2007

February 23, 2007

Ride This Weekend

The Frederick Pedalers are sponsoring two rides this weekend. From their website:
Feb 24 (Sat) 9:00 am C+ 20-40 Rose Hill Plaza
Bagel Rides XVIII
Bagel rides are back for this season. Don’t sit at home all winter – come on out for the Bagel Rides. The distance and hills will vary depending [...]

February 23, 2007

Lights and Pizza

The Frederick Pedalers run a weekly ride at night during the winter months, called Light and Pizza. We eat pizza after the ride. I have gone on it five times now this year. I am not sure that riding at night works for me. I had my second flat last night. The first time [...]

February 13, 2007

Bikes for People Who Do Not Want to Wear Bright Spandex

On a flight to Chicago, I was shocked to see an article on cycling in the inflight magazine. It was really a business article about Shimano’s attempt to expand the bike market. 160 million Americans do not ride bikes and Shimano thinks that is a big market.
The strand that all the subjects shared was a [...]

February 11, 2007

Cold Weather Riding

Some members of my bicycling club seem to have antifreeze in their veins. They regale us with tales of how their water bottles froze during a 50 mile ride. I have not tried anything so challenging, but today I took my first ride in subfreezing temperatures.  It was  26 degrees when we left and it [...]