Bicycling Author Shares Experiences

[...] as big a splash.  This doesn't lessen the fun I get out of racing.  While I enter time trials with high expectations, for the road races I just like to hang in there as far as I can, then [...]

[...] Individual and Team Time Trials      My "thing" is cycling vacations.  Occasionally I dabble in [...]

[...]      I signed up to race the 5k and 10k time trials and the 40k road race because Senior Games needs participants if they are to continue to [...]

[...] ; Maybe I should find a coach and learn how to train and race properly.  Man can't live on time trials alone.      [...]

[...] myself on the traditional 43 mile 360/620 loop.  And it wasn't just the route.  Regular readers know I hate riding in the wind.  Forecast called for 20-25mph with higher gusts.  [...]

[...] blocks later, it registered 56F. Protect Your Knees From The Cold      Regular readers know my mantra: Under 65 degrees, cover the knees.  I had no leg coverings in the [...]

[...]     As regular readers know, I occasionally ruminate on the subject of health.  For instance, the theme of a [...]

[...] it, so I moved on.  Getting prescription was ok, but while they had vitamin B-12 (regular readers know I do a plant-based diet and need to supplement), they didn't stock Alfalfa (an [...]

[...] the list.      In previous years, my first tt was in late March, so having Brazos Valley in February kinda crimped my training.  As a matter of fact, I was only able to get in [...]

[...] practice sessions were few and not over 5k in length, and the only 10k I did was at Brazos Valley two weeks ago, I was planning to go out slow and build up.      [...]

[...] . Which leads me to the stats of my time trials in College Station this year.  Naturally, Brazos Valley doesn't know who takes cycling vacations and who doesn't, but I do.  Here is my point: [...]

[...]  are happy to have any at all.  That is also why I was so pleased that Beaumont and Brazos Valley were in February. Even with the early time and unforgiving weather zapping my [...]

[...] missing the gash when checking the tire.  The group caught up right before getting to the bike shop.  I immediately purchased two new tires (there was nothing wrong with my back tire, but I [...]

[...] Land's End to John O'Groats ride.  Certainly it hasn't been that long.  Maybe when it was in the bike shop.  Of course, when or who is not germane to my topic. What I am advocating is a cursory [...]

[...] drivers really shouldn't be jumping out of their cars to address cyclists.  I hope the bike shop doesn't receive a complaint call (I did have on my BSS jersey), but if they do and read my [...]

[...] out to the Driveway to watch the Bicycle Sport Shop guys race.  The organizers always have a bike shop tent there to assist the racers in their need.  While he wasn't busy, I brought up my wheel, [...]

[...] least we got one.  There is no real substitute for youth.  We can only stay with the young guys for so long before getting dropped.  The head start gave us an opportunity to settle into [...]

[...]   Ages 20-44, 28 were faster and 19 were slower In the interest of perspective, these young guys who were faster, were a whole lot faster.       It's fun to say [...]

[...] the start the race director gave us our own category.  Great!  Except for one thing: once the young guys catch up with us, we are not allowed to draft them.  Bummer! The course starts with several [...]

[...] grouped the men into 64 and younger and 65 and older categories.  That left us with a few young guys, who are almost always faster.  That changed the strategy, in that they took the lead and [...]

[...] Lake area in Oregon.   Next year, our trip to England is scheduled right after Senior Games State Finals.  The 2015 calendar is starting to fill up.       [...]

[...] Cycling State Finals.       Coming in second last week at Senior Games State Finals left me pondering.  I was only seven seconds out of first, and had no doubt I [...]

[...] ; I wasn't surprised at my finish sprint.  Indeed, I sprinted to gold in the Senior Games State Finals in Houston several years ago (2010).  Maybe I should find a coach and learn [...]

[...] my training.  As a matter of fact, I was only able to get in two practice times on my tt bike before race day, and those didn't exceed 5k reps.  Sadly undertrained or not, I managed two [...]

[...] a little socializing, and do my warm-up.  I warm-up on my road bike and only switch to the TT bike for the race.  This early in the morning, it was still chilly so I had on my tights and [...]

[...] all of my gears, including a short spurt standing, but that was sufficient to determine my time-trial bike could make it up okay.  I stopped for a short squirt of gel, only to see Shannon ride by.   [...]

[...] a few pounds, my body hasn't changed dimensions, so my bike still fits perfectly.  My time-trial bike is also a story of getting a great fit.  In 2009 I went to Jack and Adams for a Felt (no need [...]

[...] . I'm trying to remember the last time I adjusted the saddle.  I know for a fact that my time-trial bike hasn't had any adjustment in the six years I've had it.  The last time I remember moving the [...]