The plan was do a loop in the open space south of Boulder. The reality was getting lost in the maze that it is Interlocken. As often happens, the difference between Google Maps and the Real World was very different, and it didn’t help matters that every street was named “Interlocken.” I did manage a […]

Posted on August 12th, 2009 by admin
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Highway 57 Loop Less than twelve hours out of the car, I went for a ride this morning to stretch my legs. I ended up adding about ten miles to the ride when I missed the turn on, umm, Highway 57 (I had Mineral Avenue on my cue sheet). I felt pretty decent, considering two […]

Posted on August 10th, 2009 by admin
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This looks far more fun than road racing.

Posted on August 1st, 2009 by admin
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Generally, when I’m doing non-.NET programming, I use either Vi or Notepad++ as my text editor. There was a time when I was using Notepad++ for nearly everything, but the lack of coherent syntax highlighting (especially for “mixed” files containing ColdFusion–both tag- and script-based–and Javascript) and a busy search UI made Vi a bit more […]

Posted on July 31st, 2009 by admin
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There has been a lot of interesting/infuriating discussions on the Bike Pittsburgh Message Board lately, mostly around cyclist/driver interactions. Most troubling to me is the attitude that it is perfectly fine to get into a shouting match with a driver, and whatever comes of that is the driver’s fault. Many moons ago, I used to […]

Posted on July 29th, 2009 by admin
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The Tour, that is. Contador won, Schleck the Younger took second, and Lance Armstrong took third. Thor Hushovd took the points jersey, despite Mark Cavendish winning six (!) stages. Hushovd’s bold move to scoop up maximum points between categorized climbs showed that it’s not just the best sprinter who wins–even Cavendish had to concede that […]

Posted on July 26th, 2009 by admin
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Gee, the NASCAR course is considerably easier than the P course. Imagine that. I think I finished in the top twenty. If I could actually sprint, I may have done better. Good fun, though. Maybe I’m not ready to give up on the Oval just yet. Really impressive ride by Thor Hushovd. Though he finished […]

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by admin
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P course tonight. I was considering not going down, a decision that would come back to haunt me. I’ve felt fairly tired all week, and tonight was no different. It didn’t help that I started at the back of the group, immediately putting myself in a hole. Within a few laps, a gap had formed, […]

Posted on July 15th, 2009 by admin
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Then we can just ride with woolen jerseys and a tire around our necks, like in the old days. And this is a problem? I suspect that most riders, while giving lip service to the potential safety issues with the ban (which, of course, are mostly unwarranted since they still have race radio in their […]

Posted on July 14th, 2009 by admin
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Whoa. It wasn’t raining. Shocking. Very full field, and three, count’em, three, riders for the invivodata squad. The pace was quick, but not unreasonable, and the race followed the usual script–lots of break attempts, usually involving UPMC and Iron City riders, but nothing stuck. I was much attentive to being near the front, and would […]

Posted on July 9th, 2009 by admin
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