Spring has sprung, or at least beaten winter back a bit. I rode during lunch on Thursday, tackling the shorter Guys Run loop. Today, I did Guys Run again, tacking on Highland Road, my first sortie on this particular stretch of tarmac. The last rise took me by surprise a bit–coming down a quick descent, […]

Posted on March 7th, 2009 by admin
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Saturday included some random noodling around Penn Hills, as I was simply taking the long way to the climbing gym. Nothing special, but better than nothing, and certainly far better than my basement. Sunday was the usual Middle/Saxonburg loop, with lots of omnipresent Pittsburgh headwinds. Racing begins in less than a month, assuming the Mingo […]

Posted on March 1st, 2009 by admin
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Wherein I am given credit for bringing fixed gear bicycles to Pittsburgh. I’m not sure if I should be honored, or offended that I was also said to a recumbent rider.

Posted on February 25th, 2009 by admin
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I seem to have picked up a chest cold. Hopefully it won’t morph into something more evil. Of course, it’s actually nice outside right now, too. Why can’t it snow or something?

Posted on February 21st, 2009 by admin
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Team kit has arrived. As soon as I get over my profound laziness I’ll post a picture. I am faithfully committed to using the Cannondale for the rest of the season. I *heart* that bike. It’s also been quite nice to run full fenders and stay (relatively) dry. I will likely get a second set […]

Posted on February 18th, 2009 by admin
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3 hills: Guys Run->Locust Hill->Rich Hill I wanted to link in Cove Run and Mill Dam, but they were snow covered. Rich Hill is pretty darn steep at the bottom. It was chilly, but I think I hit the clothing matrix just right: Bib shorts Knee warmers Windproof tights 2 pairs wool socks Shoe covers […]

Posted on February 16th, 2009 by admin
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Out Saxonburg, back on Dorseyville. 20-ish miles. Yeah, not long, but what felt like a solid effort. Conditions were pretty decent, albeit windy, which wasn’t a bad thing.

Posted on February 13th, 2009 by admin
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So after riding most of my commute yesterday in the lower end of the Novara’s gear range, thanks to a broken shifter, I managed to futz with it enough to move it into some sort of friction shifting mode.* This was a good and bad thing. Good because, hey, it actually kinda worked, and bad […]

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by admin
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I was chatting with a friend/team mate about Power Taps and heart rate monitors and all sorts of other doo-dads to collect cycling metrics. I have been mildly tempted by Power Taps, but thankfully their cost will serve as a serious deterrent. I still, sometimes, feel the need to quantify things and track things. It’s […]

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by admin
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Yah. Nice weather. Two days of riding over the weekend, in the great outdoors. Saturday was a trip up Guys Run with other random hill noodling, and Sunday was Rollercoaster. The last rise on McCully is really steep. I wrote off my difficulty last time to the 39×23 low gear on the Bianchi, but even […]

Posted on February 9th, 2009 by admin
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