Apparently the Russian novelist, dissident, and fist-shaker at the ills of modernism has died. If you are unfamiliar with his work, I recommend his commencement address at Harvard, given in 1978. Time Magazine also has an article from 1974 detailing his expulsion from the Soviet Union as a dissident.
Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by admin
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Deer Lakes Meandering, with Guys Run and Fox Chapel Road (no map, for reasons that become apparent) Rode with Chris M today. The intention was to ride up to Deer Lakes Park, and work our way over to Dellenbaugh Road, then hit the Red Belt and Middle Road. Then I forgot the directions and we […]
Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by admin
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Large field tonight–33 racers. Lots of newcomers, too. This translated to a bit of sketchy race, and there was a wreck. But more on that later. I started at the front, and ended up taking a flyer with three other riders for the lap and half. This effort wasn’t too taxing, but, then again, I […]
Posted on July 29th, 2008 by admin
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Logan’s Ferry to Murraysville (Sorry, no map) Rode up Logan’s Ferry from New Kensington, then looped down Hanlkey Church Road just because, finishing at my dad’s house. Logan’s Ferry is really one of the nicer “classic” climbs in the area–windy, shady, low traffic, relatively consistent grade. The ridge riding on Sardis Road also, I think, […]
Posted on July 27th, 2008 by admin
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Early morning start, and not much time, so I rode some hills. Center, Ravine, Berryhill, and High/Seavey. It’s been quite some time since I’ve been on these hills, so here are a few thoughts: * Center wasn’t as bad as I remember. I thought it might hurt since I’d have about 2 miles of warm […]
Posted on July 26th, 2008 by admin
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Moderate crowd, 26 racers, and humid and slightly windy conditions. My goals for the evening were: 1) Be more active during the race 2) Take some points in the sprint The pace was reasonable and, for the most part, relatively consistent. There were quite a few primes (10 in a row, I think), but only […]
Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by admin
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Today was the Fort Cherry road race, a nice 40 mile affair over an eight mile loop west of the city. It was a fine course, with a short climb, a section of rollers, and lots of scenery. Unfortunately, it was hot (really hot) and I’ve discovered that my body just doesn’t like racing in […]
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by admin
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A rather small group this evening, 21 racers. Several riders have moved the B race, and I think we’re all a bit happier for that, as the pace is a bit more reasonable and even over the course of the race. Less action this week, with fewer attempted breaks. I took a few pulls at […]
Posted on July 15th, 2008 by admin
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Potato Garden Run (Map doesn’t include riding to the South Side, and riding up, up, up Penn Avenue afterwards) First ride in a long time with other folks: Chris, Scott, and Robbie (on his swanky new handbuilt frame). The pace was nice, the conversations good, and the roads generally excellent. It was, however, very hot. […]
Posted on July 12th, 2008 by admin
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(Note: geekery ahead) Since I currently work on a platform that doesn’t have any sort of real integrated development environment (yes, I linked to the right place–I really do ColdFusion programming), in the past 18 months, I’ve jumped around between coding software quite a bit. The short list, with comments, contains: PSPad: Not a bad […]
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by admin
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