Category Archives: Cycling

Past Month In Review – May ’14

To summarize…  purple is the enemy, and there’s way too much of it!  I was surprised with the amount of red that is shown on here; much more than I expected, so that was a nice change.  Sorry there’s not more blue though :-/  Even though some things are out of proportions and I hope to correct that within the next year (most likely after our XC tour now…), I had a lot of green, blue & red fun with you this month!

Calendar – May 14

Oh, and I promised you I would show you this (below) when the month was over, and I figured this was a good time since I already put one calendar in this post.  Anyhow, you’ll see that I fell just short of 500mi for the month, on paper at least.  I might have missed a short ride here or there, but regardless it was cool to see how many days I was able to ride this month.  Hope we can keep it up… our monthly totals next Spring will be well over 500! 🙂

MMR - May 14

Gear Consideration

Lots of decisions to be made, and lots of money to be spent…

Bikes
Pedals
Pannier Racks
Panniers
Tent
  • Nemo
    • Losi 3P
    • Losi 2P
    • Obi Elite 2P
    • Galaxi 2P
  • Big Agnes
    • Slater UL2+
    • Copper Spur UL2
    • Fly Creek UL2
    • Fly Creek UL3
    • Slater UL3+
    • Copper Spur UL3
  • MSR
    • Hubba Hubba 2P
    • Mutha Hubba 3P
    • Nook 2P
    • Elixir 2P
    • Elixir 3P
    • Carbon Reflex 2P
    • Carbon Reflex 3P
  • Black Diamond
    • Skylight
  • Mountain Hardware
    • Super Mega UL2
    • Skyledge 2 DP
    • Skyledge 3 DP
  • Sierra Designs
    • Lightening 2 UL
    • Flash 2 UL
    • Flashlight 2 UL
    • Flash 3 UL
GPS

North Shore Tour de Cure

Another successful ride; 62 miles in the sun, despite a rainy forecast. Check out that helmet indent on your forehead! 🙂

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Even though you left me with a flat tire and without a pump for a few miles soon after the start, and I had to wait until people who started a half hour after us stopped to help me, I still enjoyed the ride. You did eventually come back for me 🙂 . And, near the end, you found ten dollars!

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The route:

Thanks go to Charity and Aunt Bonnie for being so generous with their donations 🙂

Lots of saddle time this week

BigRideWeek-May14Although this weekly mileage is nothing compared to what we will be doing during our XC trip, I’m pretty sure it’s my best yet (like, ever).  If I could have a few more weeks like this, I might even give Andy a serious run for his money sprinting to town lines!

Also, I learned something new… you don’t need to create a map to log a workout on MMR.  For little rides like between the hotel and the ferry, I just entered distance and time instead of creating a lame map that would probably never get used again.

Anyhow, I’m looking forward to the next ride: North Shore Tour de Cure!  Everyone will be wondering why I’m with the Oracle team but not all swagged up in Oracle gear… ha!