Back on the horse-ish
Date: Oct 23
Mileage: 15
Ride type: commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 38/44p.m.
October mileage: 122
Year to date: 1800
the "ish" only b/c i really didn't do much mileage, but after a 2-week break (save 2 minute rides), i commuted in. in years previous, i would experience a break in the action if A) i was sick or B) i became lazy and disinterested. this time, it was the combo of several extraneous factors, including work, travel, schedule, sleep, rain etc. i know, i KNOW, that i could've fought through some of it, but in the end i don't want to Dread the ride, but rather Relish it. i wouldn't call today This is "Relishing", but it was nice to again limit my carbon footprint.
if i had broadband or DSL, i would load lots of pics of baseball games and NYC. instead, i can merely report that i did those things. with respects to NYC, the site "This is the way we walk in New York" does a much better job than i at capturing some of the NYC ethos with respects to bikes. there were bikes and cyclists of every appreciable type found there: messengers on fixies, grannies on townies, dudes on mtnbikes, mexicans on beatarounds, etc. etc. it seems that so many have taken to the streets. and i really liked the blatant disregard for traffic lights. and i liked the EddyMerckx city roadie. and don't forget the rickshaws. isn't it ironic that people of all types can ride on some of the busiest streets in the world and here in the good ol' Midwest we can't seem to do anything more than take country rides starting at the exurbs.
nothing too special about the ride today. a.m. was 38 or so, so my gear had to get a little more 'winterish'. i know that those MN types LOVE their cold, but i say chingate hijo de puta madre. i hate the stuff. it only warmed 5 degrees through the course of the day, so i wore the same exact layers home. let's see:
smartwool base, patagonia longsleeve, rei jacket
shorts, thickish tights
expensive Assos socks, toe warmers (under 2nd layer), thick wool socks, Lake sandals
skull cap
Swix gloves.
Lots of room to go warmer in this combo.
Mileage: 15
Ride type: commute
Bike: LHT
Temp: 38/44p.m.
October mileage: 122
Year to date: 1800
the "ish" only b/c i really didn't do much mileage, but after a 2-week break (save 2 minute rides), i commuted in. in years previous, i would experience a break in the action if A) i was sick or B) i became lazy and disinterested. this time, it was the combo of several extraneous factors, including work, travel, schedule, sleep, rain etc. i know, i KNOW, that i could've fought through some of it, but in the end i don't want to Dread the ride, but rather Relish it. i wouldn't call today This is "Relishing", but it was nice to again limit my carbon footprint.
if i had broadband or DSL, i would load lots of pics of baseball games and NYC. instead, i can merely report that i did those things. with respects to NYC, the site "This is the way we walk in New York" does a much better job than i at capturing some of the NYC ethos with respects to bikes. there were bikes and cyclists of every appreciable type found there: messengers on fixies, grannies on townies, dudes on mtnbikes, mexicans on beatarounds, etc. etc. it seems that so many have taken to the streets. and i really liked the blatant disregard for traffic lights. and i liked the EddyMerckx city roadie. and don't forget the rickshaws. isn't it ironic that people of all types can ride on some of the busiest streets in the world and here in the good ol' Midwest we can't seem to do anything more than take country rides starting at the exurbs.
nothing too special about the ride today. a.m. was 38 or so, so my gear had to get a little more 'winterish'. i know that those MN types LOVE their cold, but i say chingate hijo de puta madre. i hate the stuff. it only warmed 5 degrees through the course of the day, so i wore the same exact layers home. let's see:
smartwool base, patagonia longsleeve, rei jacket
shorts, thickish tights
expensive Assos socks, toe warmers (under 2nd layer), thick wool socks, Lake sandals
skull cap
Swix gloves.
Lots of room to go warmer in this combo.
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