Commutes
Date: September 8 Mon
Weather: 88F
Mileage: 25.5
September mileage: 81.5
Year to date: 1848.5
Date: September 9 Tues
Weather: 68F
Mileage: 17
September mileage: 98
Year to date: 1863
Date: September 10 Wed
Weather: 82F sunny
Mileage: 17
September mileage: 115
Year to date: 1882
Date: September 11 Thurs
Weather: 85F
Mileage: 14
September mileage: 129
Year to date: 1896
A few days of straightforward commutes. All 3 mornings I've ridden with 'BB'. She's having a devil of a time with her rear derailer/mech. It's been "adjusted" several times, the last time in early Aug to the tune of $35 and it hasn't held past 3-4 weeks. I told her to look into buying a new one. Rear mechs are pretty cheap and would give her tons of use. Tuesday was a rainy day in the morning and a chilly day in the afternoon. The northern winds brought in a brisk feel that's the first of the season. This morning it was only 59F and I was underdressed. I had on cycling shorts, a tshirt, arm warmers and sandals. I never did warm up really. Tomorrow I'll have to get out the lightweight jacket and some gloves of some sort. My whole basket of gloves and headbands smells terrible, but I'm reticent to wash them, especially the funky ones like the lobster gloves. They're rancid, though, so I must prepare for the season.
I had opportunity to do some distance this afternoon, esp in the nice temps, but I just didn't have the legs and poked home. We have a strong forecast of rain for the next several days, so I'm moving over to the Blueridge, at least for tomorrow. By happenstance I bought a pair of SKS mudguards from the LBS and mounted them on the BR. I figured a never-rust titanium bike can go in the rain, right? I also moved the seatpost rack from the Trek b/c I think the bottom bracket on the Trek needs a bigtime overhaul. It's creaking something terrible. I haven't commuted on the BR in forever. I figured "why commute on the most expensive bike I own", but the BR needs some usage or I'm going to sell it. I have sort of the same prob as Doug. It's a great problem to have, too many bikes. I was shocked to see, though, on my cyclinglog.com file that I have 2 bikes, the Blueridge and the RB-1, that I've only ridden 1x each all of 2008. For comparison, I've been on the LHT 54 times. Once each? That's pathetic. I fear, though, that if I sell them I won't get squat for either of them. I've seen in the past that RB-1s only bring $200-$400 and I have no clue what the Blueridge would bring. Originally the BR was to be the "do everything" bike, but the Bleriot has truly answered that question. The only allure of the BR is being titanium/unobtanium and that fact that it's way lighter than my other rigs. The smart and resonsible thing to do would be to unload the BR, the RB-1 and maybe the Monocog to help fund a Big Dummy. My garage is filling up too, but if I moved my grandmother's table/chairs, I would have more room for bikes. :-) A problem that Doug doesn't encounter is that we also have 3 kids bikes in the garage too. And the wife's. It's pretty full in there.
Weather: 88F
Mileage: 25.5
September mileage: 81.5
Year to date: 1848.5
Date: September 9 Tues
Weather: 68F
Mileage: 17
September mileage: 98
Year to date: 1863
Date: September 10 Wed
Weather: 82F sunny
Mileage: 17
September mileage: 115
Year to date: 1882
Date: September 11 Thurs
Weather: 85F
Mileage: 14
September mileage: 129
Year to date: 1896
A few days of straightforward commutes. All 3 mornings I've ridden with 'BB'. She's having a devil of a time with her rear derailer/mech. It's been "adjusted" several times, the last time in early Aug to the tune of $35 and it hasn't held past 3-4 weeks. I told her to look into buying a new one. Rear mechs are pretty cheap and would give her tons of use. Tuesday was a rainy day in the morning and a chilly day in the afternoon. The northern winds brought in a brisk feel that's the first of the season. This morning it was only 59F and I was underdressed. I had on cycling shorts, a tshirt, arm warmers and sandals. I never did warm up really. Tomorrow I'll have to get out the lightweight jacket and some gloves of some sort. My whole basket of gloves and headbands smells terrible, but I'm reticent to wash them, especially the funky ones like the lobster gloves. They're rancid, though, so I must prepare for the season.
I had opportunity to do some distance this afternoon, esp in the nice temps, but I just didn't have the legs and poked home. We have a strong forecast of rain for the next several days, so I'm moving over to the Blueridge, at least for tomorrow. By happenstance I bought a pair of SKS mudguards from the LBS and mounted them on the BR. I figured a never-rust titanium bike can go in the rain, right? I also moved the seatpost rack from the Trek b/c I think the bottom bracket on the Trek needs a bigtime overhaul. It's creaking something terrible. I haven't commuted on the BR in forever. I figured "why commute on the most expensive bike I own", but the BR needs some usage or I'm going to sell it. I have sort of the same prob as Doug. It's a great problem to have, too many bikes. I was shocked to see, though, on my cyclinglog.com file that I have 2 bikes, the Blueridge and the RB-1, that I've only ridden 1x each all of 2008. For comparison, I've been on the LHT 54 times. Once each? That's pathetic. I fear, though, that if I sell them I won't get squat for either of them. I've seen in the past that RB-1s only bring $200-$400 and I have no clue what the Blueridge would bring. Originally the BR was to be the "do everything" bike, but the Bleriot has truly answered that question. The only allure of the BR is being titanium/unobtanium and that fact that it's way lighter than my other rigs. The smart and resonsible thing to do would be to unload the BR, the RB-1 and maybe the Monocog to help fund a Big Dummy. My garage is filling up too, but if I moved my grandmother's table/chairs, I would have more room for bikes. :-) A problem that Doug doesn't encounter is that we also have 3 kids bikes in the garage too. And the wife's. It's pretty full in there.
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