Arrghh! After some 15hrs or so of sleep, woke up to a sore throat, sinus congestion, and other nasty symptoms of a cold. Went to work (oh joy), browsed the net, and found this funny video
http://tvinjapan.com/blog/2007/01/06/the-long-tail-of-bicycles-over-lakes/
Back soon.
Monday, January 08, 2007
Sunday, January 07, 2007
The Pressure Is On
Well, it has happened. My blog has been noted by a "member" (as "membership" is not defined) of the velogencia. I have handed out a few of my cards which had this blob's (sic) URL, and I thought I had told her about my blob, but I guess I was mistaken. I assume she found it from the lynx on the Midnight Mass blog. OK, I know this is a little convoluted, if Midnight Simon listed it, wasn't it "noted" before? Perhaps, but since I know for sure that I gave him my card ( & KatieJ), he could put up a link without actually checking the blog itself. So now it's been noted, I'll have to "produce" a little more regularly.
This morning's ride to work was marginally better than yesterday's. - Yesterday I had a late start due to an unforseen drive-train problem I noted while re-installing my patched tube I had left to cure. So I was hurrying, which of course slowed me down (the usual Haste Makes Waste scenario) and I left @ 0416. I had been hoping to leave early, not 15mins late, because of the wind. But I wasn't worried as the wind was from the South last night as late as 2300. Imagine my surprise to open the front door to get a direct blast from the WEST! The worst direction of all!!! While travelling North, I was fighting a vicious cross-wind, and Eastbound into the headwind was a leg-killer. I had to walk half the distance across the Alex Fraser because it was too dangerous to ride. I got to work 30 mins late, my legs were about to fall off, and my back was killing me. Good thing I keep an emergency supply of Robaxisal as work. By comparison this morning was a breeze, because the "breeze" was from the South. At first I was worried when I got up. I was a half-hour behind, I could hear heavy rain and the wind was howling (there had benn NO wind at 2300 when I went to bed), and I needed to fix my rack. I was getting a little panicky when I was again 15 mins behind and starting in on rack repairs. Then my phone's alarm started sounding. Exasperated ofer another delay, I pulled it out of its pouch on my knapsack shoulder-stap, and flipped it open while cursing the snooze function I had not turned off. The Time, 0330??!!?? WTF? Crap! I had thought it was 0330 when I got up, but it had to have been 0230. And I thought that I was awakened by my alarm, but must have imagined that. Ah well, after a few deep breaths to settle down from my anxious state, I dealt with my rack and braved the elements at the confirmed time of 0347. And thank goodnes the wind was mostly from the South, with a small Easterly component. The highlight of the ride was zipping along the Hwy91 shoulder @ 55km/h. The low point being the excess 20lbs of rain I must have absorbed along the way! Hard to do when wearing regular cycling togs under raingear. I had to change gloves 2x, my knapsack was sogged, and the rain had managed to permeate my rainpants to my shorts (i.e. the padding inside. soggy bum, yuck) and leggings.
Oh well. I survived. I have my Penguin calendar to cheer me up. The one I brought to work is called "Penguins at Play". The other 4 are hanging up at home.
This morning's ride to work was marginally better than yesterday's. - Yesterday I had a late start due to an unforseen drive-train problem I noted while re-installing my patched tube I had left to cure. So I was hurrying, which of course slowed me down (the usual Haste Makes Waste scenario) and I left @ 0416. I had been hoping to leave early, not 15mins late, because of the wind. But I wasn't worried as the wind was from the South last night as late as 2300. Imagine my surprise to open the front door to get a direct blast from the WEST! The worst direction of all!!! While travelling North, I was fighting a vicious cross-wind, and Eastbound into the headwind was a leg-killer. I had to walk half the distance across the Alex Fraser because it was too dangerous to ride. I got to work 30 mins late, my legs were about to fall off, and my back was killing me. Good thing I keep an emergency supply of Robaxisal as work. By comparison this morning was a breeze, because the "breeze" was from the South. At first I was worried when I got up. I was a half-hour behind, I could hear heavy rain and the wind was howling (there had benn NO wind at 2300 when I went to bed), and I needed to fix my rack. I was getting a little panicky when I was again 15 mins behind and starting in on rack repairs. Then my phone's alarm started sounding. Exasperated ofer another delay, I pulled it out of its pouch on my knapsack shoulder-stap, and flipped it open while cursing the snooze function I had not turned off. The Time, 0330??!!?? WTF? Crap! I had thought it was 0330 when I got up, but it had to have been 0230. And I thought that I was awakened by my alarm, but must have imagined that. Ah well, after a few deep breaths to settle down from my anxious state, I dealt with my rack and braved the elements at the confirmed time of 0347. And thank goodnes the wind was mostly from the South, with a small Easterly component. The highlight of the ride was zipping along the Hwy91 shoulder @ 55km/h. The low point being the excess 20lbs of rain I must have absorbed along the way! Hard to do when wearing regular cycling togs under raingear. I had to change gloves 2x, my knapsack was sogged, and the rain had managed to permeate my rainpants to my shorts (i.e. the padding inside. soggy bum, yuck) and leggings.
Oh well. I survived. I have my Penguin calendar to cheer me up. The one I brought to work is called "Penguins at Play". The other 4 are hanging up at home.
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