The weather was so nice yesterday that I could not pass up the chance to capture all of the colors that I was seeing from my bike. I like taking pictures when there are large clouds in the sky. The even lighting that the clouds produce are what I like to capture in landscape photography. When the sun peeked through the clouds the long warm rays painted a golden wash over the fields where the cattle were grazing. I ride on Eight Mile Road a lot and it is always an adventure in lighting and seasonal changes that make my bike commute so interesting.
The weather was near perfect this week for cycling. the mornings are just cool enough to want to have arm warmers on but not cold enough to ride bare legged. In the evenings it is warm, but not sticky hot. Yesterday I decided to go to video mode on my phone and give you city folks a gander at my bike commute.
Sometimes I forget what it is like to have cross traffic. I only have two stop lights on my commute where I actually have to wait a minute or more to get across. most of my ride is on straight roads with little cross traffic and light traffic in the directions I am going.
Here are the videos. not the best quality, but I am saving up for a better mobile video device.
This morning I took a video of Eight mile road in the dark. I love riding at night. This video does not capture how well my light works, but it does show how dark it is on eight Mile Road. cycling in the city when street lights is fun, but riding down a country road when the only light is the one on your bike is a blast. It took me a few months back in 2013 to get enough nerve to ride on back roads by myself in the dark, but now i can not live without it.
I wanted to capture some of the information on the Internet written about my bike, a custom 1999 Serotta Rapid Tour (SRT). I have about 10,000 miles on this bike. This year alone I have 2,500 miles on it. I have 1,000 miles so fare in April on this bike. I have can only remember one major tune up done on this bike. Here is an interesting discussion that I found about my bike on the Pace Line Forum . Here is a quote about the bike that I own and love "Rapid Tour was Serotta's version of a bike that would fit reasonably sized tires with fenders, and could carry light luggage for credit card touring. In a word, "sensible" and not just a fair weather toy for let's play racer. There's nothing "low end" about that." ~ palincss 05-01-2010 03:33 PM I think that I have upgraded my components from what was on the stock SRT. My SRT has Shimano Ultegra derailleur and the stock SRT has a Shimano 105 derailleur. Here a photo of a stock SRT.
Cycle Thunder II I am recovering from a near death experience that happened on March 17, 2014. I was hit from behind on my way to work and could have died, but I did not. I could make up all sorts of excuses of why I should never get on a bike again, but that is not who I am. Cycle Thunder I was sitting in my living room this past week in front of the TV and my wife was napping beside me. Out of nowhere I starting sobbing and tears flowed freely from my eyes. Was I mourning the lost of a bicycle? I went to work for two days this week and I carried my bike in the back of my truck. I have not had the heart to take it out since getting it from the Dougerty Police Department. I guess I am having a hard time of letting it go. Before I had this accident I had already made up in my mind that this 1999 Serotta Rapid Tour was the last bicycle that I would ever buy. I had already decided that I would only ride just so fast and that I would never be able to keep up with
I did not set up the segment. I did not want to participate in the segment. I found myself looking at my results and wondering who was number on on the segment leader board list and then I was hooked. There are not too many hills in here in SW Georgia, but one of them is near my job. This segment is on the final approach to the ASU campus. The grade is a measly .7% to 1.4% (54M to 64M) over a distance of about 2 KM. The record was held by Edward Picolo at 4 minutes and 3 seconds. When I started bike commuting in September 2012 I was generally tired at this point of my commute. When I started using Strava in January 2013 I discovered the segment and I was a bit stronger in my endurance and I was always making an effort to finish strong up this hill. Only 5 riders appear on the leader board since 2012. I have been competing against my best efforts for a few months until yesterday when I decided that I was going to beat 4:03 on the segment. I finished at 3:48 and I was am
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