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 had a really good bike fit a few months ago. The folks at Podium Multisport in Atlanta know how to assess your physiology and they understand cycling and bikes at a level that I have never seen in my 40 plus years of cycling. I went into the bike fit with a favorite bike in mind that I wanted, but as with any experience with experts I came away learning something that I did not expect, titanium is still a good material for building bicycles. My old Serotta was carbon steel, so I figured that my next bike would be a carbon fiber bike. I rented a Trek Domane 4.2 last year when I was visiting Austin, Texas for a wedding. I rode the bike for about 200 hard miles in 4 days. I hit all of the chip seal roads and steep hills that I use to ride when I lived there and I was quite pleased with the ride and fit. I have an unusual body anatomy. I have the torso and arm reach of a typical man who is 5'6" and the legs of a typical man who is 6'3". I am ...
I did the 25th Anniversary Up The Creek without A Pedal this past weekend. I paid extra for the SWAG. Part of the SWAG was yet another water bottle, but this is no ordinary water bottle. I took the bottle to work so that I could use it on my short frame MTB. the bottle has a screw off bottom. This means it is easy to clean, wow!
Seven Cycles 622 SLX leaning on a street sign pole at the corner of Lily Pond Road and Denson Road. I wanted to take advantage of the day light as I rode home this evening. The wind was blowing 13-15 MPH from the NW, so I knew I was not going to have a speedy ride home. I decided to just enjoy the ride and take some pictures. I have become a more relaxed cyclist post accident. I use to get so frustrated when I could not ride at least 50 miles a day. I would beat myself up if I was riding slower than 17 MPH. Now I just really enjoy the ride no matter what. It takes a lot to really calm me down, but now I think I finally get it, cycling is for relaxing. You may think that I was already aware of this fact since I have been riding all of my life, but sometimes it takes a life changing event to make you realize reality. I am glad I do not have deep dish rims. The wind was blowing so hard my front tire took a little more effort to...
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