Bike on a pole overlooking the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce building.
It is not too often that I have made planned to ride my bike to lunch. I have walked downtown to lunch a few times in the past. I started eating in the cafeteria this school semester to make bike commuting easier. No eating breakfast at home and trying to get a ride to a fast food joint with friends this time around. During this time of year on campus the cafeteria is closed because there are no students on campus, so it is a good time to ride downtown and eat at a local restaurant.
Today I rode my bike to Our Daily Bread and had the three scoop salad. After lunch I decided to ride north and check out the train museum and that is when i found the treat for the day, an old train and an active train.
Old steam train waiting for a restoration
Bike on a fence with caboose in the frame.
I rode up a few blocks and turned left down a dirt road that leads to the river Walk trail. Not bad for a lunch loop, a little street, some dirt and some paved trail riding all close to work.
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 ...
Lonnie Wormley at the Albany Museum of Art Evening rides During the month of July I have been riding my bike on Saturday and Sunday evenings. After a day of working on my house and performing various yard and renovation projects I take time to ride my Trek Pure through the neighborhood streets of the city that I love. Riding my bike is always a transcendental experience for me and I enjoy the peace of mind that comes from rhythmically moving my body on a bike through quite neighborhood streets. This past weekend the weather made for some cooler rides than earlier in the month. Rain showers were a pleasant treat on Saturday's ride. Riding in the summer rain is one of the simple pleasures that I enjoy this time of year. Not many cyclist that I know in Albany look forward to getting wet on their bikes. When was the last time you intentionally rode a bike through a deep puddle of water on purpose? Go with the flow, it's just a game Planning my rout...
Nice bike rack sponsored by Ride On Bikes This weekend I spent three days participating in Social cycling. The event was formally organized by the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia BRAG. The weekend event that I attended was the Georgia Bike Fest . I rode 100 mile course Georgia Bike Fest in 2013. The main difference to my participation this year is that I camped at the event location in down town Columbus, GA with some of my cycling friends. This is why I love events like this because you can have real time social interaction and ride a bike. I define social cycling as riding your bike and having fun talking and interacting with other folks at a group cycling event. Social cycling is not a race. Social cycling is a time when you can ride you bike as a group. Stop and talk. Setting around between rides and talking about like is one of the best things I did this weekend. Friday October 9 Day 1 The Social Cycling crew before t...
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