Another fun Friday.

Had another good ride into work today. The clouds were looking like they might open up and let loose on me. They decided to be nice though. No rain spotted this morning. I did see a bunch of school buses camped out where they sleep. Roads were quite this morning. Slackers must have been getting ready for the World Cup.

Random pics this week.

Here are a few random shots from the commute to and from work this week.

Here is the hill at 281 and San Pedro. I just would like to say that I really hate this climb.

I did find a new ditch on the way in. Looks like a good set up. Need to get the BMX bike and go check it out.

Random crossbar shot. I have a bad habit of pulling my hands in and putting my thumb over on the handle bars. Not good. Easy way to break a bone. 

And of course when your cyclometer reaches this point, you know you need to snap a quick pic. 720! Some of you will get it.

Another good commute.

It was a little chilly this morning. I think i was around 52 degrees when I left. Still had a good ride once I warmed up. Saw lots of stuff in the road from the storm that blew through last night. The streets were dry for the most part.

Decided to take it easier and not push too hard. Even stopped to look at some playgrounds for Jonas on San Pedro. Time was up, and the average speed was down. No worries, I was just cruising.

Avs.-12.8, Dst.-14.04, Odo.-568.3, Mx.-24.0, Tm.-1.05.31

The Tony Kornheiser Experience.

Today started like any other Thursday. With the exception of a very painful knee and a lingering head cold. I got up and got ready for work. Limping and coughing I made it though most of my morning rituals. Paper work, daily numbers, and sorting complete, I proceed to see if there was any activity on Ford's end on the internet. While logging in to Twitter I see this link from @Bontrager and @lancearmstrong. And to say it got my blood boiling is an understatement. 


Kornheiser's rant on ESPN Radio 980 was in reaction to the addition of bicycling lanes in Washington, D.C. It began as a discussion about sharing the road but soon disintegrated into an attack on anyone who rides on two wheels. Said Kornheiser of cyclists:
"And they all, my God, with their water bottles in the back, and their stupid hats, and their shiny shorts, they're the same kind of disgusting posers that in a snowstorm come out with cross-country skis on your block. Run them down."
Kornheiser later modified that to, "So you tap them. I'm not saying kill them."

Way to go Tony! Maybe Hanna Storm could give you some tips on not saying stupid stuff. Oh, wait. I think she all ready did. Jackass! 

Here is the link to leave a nice comment for this douchebag.   http://www.espn980.com/info/contact_us.php


 

Mileage and a bit of Metallica.

I have been trying to log my mileage each time I commute to work on the bike. Here is a list of the last 4 times I made the trek. 

1. 15.12 miles, (454.5 odo),  26.5 max speed, 1.10.31 time, 12.8 average speed
2. 14.57 miles, (127.6 odo),  29.0 max speed, 1.07.27 time, 12.9 average speed
3. 14.46 miles, (142.1 odo),  25.5 max spped, 1.17.46 time, 11.1 average speed*
4. 14.32 miles, (476.0 odo),  24.5 max speed, 1.01.43 time, 13.9 average speed


Day three has an asterisk due to the fact that 4 miles of that was off road through McAllister Park. So my average speed was down and time was way up. I did change the route up a little on yesterdays ride and managed to increase my average speed and cut my time down almost six minutes.


Ride 2 and 3 where done on the Fisher with different tires. 

Ride 1 and 4 were done on the Redline cruiser.

It is not to tough a ride on the single speed. The only bad thing is there is not much top end on the gearing.But I really would rather have it that way than have to die on all the hill climbs.