If the icon isn't showing in the screen, it might take You Tube a bit to get that inserted! The video does play though!
Here is a direct link as well.
Nite-Ride is an annual event, organized and hosted by CIBA, the Central Indiana Bicycle Association.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Clydesdales and a Skinny Road Cyclist Do the NITERIDE!
Well, as ya know, a few of us Clyde's did the NITERIDE last night.
It was a great ride! The night was cool and no wind to speak of and the "Blue Moon" rose orange and baleful!
Mariner Fan, ChunkyD, Ryanhulse (The skinny Cervello riding roadie! Nice guy, by the way!) and I did the Niteride as a group, although given the ride conditions and number of participants, it was tough to stay together, plus the fact I didn;'t really have any legs last night because of my 79 mile loop the day before at speed. We averaged, depending on the amount of traffic about 17 MPH +/- and sometimes we really got cooking, between 23 and 27! There were a couple of other BFers there as well, on a tandem, R900 and his wife! Cool folks but they had a blown tire very early in the ride and we got separated til after the ride.
Chunky D, well, how do I say this....
The man can ride a bike! He's got a rocket in that Clyde Frame! He doesn't have much luck with lights (well, that was pretty common though here at the night ride!), his headlight disintegrated on a rough section of road. I lost my tail light as well! Actually, there were more broken bike lights than I've seen in a long time along the ride route!
As per usual, riding with Mariner, I had a near crash. I was trying to get a shot of the monument downtown while I was riding. I asked Mariner Fan to sing out if anything crazy was about to happen. He hollered out about a bump coming up right as I dropped a front wheel in it while trying to take a picture in motion and holding on to the bar with one hand (I did get the shot though and the little jiggle blur actually improved the shot!). This is NOT a recommended procedure, by the way! Not his fault, and without his bit of warning, I'd have had a nasty crash! Mariner, that's 2 for 2 where I should have crashed and pulled it out of my butt to stay upright! You are a good luck charm, actually!
Before the ride, we watched the action at the Major Taylor Velodrome. Man, talk about some fast riders! One of those guys had to be pumping up well over 40 and approaching 50 in the attacks and that's MPH! Dreadlocks flying, he'd make his attack and you could literally watch his frame flex and he took off looking like he had just kicked in the warp drive. I'm almost surprised he didn't leave a blue trail of Cerenkov Radiation behind him! There was also a godawful crash on the track, with a rider blowing out a front tire at speed, going down and another rider doing a full tilt face plant. He hit so hard he snapped his handlebar on the track surface and I'm pretty sure he broke his collarbone as well although I hope not! I heard a double snap when he hit the track and the only thing on his bike that snapped was his handlebar and that other snap was kind of muted! I'm glad crazylady didn't see that, because I'm thinking about converting the Raleigh into a fixie track bike to ride the drome with!
Here is the video!
It was a great ride! The night was cool and no wind to speak of and the "Blue Moon" rose orange and baleful!
Mariner Fan, ChunkyD, Ryanhulse (The skinny Cervello riding roadie! Nice guy, by the way!) and I did the Niteride as a group, although given the ride conditions and number of participants, it was tough to stay together, plus the fact I didn;'t really have any legs last night because of my 79 mile loop the day before at speed. We averaged, depending on the amount of traffic about 17 MPH +/- and sometimes we really got cooking, between 23 and 27! There were a couple of other BFers there as well, on a tandem, R900 and his wife! Cool folks but they had a blown tire very early in the ride and we got separated til after the ride.
Chunky D, well, how do I say this....
The man can ride a bike! He's got a rocket in that Clyde Frame! He doesn't have much luck with lights (well, that was pretty common though here at the night ride!), his headlight disintegrated on a rough section of road. I lost my tail light as well! Actually, there were more broken bike lights than I've seen in a long time along the ride route!
As per usual, riding with Mariner, I had a near crash. I was trying to get a shot of the monument downtown while I was riding. I asked Mariner Fan to sing out if anything crazy was about to happen. He hollered out about a bump coming up right as I dropped a front wheel in it while trying to take a picture in motion and holding on to the bar with one hand (I did get the shot though and the little jiggle blur actually improved the shot!). This is NOT a recommended procedure, by the way! Not his fault, and without his bit of warning, I'd have had a nasty crash! Mariner, that's 2 for 2 where I should have crashed and pulled it out of my butt to stay upright! You are a good luck charm, actually!
Before the ride, we watched the action at the Major Taylor Velodrome. Man, talk about some fast riders! One of those guys had to be pumping up well over 40 and approaching 50 in the attacks and that's MPH! Dreadlocks flying, he'd make his attack and you could literally watch his frame flex and he took off looking like he had just kicked in the warp drive. I'm almost surprised he didn't leave a blue trail of Cerenkov Radiation behind him! There was also a godawful crash on the track, with a rider blowing out a front tire at speed, going down and another rider doing a full tilt face plant. He hit so hard he snapped his handlebar on the track surface and I'm pretty sure he broke his collarbone as well although I hope not! I heard a double snap when he hit the track and the only thing on his bike that snapped was his handlebar and that other snap was kind of muted! I'm glad crazylady didn't see that, because I'm thinking about converting the Raleigh into a fixie track bike to ride the drome with!
Here is the video!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Here's another reason to take up cycling: Peak Oil!
Peak oil, now there's a scary thought. Have you considered how you will deal with fuel shortages, etc.? Cutting back on your driving is a good start!
Ride your bike on errands instead of driving that 2 miles. Consider commuting to work by bike. You get health benefits and save money at the same time!
Ride your bike on errands instead of driving that 2 miles. Consider commuting to work by bike. You get health benefits and save money at the same time!
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Spinner Saturday results for June 23
Welcome to the Spinner Saturday report for the week ending June 23, 2007. If you have just stumbled on this site, Spinner Saturday is a group of cyclists tracking their miles and saddle time through my blog and Bike Forums. Cycling is of course, a healthy lifestyle and promotes a longer, healthier life. Click the Chart Images for a larger version and then just click the back button to come back.
Interestingly enough, we had set the goal for 2007 at 50,000 miles and we are almost there now! check out this preview of next weeks quarterly totals! They'll be bigger of course and I'll almost bet we top 10,000 miles for June alone! I won't be surprised if we hit 100,000 miles as a group this year!
Click the charts to get a larger image. My hosting site is apparently having issuers today, so I have uploaded them to Bloggers server this time and unfortunately the image suffers.
In closing: I'd like to post a toast to Al Wong, aka Rev Monkey on Bike Forums: Gone but not forgotten. Al Wong was from Markham, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto and was killed by being struck by a motorist backing out of a parking space in a parking lot. Al succumbed to head injuries after this injury. Al was a friend I never got to meet face to face and tragically, died on his 18th birthday, June 25, 2007.
Absent Companions! Al, you'll be missed!
| Rider | 06/02/07 | 06/09/07 | 06/16/07 | 06/23/07 | 06/30/07 | Total |
| 51 | 36.5 | 36.5 | ||||
| AaronW | 0.0 | |||||
| Admiral | 75.0 | 88.0 | 85.0 | 248.0 | ||
| Adrien | 39.0 | 79.2 | 85.8 | 204.0 | ||
| A_Fire_Inside | 59.5 | |||||
| Archienutt | 84.2 | 22.0 | 64.0 | 191.5 | 361.7 | |
| Arctic Jill | 318.0 | 123.1 | 441.1 | |||
| Bdinger | 28.0 | 55.6 | 113.5 | 76.0 | 273.1 | |
| Big Mike | 197.3 | 264.3 | 34.6 | 98.2 | 594.4 | |
| ChunkyD | 0.0 | |||||
| Colt45 | 70.7 | 74.6 | 80.0 | 225.2 | ||
| DanonBike | 62.7 | 93.7 | 110.2 | 266.6 | ||
| DavisClyde | 257.2 | 24.8 | 110.6 | 392.5 | ||
| DiabloRojo | 15.0 | 50.7 | 65.7 | |||
| DonHaller | 0.0 | |||||
| Dpb13 | 78.7 | 126.7 | 205.4 | |||
| Early | 0.0 | |||||
| Epcolt | 59.0 | 40.0 | 99.0 | |||
| Fishboy_C | 0.0 | |||||
| FujiRocker | 0.0 | |||||
| Funrover | 0.0 | |||||
| Gorilla | 0.0 | |||||
| Halthane | 91.3 | 87.8 | 179.1 | |||
| I_Bike | 0.0 | |||||
| Jaxgtr | 44.3 | 21.0 | 15.5 | 51.8 | 132.6 | |
| JP Smee | 0.0 | |||||
| Jumborider | 10.0 | 11.0 | 21.0 | |||
| Juvenile Tim | 50.0 | 41.0 | 75.0 | 68.0 | 234.0 | |
| K4LK | 0.0 | |||||
| Keithm0 | 74.1 | 68.2 | 83.6 | 226.0 | ||
| Kensuf | 181.0 | 125.0 | 221.0 | 173.0 | 700.0 | |
| Lil.Round1 | 0.0 | |||||
| Magool | 0.0 | |||||
| Mkadam68 | 165.3 | 168.0 | 203.0 | 183.2 | 719.5 | |
| Neilfein | 36.3 | 105.4 | 52.8 | 39.0 | 233.5 | |
| Obelix67 | 0.0 | |||||
| PellTA | 6.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| RDRomano | 0.0 | |||||
| Ronjon10 | 115.0 | 26.0 | 104.4 | 60.0 | 305.4 | |
| Sandwarrior | 27.8 | 97.5 | 108.3 | 233.5 | ||
| Scotmorrsn | 114.0 | 114.0 | ||||
| ShawnK | 0.0 | |||||
| Stearman | 55.0 | 55.0 | ||||
| Teamplayer | 0.0 | |||||
| Texas Mike | 0.0 | |||||
| The Historian | 117.0 | 116.0 | 100.0 | 80.7 | 413.7 | |
| The Mrs | 75.0 | 28.0 | 40.0 | 165.0 | 308.0 | |
| Tom Stormcrowe | 75.0 | 151.0 | 15.0 | 165.0 | 406.0 | |
| Troll44 | 16.0 | 16.0 | ||||
| Tskuller | 76.0 | 115.0 | 110.0 | 82.0 | 383.0 | |
| Uncle Dan! | 115.5 | 93.5 | 125.0 | 119.5 | 453.5 | |
| UTRacerDad | 92.0 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 106.0 | 340.0 | |
| Wingman115 | 0.0 | |||||
| Wogsterca | 51.2 | 53.3 | 57.7 | 30.5 | 192.7 | |
| Total | 2175.5 | 1875.5 | 2633.9 | 2366.9 | 0.0 | 8992.28 |
| Rider | 06/02/07 | 06/09/07 | 06/16/07 | 06/23/07 | 06/30/07 | Total |
| 51 | 0.0 | |||||
| AaronW | 0.0 | |||||
| Admiral | 5.5 | 4.0 | 9.5 | |||
| Adrien | 3.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 14.5 | ||
| A_Fire_Inside | 3.8 | |||||
| Archienutt | 4.9 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 13.5 | 23.6 | |
| Arctic Jill | 0.0 | |||||
| Bdinger | 0.0 | |||||
| Big Mike | 0.0 | |||||
| ChunkyD | 0.0 | |||||
| Colt45 | 0.0 | |||||
| DanonBike | 0.0 | |||||
| DavisClyde | 17.0 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 25.5 | ||
| DiabloRojo | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | |||
| DonHaller | 0.0 | |||||
| Dpb13 | 8.4 | 8.4 | ||||
| Early | 0.0 | |||||
| Epcolt | 0.0 | |||||
| Fishboy_C | 0.0 | |||||
| FujiRocker | 0.0 | |||||
| Funrover | 0.0 | |||||
| Gorilla | 0.0 | |||||
| Halthane | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||||
| I_Bike | 0.0 | |||||
| Jaxgtr | 2.9 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 7.7 | ||
| JP Smee | 0.0 | |||||
| Jumborider | ||||||
| Juvenile Tim | 0.0 | |||||
| K4LK | 0.0 | |||||
| Keithm0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 16.7 | ||
| Kensuf | 9.8 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 28.3 | ||
| Lil.Round1 | 0.0 | |||||
| Magool | 0.0 | |||||
| Mkadam68 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 10.0 | 42.8 | |
| Neilfein | 0.0 | |||||
| Obelix67 | 0.0 | |||||
| PellTA | 0.0 | |||||
| RDRomano | 0.0 | |||||
| Ronjon10 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 23.8 | |
| Sandwarrior | 1.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 15.5 | ||
| Scotmorrsn | 0.0 | |||||
| ShawnK | 0.0 | |||||
| Stearman | 6.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| Teamplayer | 0.0 | |||||
| Texas Mike | 0.0 | |||||
| The Historian | 0.0 | |||||
| The Mrs | 0.0 | |||||
| Tom Stormcrowe | 0.0 | |||||
| Troll44 | ||||||
| Tskuller | 4.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 21.2 | |
| Uncle Dan! | 0.0 | |||||
| UTRacerDad | 7.5 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 27.0 | |
| Wingman115 | 0.0 | |||||
| Wogsterca | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 17.3 | |
| Total | 84.1 | 59.3 | 91.4 | 67.5 | 0.0 | 298.51 |
Interestingly enough, we had set the goal for 2007 at 50,000 miles and we are almost there now! check out this preview of next weeks quarterly totals! They'll be bigger of course and I'll almost bet we top 10,000 miles for June alone! I won't be surprised if we hit 100,000 miles as a group this year!
| April | 6339.49 | March Quarter | 18744.51 | |||||
| May | 8459.58 | June Quarter | 23791.35 | |||||
| June | 8992.28 | Year to date | 42535.86 | |||||
| Quarter total | 23791.35 |
Click the charts to get a larger image. My hosting site is apparently having issuers today, so I have uploaded them to Bloggers server this time and unfortunately the image suffers.
In closing: I'd like to post a toast to Al Wong, aka Rev Monkey on Bike Forums: Gone but not forgotten. Al Wong was from Markham, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto and was killed by being struck by a motorist backing out of a parking space in a parking lot. Al succumbed to head injuries after this injury. Al was a friend I never got to meet face to face and tragically, died on his 18th birthday, June 25, 2007.
Absent Companions! Al, you'll be missed!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
A New Kid on the Block
Crazylady, my wife, is now blogging. She's over at Crazylady's Quest, her new blog, which is about cycling and weight loss as well. Her goal is to lose at least 50 pounds over the next year. Stop by and offer your support for this goal!
Crazylady intends to lose this loss through cycling, other exercises and diet!
Crazylady intends to lose this loss through cycling, other exercises and diet!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Historian On Two Wheels: From 0 to 100: The Seatpost Letters
Neil has a really good article here, great humor and spot on with a good message for obese cyclists and others!
Historian On Two Wheels: From 0 to 100: The Seatpost Letters
Historian On Two Wheels: From 0 to 100: The Seatpost Letters
The Return of Spinner Saturday!
Well, I have the database back, and here are the results.
Miles
Saddle Time
Good job, everybody and let's keep those miles coming in! Ride the bicycles! Every hour you ride is 2 hours additional life!
Miles
| Rider | 06/02/07 | 06/09/07 | 06/16/07 | 06/23/07 | 06/30/07 | Total |
| 51 | 0.0 | |||||
| AaronW | 0.0 | |||||
| Admiral | 75.0 | 88.0 | 85.0 | 248.0 | ||
| Adrien | 39.0 | 79.2 | 118.2 | |||
| A_Fire_Inside | 59.5 | |||||
| Archienutt | 84.2 | 22.0 | 64.0 | 170.2 | ||
| Arctic Jill | 318.0 | 318.0 | ||||
| Bdinger | 28.0 | 55.6 | 113.5 | 197.1 | ||
| Big Mike | 197.3 | 264.3 | 34.6 | 496.2 | ||
| ChunkyD | 0.0 | |||||
| Colt45 | 70.7 | 74.6 | 80.0 | 225.2 | ||
| DanonBike | 62.7 | 93.7 | 110.2 | 266.6 | ||
| DavisClyde | 257.2 | 24.8 | 110.6 | 392.5 | ||
| DiabloRojo | 15.0 | 50.7 | 65.7 | |||
| DonHaller | 0.0 | |||||
| Dpb13 | 78.7 | 126.7 | 205.4 | |||
| Early | 0.0 | |||||
| Epcolt | 59.0 | 59.0 | ||||
| Fishboy_C | 0.0 | |||||
| FujiRocker | 0.0 | |||||
| Funrover | 0.0 | |||||
| Gorilla | 0.0 | |||||
| Halthane | 91.3 | 91.3 | ||||
| I_Bike | 0.0 | |||||
| Jaxgtr | 44.3 | 21.0 | 15.5 | 80.8 | ||
| JP Smee | 0.0 | |||||
| Jumborider | 10.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| Juvenile Tim | 50.0 | 41.0 | 75.0 | 166.0 | ||
| K4LK | 0.0 | |||||
| Keithm0 | 74.1 | 68.2 | 83.6 | 226.0 | ||
| Kensuf | 181.0 | 125.0 | 221.0 | 527.0 | ||
| Lil.Round1 | 0.0 | |||||
| Magool | 0.0 | |||||
| Mkadam68 | 165.3 | 168.0 | 203.0 | 536.3 | ||
| Neilfein | 36.3 | 105.4 | 52.8 | 194.5 | ||
| Obelix67 | 0.0 | |||||
| PellTA | 6.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| RDRomano | 0.0 | |||||
| Ronjon10 | 115.0 | 26.0 | 104.4 | 245.4 | ||
| Sandwarrior | 27.8 | 97.5 | 125.3 | |||
| Scotmorrsn | 0.0 | |||||
| ShawnK | 0.0 | |||||
| Teamplayer | 0.0 | |||||
| Texas Mike | 0.0 | |||||
| The Historian | 117.0 | 116.0 | 100.0 | 333.0 | ||
| The Mrs | 75.0 | 28.0 | 40.0 | 143.0 | ||
| Tom Stormcrowe | 75.0 | 151.0 | 15.0 | 241.0 | ||
| Tskuller | 76.0 | 115.0 | 110.0 | 301.0 | ||
| Uncle Dan! | 115.5 | 93.5 | 125.0 | 333.0 | ||
| UTRacerDad | 92.0 | 71.0 | 71.0 | 234.0 | ||
| Wingman115 | 0.0 | |||||
| Wogsterca | 51.2 | 53.3 | 57.7 | 162.2 | ||
| Total | 2175.5 | 1875.5 | 2633.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6463.22 |
Saddle Time
| Rider | 06/02/07 | 06/09/07 | 06/16/07 | 06/23/07 | 06/30/07 | Total |
| 51 | 0.0 | |||||
| AaronW | 0.0 | |||||
| Admiral | 5.5 | 4.0 | 9.5 | |||
| Adrien | 3.0 | 5.5 | 8.5 | |||
| A_Fire_Inside | 3.8 | |||||
| Archienutt | 4.9 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 10.1 | ||
| Arctic Jill | 0.0 | |||||
| Bdinger | 0.0 | |||||
| Big Mike | 0.0 | |||||
| ChunkyD | 0.0 | |||||
| Colt45 | 0.0 | |||||
| DanonBike | 0.0 | |||||
| DavisClyde | 17.0 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 25.5 | ||
| DiabloRojo | 1.1 | 3.9 | 5.0 | |||
| DonHaller | 0.0 | |||||
| Dpb13 | 8.4 | 8.4 | ||||
| Early | 0.0 | |||||
| Epcolt | 0.0 | |||||
| Fishboy_C | 0.0 | |||||
| FujiRocker | 0.0 | |||||
| Funrover | 0.0 | |||||
| Gorilla | 0.0 | |||||
| Halthane | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||||
| I_Bike | 0.0 | |||||
| Jaxgtr | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | |||
| JP Smee | 0.0 | |||||
| Jumborider | ||||||
| Juvenile Tim | 0.0 | |||||
| K4LK | 0.0 | |||||
| Keithm0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 16.7 | ||
| Kensuf | 9.8 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 28.3 | ||
| Lil.Round1 | 0.0 | |||||
| Magool | 0.0 | |||||
| Mkadam68 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 32.8 | ||
| Neilfein | 0.0 | |||||
| Obelix67 | 0.0 | |||||
| PellTA | 0.0 | |||||
| RDRomano | 0.0 | |||||
| Ronjon10 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 16.8 | ||
| Sandwarrior | 1.8 | 6.8 | 8.5 | |||
| Scotmorrsn | 0.0 | |||||
| ShawnK | 0.0 | |||||
| Teamplayer | 0.0 | |||||
| Texas Mike | 0.0 | |||||
| The Historian | 0.0 | |||||
| The Mrs | 0.0 | |||||
| Tom Stormcrowe | 0.0 | |||||
| Tskuller | 4.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 16.9 | ||
| Uncle Dan! | 0.0 | |||||
| UTRacerDad | 7.5 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 19.5 | ||
| Wingman115 | 0.0 | |||||
| Wogsterca | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 14.5 | ||
| Total | 84.1 | 59.3 | 91.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 180.11 |
Good job, everybody and let's keep those miles coming in! Ride the bicycles! Every hour you ride is 2 hours additional life!
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