Daily Archives: 09/08/2005

road tire woes

I was going to head out on the PPTC Tuesday night ride, but came home to find my rear tire (which needs replacing, anyway) was flat. Totally flat. So I’m in the market for a new rear tire a little earlier than expected. I’m running a Specialized Mondo 700x23c on the front, and I really

things to do (b.c. edition)

In one month and one day I will ride the Civil War Century, and there are a few things I need to do before then: purchase a new rear tire (the current tire has about 1,300 miles on it) purchase spare tubes purchase some gel-padded cycling gloves replace front brake pads (they have over 2,200

interesting data

Okay, having the HRM working is an interesting thing. I decided to measure my resting heart rate this morning (you’re supposed to measure this immediately after waking up, before you actually get out of bed) to establish a base rate for workouts and to get a handle on my fitness level. This morning’s resting heart