Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Cool site and stuff.
This is a cool site where you can keep track of your actives and stuff.
http://www.mapmyride.com/
my user name is droakes
You can set goals on it and I set a goal on it. Bike 150 miles in 30 days. I will be starting on Saturday. I will be keeping track on it on that site and every now and then on this site post updates.
my user name is droakes
You can set goals on it and I set a goal on it. Bike 150 miles in 30 days. I will be starting on Saturday. I will be keeping track on it on that site and every now and then on this site post updates.
What did I get my self into?
Well yesterday my friend Paul Brill and I decided to fix some flats on our bikes and get ready for biking time this summer. So after work I went to my place and got all my biking stuff I had and went down to Paul's place to get my bike ready. So we change the bike tries. And then the fun part started. I did buy some pedals last summer but never put them on my bike last summer. After some time trying to get the old pedals off to put the new ones on we decided we need the type of wrench that was made for getting them off. So we went to REI to get it because it was still open. While going to the store I talked about what else we could get to make it better for riding. Paul Brill was kind enough to buy the wrench after I picked a lot of things to get to make biking in the winter/night/cold a lot easier to stand the cold. The things I ended up buying where.
1 set of arm warmers
1 set of leg warmers
1 pair of gloves
A tail light and a front light
2 water bottles
1 two water bottle holder
1 computer
1 skull cap to keep my head warm and the sweat off my face
Plus stuff I already had. 1 Bike
1 set of new pedals
1 pair of shoes
1 pair of biking shorts
1 biking jersey
1 helmet
1 REI membership for life. I get 10% back on what I spend there a year. It was paid for and then some on what I spent so might as well get it right?
There is a few other things I want to get. Well one thing really a bike rack for a car that can hold at least two bikes.
(You do not what to know what all this cost but it will be worth it if I keep with it this summer unlike last summer)
Thats all I can think of right now there might be some other minor little things I have as well. So anyway we set it up and after all that it was around 10 at night and we thought might as well ride the bikes. So we took a short little ride (3.6 miles) and it was fun. Pictures to come.
1 set of arm warmers
1 set of leg warmers
1 pair of gloves
A tail light and a front light
2 water bottles
1 two water bottle holder
1 computer
1 skull cap to keep my head warm and the sweat off my face
Plus stuff I already had. 1 Bike
1 set of new pedals
1 pair of shoes
1 pair of biking shorts
1 biking jersey
1 helmet
1 REI membership for life. I get 10% back on what I spend there a year. It was paid for and then some on what I spent so might as well get it right?
There is a few other things I want to get. Well one thing really a bike rack for a car that can hold at least two bikes.
(You do not what to know what all this cost but it will be worth it if I keep with it this summer unlike last summer)
Thats all I can think of right now there might be some other minor little things I have as well. So anyway we set it up and after all that it was around 10 at night and we thought might as well ride the bikes. So we took a short little ride (3.6 miles) and it was fun. Pictures to come.
Monday, February 23, 2009
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