Smooth and too quiet
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I doubt whether anyone is going to guess the significance of the number 2555 to me even if I provide a hint. For those inclined to try, rather than spilling the answer right off I have included it after the jump. The number isn’t my PIN or the balance in my savings account. It is the approximate distance between Bremerton and Youngstown, Ohio, but that would only be important if I were going there. However, “distance” or more specifically “miles” is a good hint.
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I was going to call this “The Art of Riding in the Rain,” but the title is already taken. Perhaps that’s just as well because unlike the informative post in The Bike Whisperer’s blog, I don’t have any useful tips for cycling in cold wet weather. Basically I ride without raingear and get wet. If that makes other riders want to stay indoors, I don’t blame you for skipping this miserable ride.
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Posted in Biking, Mud Bay & Rocky Point, Weather
How would you interpret this sign?
Posted in Biking, Government
It used to be dark green.
Although today is trash day, I’m not going to toss out the old one. Too many memories for that. The old sweatshirt is exactly what the Beach Boys had in mind when they put this couplet in the lyrics to “Little Honda”:
Put on a ragged sweatshirt
I’ll take you anywhere you want me to
So I’m going to keep it and perhaps bring it out of retirement from time to time.
In 2010 I rode my bike more miles than in any previous year since I began keeping track of my annual mileage in 1996. The final total was 2472 miles—170 more miles than the old mark of 2302 set in 2008. That’s not impressive if you are a serious cyclist like my nephew Eric, who trains for road races and entered (and finished!) the Hot 100 in Dallas last year. But for me averaging more than 200 miles per month was a major milestone.
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Random observations about taxes, cycling, Lowe’s, and car names as my favorite month comes to an end. There is no unifying theme.
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Posted in Biking, Business Beat, Cars, Government
Saturday during my bike ride along Gold Creek Road I pondered the problem of roadside trash. Because they have a vantage point on the road shoulder and travel at a much slower speed, cyclists see a lot more trash than people in cars. And although cyclists aren’t the source of the litter—at least not while they are biking—the trash seems more personal. Go out for a ride, whether it is for exercise, scenery, or just to get outdoors, and roadside trash is everywhere.
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