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Are you going to Impetus Momenta on the 6th? If so... see you there.
Velocio
I am amazed that a human being can cover 100 miles in a day, even if on a bike. Awesome. I feel like such a lazy bum!!
Sigh... I dearly miss frequent rides.
Hey, 3stripe! Good to see you on here, I didn't realise that you were. Great blog post, drop me an email or PM and I'll put a mention in the LFGSS email for you. Are you going to Impetus Momenta on the 6th? If so... see you there. Velocio
That would be sweet. I'll PM you on LFGSS. And yes I should be at IM, meant to be taking some photos for the blog.
Cheers, J.
I am amazed that a human being can cover 100 miles in a day, even if on a bike. Awesome. I feel like such a lazy bum!!
It's a rite of passage for some recreational riders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_ride
I am amazed that a human being can cover 100 miles in a day, even if on a bike. Awesome. I feel like such a lazy bum!!
The bicycle is the most efficient means of human transportation there is, in terms of distance/energy, as long as you have reasonably surfaced roads or trails. Sigh ... I dearly miss frequent rides.
Or move your office further away from your home.
I went and chose an office location that allows a 25 minute train ride, but the cycle ride following the river is far nicer and only takes an hour... so I do that instead (with the train as fallback if I'm having to make an exception once in a blue moon).
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The bicycle is the most efficient means of human transportation there is, in terms of distance/energy, as long as you have reasonably surfaced roads or trails. Sigh ... I dearly miss frequent rides.
You should move further away from your office. Or move your office further away from your home. I went and chose an office location that allows a 25 minute train ride, but the cycle ride following the river is far nicer and only takes an hour... so I do that instead (with the train as fallback if I'm having to make an exception once in a blue moon).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should move further away from your office. Or move your office further away from your home. I went and chose an office location that allows a 25 minute train ride, but the cycle ride following the river is far nicer and only takes an hour... so I do that instead (with the train as fallback if I'm having to make an exception once in a blue moon).
Riding != commuting, for me. I mean, being on a bike is nice, but going for a ride implies a more care-free attitude, and the complete liberty to go fast and sweat (there are no showers in the office). My favorite thing, once upon a time, was to just grab the bike in the morning and go.
I do 2h training rides (in full lycra, of course) before work, and we don't have a shower. Come to work, change all my clothes, put some water in the face, apply deodorant and I'm set.
I was reminded of my mistakes the night I couldn't sleep and embarked on a full-day bicycle journey up to San Clemente at 3am (mistake #1). Woefully unprepared (#2) and on my mom's upright commuter bike (#3), I got lost in Camp Pendleton (#4) after convincing the entry guard I'd walk my bike all the way to San Clemente since I didn't have a helmet (#5). Pretty soon I started hearing closeby gunfire (#6), found myself next to extremely fast traffic (#7), and was eventually escorted off the premises by a friendly, but firm Military Police officer whose parting words of wisdom were "you might want to try the 5; the highway patrol might have a problem with it, but you sure as hell can't ride back this way!" (#8).
As soon as I got off the base, I opted to explore a bit before immediately taking my chances on the freeway. Sure enough, there was a deserted road a little off the beaten path, sandwiched between the army base and the freeway.
Pretty soon, I realized the MP had inadvertently dropped me off in familiar territory. I was on the very beach trail to San Clemente I had taken with my dad, from many years prior in my childhood when I went on my first multi-day bike tour.
A few whimsical "mistakes" every now and then can make up for the rest of the bullshit in life. Oh, the places you'll go!
Great post, thank you for sharing!