Middle of February, local temps hitting the 60s during the day; looks like the heavy rains we had last month will not repeat any time soon. So time to dust off the bike and begin a new year. Started by pumping the tires (they were at half pressure after five months of hanging from the garage ceiling) and resetting the odometer (I had forgot to take it with me on a few trips over the past three years so the total miles were not correct anyway). But where are the instructions? Never mind. Cateye instructions can always be downloaded from their web site - nice feature. After about 15 minutes of experimenting I finally figured it out and accomplished the task - zeroed out all the whole numbers - but could find no way to reset the tenths - so I start out the year with a 0.1 mile overstatement.
I'm going to make a big push this year to bike more than I did in 2009 AND have a higher percent of commuting miles (as compared to recreational) than I have had in the past. Happy to report that the first 25 miles were all productive as I kicked off the year with rides to church, library and school this week.
Very sweet to be back in the saddle. A few head winds gave me just a little challenge (to make up for being such a wimp and biking the valley floor).
For those who are concerned
1 week ago
How wonderful that you are riding again and enjoying the pre-spring weather.
ReplyDeleteIf you want more than a challenge than a few head winds, you are always welcome to touring my area. Just a small warning--my street is the steepest in town and a real adventure in the winter (which it still is judging by the several inches of snow still on the ground.)
I hope you found wonderful treasures at the library!
I just figured out this was your site this week. Duh... It's a wonderful site and you have been on some amazing journeys. I hope to do the same only on a motorcycle.
ReplyDeleteThanks, always nice to know that someone reads what I find the time to write. The journey I should write about was my motorcycle trip across East Africa - but that doesn't seem to fit in with my "mission" and, since that is the only cycle trip I ever took, it is best left untold.
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