Category Archives: bicycle
Bike Ride + Thunderstorm = Exciting (for some values of exciting)!
A representation of what we found on the Silver Comet last night Yesterday, Jenn and I did about an hour’s bike ride on the Silver Comet trail. There was threatening storm clouds but I said “fah!” and so off we went. The ride was nice, with very little traffic due to the weather predictions ((If …
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Busy busy
Once again, I’ve been a bit too busy to keep up with the blogging. I don’t even know what I’ve been doing so I can’t tell you about it, however we have had a couple bike-centric Saturday’s recently. Last week we went to the Roswell Criterium, shown here… …and this week we biked the Atlanta …
Streets Alive Atlanta
Biking in from Inman Park MARTA where we picked up Keith We attended Streets Alive in Atlanta on Sunday. It was a blast! They closed down Edgewood Avenue from Peachtree Street to Boulevard and Auburn Street from Peachtree to the Connector. There were cyclists and skateboarders and rollerbladers and walkers and strollers and jugglers and …
Preparing for the Race Season
A purchase I’ve been avoiding to date has been a maintenance stand for my bicycle. I haven’t been avoiding it because I wanted to. I’ve been avoiding it because of cost; there continually were other things to spend money on when it came to bikes and racing. Unfortunately it is, ummmm, “inconvenient” to do maintenance …
The Black Cat Alleycat Race
I participated in The Black Cat last night. It was an Alleycat race, which are unsanctioned bicycle races usually involving checkpoints or point gathering. Last night was a checkpoint race. At the start, we got a set of points to go to as defined by address or intersection. The objective was to register at each …
The Flying Elvises
Die Fligenden Elvises finished the 2009 Faster Mustache 24 Hour urban bicycle rally. It was great. I’m tired. More later. Check out the photos. Follow the race tracker (it’s still picking up tweets).
Drama at the Roswell Criterium
Yesterday I attended the Roswell Criterium bicycle race. “Crit” Races are short-lap races done under a time limit. The field goes out and circles the course for a set time—30, 40, 50, 80 minutes—depending on the category of the race. They are technical races due to the the number of turns and accelerations that occur. …
Tour de Georgia Canceled
The 2009 Tour de Georgia, a multi-part cycling race akin to the Tour de France, has been canceled. It was apparently due to financial considerations. This is disappointing on a purely selfish level. Watching the race was a lot of fun. Hopefully it will be back in 2010. I want to go up and see …
Andy Jordan's Bicycle Warehouse
This is a shout out to Andy Jordan’s Bicycle Warehouse in Augusta, GA for having great hospitality to an out-of-towner cyclist. They gave me a place to change, pump my tires and fill up my water bottle. Thanks guys!