07.27.09
Posted in blogging, rides at 2:54 am by Administrator
Well lookie here what I found. A bike locked to a pole out here in Vegas. Which means someone rode it today. Now mind you, it’s over one hundred degrees in this shot. I was surprised and, well, thrilled to have seen this. Even though it is a track bike, but whatever. Just glad that my brethren are around!! However, this answers my own question from my last post. People DO actually ride out here in the desert!! I have to look more into how to ride in this kind of climate…
And look what else I found that I just had to share. I found this after I wrote the last post, and by accident too!! This is the homepage of the Regional Transportation of Southern Nevada. There is a century ride happening Saturday, 10 October, with three different rides: a 118 mile century, a 62 mile metric century (interesting!!) and a 35 mile ride. I have the information for you right here. Check it out!!
I have one more treat for you. Another moment of zen…
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07.25.09
Posted in blogging at 7:18 pm by Administrator
Although I am an easy-going bike girl, like all people, I have my devilish side. Just a couple of days ago, I received a comment from a reader named Saxo who commented about bicycle helmets on this post I wrote earlier. He happens to be a proponent of not wearing bicycle helmets. If you click on the link, you’ll see my response. Albeit not as spicy as much of my commentary only because I have some research to do regarding his comments. Although (now here comes the devil) I could say that any crackpot could do “research” to support any kind of far out theory he or she may have. Now that said, here is what I saw that inspired me to write this post. I tried to post the picture here, but I guess they got smart and made it so you can’t copy the image. Hmm. Well check out the link anyway. It’s from one of my favorite sites, called someecards. Love it!!
Still out in Las Vegas, here is your moment of Zen:
Big hug.
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07.17.09
Posted in blogging, info at 4:48 am by Administrator
Well kids, CycleChic is in Vegas for the week. In my personal opinion, the strip doesn’t seem any different to me than Times Square. I almost feel bad for being a New Yorker sometimes because it seems that New York kind of spoils all other places for me in so many ways. But I digress. That is a posting for one of my other blogs.
However, can I tell you hot freakin’ HOT it is out here?!?! When we touched down on the plane, it was ten in the evening, we get our bags, step out for a cab and BANG…one hundred degrees at night!! Can you believe it? Then today, during the day I think I heard it was one hundred and six, give or take. Don’t even get me started about the heat differential between the shade and sun. Now I know you’re wondering why I’m talking about this. Because I saw a bike lane on the road while we were driving around today. Now which begs the question: who on god’s green earth can ride a bike in a place that’s two degrees hotter than hell?!?! Honestly, I really think they put the bike lane down for show, perhaps following the trend of other major cities in the country by being progressive about bicycle advocacy. I mean seriously, people don’t even really walk outside on the streets. I know no one is riding. Or are they? Is it even safe to ride in this weather? In the desert? I don’t think it’s possible. What do you think?
Now here’s the schooling we all need on dehydration. Please read, it’s important. You don’t have to be riding in the desert to suffer from dehydration, so be careful out there!!
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07.11.09
Posted in blogging, info, safety at 2:54 am by Administrator
Needless to say, it has not been the ideal summer that I like to think of: hot summer sun beating down on my skin, tanning my body with weird tan lines that other cyclists could understand, stopping every few miles to drink water, checking out the cute guy on the bike next to me at the light. Nope, not this year. It has been quite cool, even during the day, and despite my best efforts, I haven’t really gotten a good tan. Perhaps it’s because by mid afternoon, I’m already covered in a light sweatshirt to stave off the cool breeze. Now I know some would say that that is optimal riding weather, and that may be. However, we can get that weather all fall and winter. I do not want to be cheated out of my summer!!
So I was riding behind this one woman on her bike who, thankfully was wearing a helmet, but I noticed that she was riding in a very strange way. First of all, she was wearing a short skirt. That said, she was riding with her knees held close together, for what I believe to keep people from seeing up her skirt. Now ladies, first off, let me say that if you are going to wear a skirt on the bike, please be prepared. Nowadays you can get short cycling shorts or my personal favorite, boy shorts. Believe me, I have worn some skirts that were scandalous to wear on a bike, but if you wear the proper shorts underneath, then you’ll be totally OK. Now, the problem with riding like she did is that the knees need to be square to the shoulders as you pedal, lest you risk the onset of tendinitis. Believe me, I have head tendinitis three times, twice in both Achilles tendons. That sucked. I can only imagine how it would be of the knee or hip. So please, do not ride holding your knees together, it is improper form. Knees square to the shoulders, pedal from the thighs, arches slightly high (like wearing high heels), and heel pointed down slightly in the downstroke. For a little more info on this, try this link.
OK. If one more pedestrian thinks that they can make it across the street before I pass them thundering down the road–they crossing against the light mind you!!–I’m going to brush them so hard, that I rip a button of their shirts. Maybe that’ll teach someone that they should freaking WAIT three seconds to let me pass.
I still have to scream at people walking in the bike lane on the Brooklyn Bridge. Freaking annoying.
But on a good note, a very good note, I have a treat for you guys. Coming soon, I have an interview of a rider that just recently returned from a cross country ride across Spain!! I’ll have some of his pictures and everything. I’m pretty excited about this article and I hope you tune back in for the story.
Cheers for now. Ride hard.
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