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Did it again, this time with the Garmin 450 (which really is a sad replacement for the venerable 60CSx) mounted to the bike stem. It was cool seeing my speed ~35mph while cruising downhill; and depressing seeing it teeter around 5mph while struggling uphill. Oh, and it's very

My pack (Osprey Atmos 35) arrived and it really is small. Small is what I want though. Today I started stomping stuff into it to see how close I'm going to be cutting it. There's no hurry to purchase the tent (Black Diamond Hilight), and I

I got to the far end of the Big Creek Greenway trail in Alpharetta and came to a stop. After grabbing a drink and turning around I headed back down the hill but my left shoe wasn't clipping into the pedal. I fussed with it as I coasted

I did my first official day of training, partly to assess all of the bike upgrades and partly to assess me. The bike upgrades worked perfectly. I need work. For this training start I did forty miles on the Silver Comet trail. Including a few breaks and lots of signal

My bike has been upgraded like Michael Knight's Trans Am: new wheels, tubes, tires and pedals. The thorn-proof tubes which are themselves protected by more durable, four-season tires should prevent any flats during this extended trek; and the new wheels are stronger and lighter than the stock Shimano

I bought a bicycle today. It's sort of my consolation prize for canceling my vacation for an employer. I've never done that before. I'm still going to fly out to Seattle and hand over some climbing gear, get my frequent flyer miles, watch movies