I’ve copied Lary’s Gear Report idea. But I have his permission. He’s got six or seven gear reports that are worth checking out.
Gear #1: Shimano Winter Boots SH-RW80.
Pros:
1. Warm
2. Cool Looking
3. Water resistant
4. Pretty light despite their appearance.
5. Very high quality
Cons:
1. They’re pretty expensive. $300.
My vote: BUY. They’re the single [...]
Thomas was barking outside at something for five minutes straight this morning, so I went out there to tell him to be quiet. As I rounded the corner of the house, I saw him at the base of a tree, looking up into the leafless branches. The squirrel that he had been barking at made [...]
I don’t like religion but I like religious people. They always seem to pick me up when I hitch hike. Monday morning: I bought a new rear tire (Continental prix 4 season) because of my SECOND faulty Schwalbe, which I returned to the shop again. I also bought a frame pump because I’m sick and [...]
Yesterday I went up to Portland to meet Jeannette Rose and Russell Cree at Upper Echelon Fitness for a little LT testing and discussion about the racing year ahead. But first, I carpooled into Portland with my dad to attend one of his classes at Portland State University. The class was general oceanography, and he spent [...]
I don’t know where it came from considering my heavy training load last week and Monday. But damn. My legs felt like letting me know they were alive today. And they did so by kicking my ass. I went out with the intention of going moderately hard between 4 and 5 [...]
It’s cold up here but the riding is going well. This weekend I went down to Eugene to get my bike fixed up and ride with some friends. Yesterday Will, Chris, Mike and I went up to Salem to ride the Team Oregon group ride. Unfortunately, the team is now probably going to avoid riding [...]
That was a shock. 70’s to 40’s in a day. Let me remind you all that when it’s 70 or more degrees, all you need is a pair of bibs, sunglasses, and a jersey. And SUNSCREEN. And lots of water stops. It feels very good, by the way. This [...]
It was harvested as a young, green fruit back in the late days of 2008. It lived a peaceful life, growing in the shade of it’s parent tree’s broad lush leaves. It had many brothers and sister fruits, all approximately the same size and shape living in a pesticide Chlorpyrifos-coated bag to kill insects and diseases. Every few days, our [...]
My time here in Tucson is coming to an end. I plan on returning to Oregon on Wednesday, although I fly standby so I could change my mind if I wanted. My plane will lift off in the early morning air, leaving the tall Saguaro cacti and dry, beige mountains behind. Ahead [...]
When I catch a cold the first thing I do is go to the grocery store and get all the ingredients to make chicken noodle soup. I know that chicken soup isn’t a magical cure to the common cold, but I’ve trained myself into thinking that it is. And the placebo affect has been proven [...]
