I'm all for self expression, and I'm all for people riding their bikes. If people need some kind of eccentric bike to motivate them to get out and pedal, then good for them.
Sometimes though, the power of the internet drops something into our lap that defies convention and circumvents all common sense.
The “FacePalm Files” chronicles these tales.
I'm all for self expression, and I'm all for people riding their bikes. If people need some kind of eccentric bike to motivate them to get out and pedal, then good for them.
Sometimes though, the power of the internet drops something into our lap that defies convention and circumvents all common sense.
The “FacePalm Files” chronicles these tales.
Before I even say anything, the Tour of the Catskills one day race was a disaster for me. I felt good, I was staying well positioned in the group (riding up with the first 5 riders) and everything was going perfectly. I stood up and accelerated to chase an acceleration off the front of the group and felt a pull and a shot of pain on the outside of my right knee. Each pedal stroke for the next 5 miles was just like some sadistic devil sticking an ice pick into my knee joint.
Needless to say, with 'cross season coming up, I climbed off and accepted a DNF. Fail. Maybe I shouldn't have swapped cranks, maybe I shouldn't have swapped pedals, who knows. Next year, Catskills, next year.
Anyway….
Since I last posted about Honey Stinger's energy waffles I've been throwing around the idea of making the good old stroopwafels in my own kitchen. Let's face it, Honey Stingers are great, but when a case of them costs about 25 bucks, it can be a pretty expensive ride food to stock in your pantry. So a little googling, a little researching and a little trial and error later, I've managed to create something that not the same as Stinger waffles, but is pretty damn tasty in its own right. And just because I'm a nice guy, I'll even share the recipe I settled on so you can recreate them in your own kitchen.
To some of us, one of the biggest pleasures, next to the ride itself, is quantifying the vast amount of data available to us about our performance. The prevalence of GPS based and downloadable cycling computers, combined with various websites and programs have made it possible to catalog, view and analyze mountains of data; metrics from average pace to peak wattage vs. peak heart rate are now at your fingertips. Here's a quick overview of a couple of the more common (and interesting) sites/programs out there.