Tag Archives: Cycling

Feel the Burn

September 19, 2008 – 7:55 pm

I’ve cycled to work each day this week, after a 3 week layoff, and to say I’m tired might be an understatement. You know that burning sensation you get when the lactic acid has built up in your muscles after exercising hard? Well this afternoon I felt that after the enormous physical effort of standing [...]

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Bike Maintenance and Mobile Phones

July 2, 2008 – 6:48 am

I’ve been having problems with my front derailleur over the last few days, and last night I spent 10 minutes by the side of the road making adjustments. Unfortunately I’ve never quite got round to buying a multi-tool, so instead I was using the back cover of a Motorola Razr (surprisingly effective). Once I got [...]

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Caganer

November 29, 2007 – 11:53 am

A Caganer is a model of a person taking a dump that is a traditional part of Catalan nativity scenes. Who knew? I mean seriously, who would even have thought of it?

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Trike

October 19, 2007 – 8:49 am

I picked up my new trike last night, and will be building it back up (doesn’t quite fit in the back of my saloon) tonight. I may even squeeze in a little test drive, without using my right knee of course. Here’s a pic: and here’s a link to the page of a similar machine [...]

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Fargo Street

September 21, 2007 – 12:34 pm

There’s an annual bike ‘race’ in LA each year, riding up the area’s steepest street. Here’s a page recounting the 2007 event. The idea is to get up the hill as many times as you can in a day, with records pushing 100. I can’t imagine the coast back down is that much fun, given [...]

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