Cyclery, Week 3

Not as far as last week, took one too many days off.

Speaking of which, taking two days off in a row turned out to be a bad idea: Thoughts weren't clearing, plus it was way harder to get motivated to go out on Wednesday. Felt better afterward, though.

7/3: 12.5m
7/4: -
7/5: 13m
7/6: -
7/7: -
7/8: 15m
7/9: 12.5m

Week Total: 53m
Overall Total: 150.3m
Miles to go to meet summer goal: 349.7m

Oh, and I liked this...a teenage kid asked me to race for about a mile of my route tonight. I'd already been riding for 10 miles, but I figured I could push it a little harder.

Damn, that kid was fast.

It just turned out that I'm faster.

Frame Filled

Thanks to Blankedyblank, Dragos, Enchiladaplate, and Viscousplatypus for contributing/allowing photos.

Cyclery, Week 2

Further this week. Kinda hard to get out there after work, but still doing it.

6/26: -
6/27: 11m (morning)/5m (evening)
6/28: 12.5m
6/29: 12.5m
6/30: 12.5m
7/1: 12.5m
7/2: -
Week Total: 66m

Lift Pull Flop

A friend shared this with me, and I'm very glad they did.



I should also say that Silverstein guy still doesn't get enough credit.

Ride 11

I figured that if I've been doing the same route all this week, I might as well get in captured for the historical record.



I think the camera mount is as good as it's going to get..which is not perfect, but it does the job.

Collaborative Bike Ride 2009

Ok, so I've floated this idea to a few friends, and it seems like the time is right.

I've posted a couple ride videos here now (exhibit A, B or C), but I'm challenging people to do something similar. Whether it be a handlebar-mounted rig like I'm using, the camera dangling around your neck, or somebody else taping you, I'd love to use it in a collaborative bike-ride mashup.

It doesn't even have to be a bike. Just something human powered (tricycle, big-wheel, running, whatever)

So here's the challenge: Get me some footage by Labor Day (september 7, 2009), let me know what name to credit you under, and we'll have a ride for the summer (geographically and temporally somewhat distant)

Thanks.

Send submissions to ride2009@transiit.org (or links to clips from this summer on vimeo, blip.tv, youtube, etc.)

UPDATE:
There is also now a Facebook Group for this.

And if you're on Twitter, it'd be nice if you'd post this link with the hashtag #collabbike

Ride 6

Think I might need one more ziptie for the camera mount. One joint is still a little loose.

But, 11 mile ride this morning down by the beach. A little hard to get motivated to do it, but took a little under an hour.

A little weird getting up at 9am on a Saturday...to exercise, no less. The times are a-changin'

More Twitter Fun

The Return to Cycling, Week 1

So like I said, I bought a new bicycle last thursday, and I figure to help keep myself accountable, I've been keeping track of how much I'm riding it. When I get back, I sketch out the route on Google maps for the distances, so they may be a little approximate.

Friday 6/19: -
Saturday 6/20: 3 miles
Sunday 6/21: 8 miles
Monday 6/22: -
Tuesday 6/23: 3.5 miles
Wednesday 6/24: 5.8 miles
Thursday 6/25: 11 miles

Week 1 Total: 31.3 miles

Considering that I'd only ridden a bike a couple times in the last 15 years, I think this is a pretty darn good start for my first week in. I'm proud of it, anyway.

I was planning an 11 mile ride down by the beach on Saturday. Wasn't sure if I could do it, now I'm feeling a little better about it. Will bring camera.

-transiit

Hey

So I've got this empty picture frame that I'd like to do something with.

Send me a picture (or a link) and I'll put my favorite 5 in it. I can only print black&white right now, so keep that in mind.