April 10, 2012

90k to Go

Last spring I wrote about how my cyclocross bike was approaching 10,000 miles.   I didn't ride it much over the summer so I didn't hit that milestone until I mounted my fenders on it for wintertime commuting.   Since turning an odometer over to all zeros is kind of a noteworthy occasion, I figured I would video the moment.   Imagine my surprise when that fifth digit showed up on the left side of the screen.  Now I have to ride 90,000 more miles to turn it over.

 

Even though I didn't turn it over to all zeros, 10,000 miles on one bike is quite a milestone.   I think I'll celebrate with another pilgrimage, this time with a Gaelic twist. Check back soon.  

 

 

 

Apr 10, 2012 9:03:36 AM

The comments to this entry are closed.

NEXT POST
Touring the Newfies Mark and I were sitting on the railroad tracks when the first man on a four wheeler rolled up. The road west along the tracks was closed in six miles, a Union Pacific sign courteously but sternly warned us. The road south to the Newfoundland Mountains, our desired destination, was too wet and goopy for our bikes. We had just pedaled over 80 miles across the Great Salt Lake with the intention of climbing Desert Peak and seemed now to be thwarted just ten miles from where we could start hiking. In those moments of indecision we had hidden our...
PREVIOUS POST
No Luck of the Irish For Me I raced in the Mountain Bike Challenge Lough Derg Stage Race in Killaloe, Ireland last week. I had a real shot at making the podium but some bad luck in the form of a dropped chain (made worse by my comical attempts of untangling it under hypoxic conditions) in Stage 1 and a flat 'tyre' in Stage 3 pushed me down to 13th overall. I wrote a story about it over at MTBracenews.com, which you can read here. Below is my favorite photo from the race, according to the guy in the hi-vis vest I was the only racer to...

Chad

(hüp-t&-dü-d&l) n. 1. Stuff that gets in the way of a story's making progress. It is wordy, unnecessary, space-taking, and typically should be edited out. 2. Inflammation of a story caused by infectious or toxic writing and characterized by severe anacoluthon, embolalian engorgement, uncontrollable circumlocution, and runaway annomination. 3. Stuff Chad thinks about when he’s riding his bike.

The Typepad Team

Search

Recent Comments