I rode with my normal Tuesday group yesterday, on a day that started out gray but turned nice and sunny. We went up into the hills West of Morgan Hill, first around Chesbro reservoir, then up Croy road to the County park at the end, around Uvas reservoir, then through the beautiful Sycamore valley back … Continue reading Group Ride In The Country →

I took my recumbent with my new and improved drivetrain for a 3-hour plus cruise today. What a difference a non-squeaky and non-rattling chain makes! After a warmup, I averaged 14.7 mph for 2 hr 27 minutes at an average heart rate of 115. This was a good pace. The only mistake I made was … Continue reading Long Cruise →

My shifting was getting a little sloppy plus the chain was making a lot of rattling noises on my recumbent. I checked it with my wear gage tool: Mine was worn past the 0.75 line so was way overdue for changing. It is also recommended that you change out the rear cassette when you change … Continue reading Fast Cruise With New Drivetrain →

This is the title of an entertaining and inspiring book by Wayne Aho, who rode his bicycle across the United States on the TransAmerica trail at the age of 74, a distance of about 4200 miles. He was a successful businessman for several decades, then had a second career as a business professor at Western … Continue reading Journey of Discovery →

I hadn't ridden off-road lately because it's been too soggy. I gave it a try today, riding up to the top of E. Dunne Ave. and then through Holiday lake estates to get to Rosendin park. It was a treat to have the trails dry enough to ride. In the past, I would have gone … Continue reading First Off-road Riding in a While →

I went for a fun three-hour ride enjoying the return of the sun after the last two days of rain. I warmed up for 20 minutes at home while waiting for the traffic to clear in front of Live Oak High, did a cruise out and back on the Coyote Creek trail to where it … Continue reading The Sunshine is Back! →

I've been feeling good lately because I've been doing well in my age group on some local Strava Koms. But before my head gets too big I thought I'd put things in perspective. First of all, these are all flat routes so don't really deserve the title "king of the mountains". King of the flats, … Continue reading Wow! Fast Old People →

Neither my usual Tuesday Group nor the group I occasionally ride with on Sundays has gone out for a few weeks because of all the rain we've had. But yesterday we had beautiful sunny skies so I went on a nice outing with the Sunday group. We did a challenging two and a half hours, … Continue reading First Group Ride In A While →

https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains The title of this post is a variation on "marginal gains", the concept by which coach Dave Brailsford famously revolutionized British Cycling. It is discussed in various places including the book Atomic Habits, and there is an excerpt here. If you make multiple tiny improvements, say about 1% each, they can add up over … Continue reading Marginal Losses- How I Got Slower In a Year and a Half →

It has been a week since my injections, so I did a 64-minute ride on my recumbent and threw in some harder riding, including an attempt on a Strava segment, shown in blue on the overall map of my ride below. The segment is "around the Paradise block", flat and just over 2 km long. … Continue reading First Harder Ride Since Injections →