Yesterday I rode my upright bike (no electric assist) with my local bike group. We went up into the hills west of town on a beautiful late fall day. I was "feeling my oats" so kept up with the faster folks in the front, and it felt great. Going over the hill on Sycamore Road, … Continue reading Fast Group Ride In the Hills →

From People for Bikes: "SRAM generously offered to match our $5,000 donation to Silver Stallion Bicycle & Coffee Works if we can get 200 riders to ride 100 miles by the end of the month. That’s 100 miles total, not all at once. Silver Stallion is a small nonprofit bicycle recyclery based in Gallup, NM, … Continue reading I Joined The Silver Stallion Century Challenge →

I guess I didn't have enough bionic body parts with artificial hips and heart valve, and screws attaching my rotator cuff. I just found out I need cataract surgery, so now the natural lenses in my corneas will be replaced by artificial ones. An optometrist had noticed what he thought was the beginning of a … Continue reading I’ll Soon Be Getting Bionic Eye Lenses →

My recumbent has pretty fat tires (45 mm/1.75" in the rear, 38 mm/1.5" in the front) and does surprisingly well on poor pavement or off-road. I certainly wouldn't use it for a mountain bike, but it is equivalent to an upright "gravel bike". I tried it out on some gravel and flat off-road as well … Continue reading Fun Ride on a Gravel ‘Bent →

I had previously put an electric-assist kit on my Trek hybrid, which I enjoyed for a couple of years. Then it kept working its way loose. This was a "mid-drive" kit, with the motor located where the cranks are. I could tell it was in danger of damaging my bike frame, so I took it … Continue reading Electrified ‘Bent →

My Recumbent Group (Bay Area Recumbent Cyclist, AKA the BARC-O-loungers) rode from the Curtner light rail station in San Jose to a more rural trail, the Los Alamitos Creek trail, in South San Jose, and back. I rode 20 miles from my house to the start, did their 20-mile ride, then home, for a very … Continue reading A mix of Urban and Rural Riding With My Recumbent Group →

I've done a lot more reading on the science behind intermittent fasting in general and time-restricted eating in particular, and the evidence of the health benefits is sound, including reduced insulin resistance (which leads to overall metabolic health), improved triglycerides, and improved cholesterol [1,2,3]. Ref 4 is a great review article on the topic, for … Continue reading Time Restricted Eating: Science →

This is a meetup group of pretty serious hikers I used to go with. This was my first time back with them since the pandemic. We did an 8 mile plus hike with close to 1500 feet of elevation gain in Santa Teresa park. The hike started at the Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch entrance to the park. … Continue reading Hiking With San Jose “MidWeekers” →

I've spent the last month experimenting with time-restricted eating, which I discussed here. It has gone well. I'd say the major benefit for me has been that once you get in the groove, it makes it easier to avoid compulsions to eat unhealthy food. I got on a schedule of eating lunch at about noon, … Continue reading Time-Restricted Eating Follow-up →

There is a great restaurant at a local golf course to which my local bike group likes to ride. We especially like going on the first Tuesday of the month which is "Taco Tuesday", where they serve their version of street tacos for only $2 each. We rode through the hills west of Morgan Hill, … Continue reading A Nice Country Ride On “Taco Tuesday” →