Updates! All the updates!

First, I cannot believe I haven't updated since June. I swear I'm not dead. How would I be writing this if I was. But secondly, the reason I haven't been updating is because I had a summer's worth of excellent riding that completely distracted me from posting on the regular. I just didn't have time....

Weekend Ride Recap

The feature image on this post is my first proper bike: my Virtue 7. Virtue is a brand of bike made in San Diego. Super comfortable; just a really great all around bike for, well, getting around. Saturday was my first bike ride in about two weeks. We decided to ride up through Belmont Shore...

Strava: You’re your best motivator

Anyone else get super excited about PR? I'm still early in my "road cycling life" so I tend to see a lot of them on new rides, but damn if a PR isn't the greatest thing to see at the end of a ride. What's even better, though, is breaking into the top ten on...

First Organized Group Ride!

On Saturday I went on my first organized group ride with our local bicycle shop, The Bicycle Stand. They sell new and used bikes, but specialize in vintage restorations. So as you can imagine, the local rides tend to attract some spiffy steel bikes. I rolled up on my Giant TCR Advanced 2 which looked super...