Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Nov 14, 2009, 7:47 pm
Thinking that those three days off the bike I mentioned yesterday had left me rested and ready to flatten hills and battle moderate headwinds I set out on a 100k ride. I felt good when I set out, bu...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Nov 13, 2009, 12:12 pm
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. With apologies to Clement Moore. Much to my dismay, it was not Santa and eight tiny reindeer. No, it was what was left of hurricane Ida bearing the ...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Nov 7, 2009, 5:39 pm
Dressing for a ride this time of year seems to be a no win thing. Trying to find something that might be comfortable when it's about 45 degrees at the start and 70 at the finish is next to impossi...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Nov 7, 2009, 6:01 am
I've been meaning to do this for a while, but with procrastination being one of the things I do well, it keeps being put off. Since I am waiting for both the sun and temperature to rise before set...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Nov 6, 2009, 1:03 pm
While both my bikes are fitted with Look pedals, I wasn't paying enough (any) attention when I bought the ones for the newer bike. Because I don't RTFLable (neither will I RFTM, when one is av...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Nov 1, 2009, 4:41 pm
Today would have been a good day to bring the bike in and set up the trainer. Suffering inside for an hour or so looked like my best option for getting a ride in and extending my consecutive day recor...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Oct 31, 2009, 5:45 am
I found this over at Mad Blog Media. The article linked to there is interesting. More riders = safer cycling, and it makes sense. So, how do we get more people out there? I'll be out there today,...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Oct 30, 2009, 5:51 pm
Or, at least read the fine print. The prices for chicken seemed pretty good when we last went to Sam's Club. Unfortunately if you read the tag it says "case sell only" so the prominently display...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Oct 25, 2009, 7:14 pm
It's hard to get some things past me. For instance, recently I became aware that summer is over and fall has commenced. The shorter days and cooler temps gave it away. I'm not all that fond of...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Oct 23, 2009, 7:48 pm
Or not...but it gives me a chance to try embedding a slide show - something new. I'm overdue for learning something new. Today was the homecoming parade for Providence Grove High School. I saw th...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Oct 18, 2009, 5:45 pm
It was mentioned that I hadn't updated this blog for a while. So here ya go! I have intended to, but, well, you know what they say about intentions... I compose some pretty good entries in my head...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Sep 30, 2009, 6:16 pm
Living only three miles from work and riding about 4000 miles a year, you might think some of those miles would be logged commuting. They aren't though. But yesterday morning I once again drug the...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Sep 7, 2009, 3:41 pm
This is a pie plate. It's only purpose is to keep the chain from shifting past the largest cog in the rear and into the spokes. This is never a problem if your derailleur is adjusted properly, and...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Sep 5, 2009, 7:59 pm
Yesterday after work (Of course I stayed 'til 5:00 even though all my coworkers were gone by 2:45. Honest I did. Why do you ask?) I made another trip to Greensboro for another chain. This time ...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Sep 4, 2009, 7:31 pm
Working a scant three miles from my house would seem to make commuting a pretty easy decision. I keep thinking about it, but never seem to be motivated enough to actually do it. Today, though, I did...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Sep 3, 2009, 7:33 am
So, yesterday evening I spent a little time trying to adjust the shifting of the new chain on the rear cogs. Trying being the operative word here. FAIL describes the level of success. Now, the worn ch...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 30, 2009, 7:45 pm
Today's ride confirmed that the drivetrain problems encountered in my previous two rides were, indeed, caused by a worn out chain. The problem of the chain trying to constantly shift to the small ...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 29, 2009, 7:14 pm
Well, for the first time since the end of May I actually got to ride four times in a week. Today I rode 65.7 miles ( 105.1 km). That is the fifth ride of 100 km since May. They're still hard. Tod...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 28, 2009, 8:41 am
It's been a long time since I got two weeknight rides in. Over a month, in fact. I pulled it off, this week though. Tuesday evening was warm and sunny, so it was a no brainer - which is a good t...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 27, 2009, 8:20 am
Windows users are familiar with BSOD, you know, blue screen of death. Well, maybe not some of the younger ones. To be honest, I haven't seen one in at least a couple of years, and since I babysi...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 22, 2009, 10:23 am
Maybe looking at the weather map before going off on my Saturday ride would have been a good idea, but I didn't. I knew there was a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms, but it was supposed to ...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 18, 2009, 7:43 pm
Finally. There was an error over there in the monthly mileage that I corrected tonight. I won't go into the details, but, it was rider error in EXCEL that caused it. But, I am over 3000 mile for...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 16, 2009, 4:20 pm
I was happily riding along this morning in another world and didn't see this swath of broken glass until it was too late to even think about not riding through it. At least I managed to go to the ...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Aug 6, 2009, 6:55 pm
The past three weeks have featured a lot of riding. Not on the bike, though. I've only managed six bike rides in that time frame for a total of 206.23 miles. Not much for three weeks. But riding...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Jul 21, 2009, 7:33 pm
Well, since last Tuesday's more intense ride to improve speed went pretty well, I thought I'd try it again. Around 3:00 it didn't look like there was much chance since there were storms ar...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Jul 18, 2009, 5:28 pm
Oops, wrong musical. Needs to be "The corn is as high as an elephant's eye" So. we're not in Oklahoma, but, that is tall corn, no matter where you are. I don't think I have ever seen corn ...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Jul 14, 2009, 7:14 pm
But only for a little while. With variable success I've been trying to get back to the same average speeds I reached before last year's month long sabbatical. Part of it was the race last mon...
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Michael Breth posted an article on 2 Wheels - Jul 7, 2009, 7:39 pm
Ever since last year's month long pause in riding while trying to deal with breathing problems, getting back to pre break speed levels has been a problem. Ok, I know this extra ten pounds I'm...
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