Not much of a ride today – a flat three miles to the Lucky Lab and back. Still, that’s more than I’ve been riding on most days since we returned from Hawaii. In the last two weeks I’ve only been on the bike three times, for a total of about 40 miles. This, in spite … Continue reading "Last Orders at the Lucky Laborador"
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Rachael has been getting out with impressive regularity, but I’ve hardly been on the bike since we returned from Hawaii two weeks ago. For the first week I was nursing my health, avoiding going out until I got over a cold. The weather in the past week has been brilliant, but I still haven’t gotten out … Continue reading "Scoping out the new ‘hood"
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It wasn’t an extremely long or exciting ride. I cycled across town into the trendy little corner of Santa Rosa known as SOFA, the South A Street Art District. Galleries. Studios. Cafes. Restaurants. Revitalized residential neighborhood. And now we have a snazzy, refurbished motel catering to bicycling tourists. I tootled around a few blocks, through … Continue reading "Art Alley"
Read MoreWeek 4, 2018. Including a “magic” ride Total for week : 132k Total for year : 365k Vivente : 101k Brompton : 31k The weather this week has been up close to 30°C early in … Continue reading "January Rides in Tassie"
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“Scope creep (also called requirement creep, function creep, or the kitchen sink syndrome) refers to changes, continuous or uncontrolled growth in a project’s scope, any time after a project begins. This can occur when the scope of a project is not properly defined, documented or controlled”. (Wikipedia) scope creep can occur as a result … Continue reading "Scope creep"
Read MoreWell I went out for a ride today. It felt good and Not at the same time. With this whatever I’ve had some vertigo issues and just prior to getting on my bike I practically spun out just walking up to the bike. That’s a little nerve racking!! We headed out towards Asilomar for a … Continue reading "Back In The Saddle Again"
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The October fires shut down all of my favorite parks in Sonoma County, and most remain partly or completely closed. Although both sides of the access road to Jack London State Historical Park above Glen Ellen were seriously burned, and the ashes of several incinerated homes provide mute testimony to how close the blaze came, … Continue reading "Jack London’s Ogre"
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I picked up my new Surly Ogre on Tuesday afternoon, but I had to fly to the East Coast on Wednesday, so I barely managed five miles on the new bike before I boarded the plane. Naturally, I was ready to hop on the Ogre and hit the trail as soon as I returned to … Continue reading "The Ogre of Annadel"
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The app we’ve got so far comes without any rating functionality. It looks like it should be straight-forward though – there are a number of plug-ins we could incorporate that would make it possible to like/dislike posts, comments, perhaps photos. Also, I imagine there are plug-ins to support displaying hit counts. What do folks think? … Continue reading "What do you like?"
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I convinced Bud to load up his new bike, put on his cycling duds, hop on the SMART train with me, cruise down to Marin County, and do a little pedaling to close out the year. Read more at Bill Bikes
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This is a cycling blog – it says so right up there in the corner – so let there be biking! With that in mind, I slipped out this afternoon for a big 15 mile ride. This is the first time I’ve been on my bike since we returned from Hawaii a week ago, because … Continue reading "Let there be biking!"
Read MoreFor those of you new to the posting format, the Featured Image option allows you to select an image for display on the abbreviated version of the post. If you look at our posts so far, some use them and some don’t. Should we encourage or discourage this? If you include them, it gives a … Continue reading "Should we use Featured images?"
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I’m posting this in the discussion category as a test to see if we can have “forum” like conversations. I was in Kansas for 12 days with another two days of travel then came home and had one nice bike ride then proceeded to get sick. As long as I’ve been riding, running and just … Continue reading "Will I ever ride again?!"
Read Moreor ten to figure out how to do a post. I’ll admit my head is full of head cold crap and decongestant. So, I’ll use that as my excuse for lack of tech skills today!! Now that I’ve figured it out I’m feeling much more confident! It’s a beautiful day today I wish I was … Continue reading "We’ll it took me a minute!!"
Read MoreThe Cycle Life Challenge is for You The Cycle Life Challenge is a coffeeneuring*-inspired, fun way to share your day rides during a specific time period. It’s open to everyone who wants to play nicely. This will be the third annual challenge. We found during the first two that it was just as fascinating to … Continue reading "2018 Cycle Life Challenge"
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The designers of Cycle365 didn’t build in anything explicitly to support discussions (the equivalent of the Forum section in Bicycle Life). We’re not sure how to do this, and are open to suggestions. One possibility though is to just create a post, and categorize it as a Discussion topic. Discussion could occur through the comment … Continue reading "Creating a Cycle365 forum"
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Shockingly, Cycle365 may have a few bugs to shake out. So you don’t all have to tell us something we already know, I’ll maintain an article listing what we’re aware of. Open items The login function is unsecured, not encrypted. I don’t know if this is a concern or not, and Rachael doesn’t know how to … Continue reading "Cycle365 features"
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Despite the uninviting, un-beach-like weather, I decided to ignore the fog today. I pulled on some extra cycling clothes, pumped up the Ogre’s tires for riding on pavement, and fired up front and rear flashers for cruising across town through traffic. Read more at Bill Bikes … Continue reading "Peligro Ride, January 2018"
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