Sadly, consistent lifting seems to be on the back burner. I'm too busy at work and I like to see my family sometimes. However, I'm reluctant to give up lifting entirely. ITT you give me advice.

Only cycling content within  - some bits rather SoCal/Orange County specific.

45.3 miles in 3:10 (2:55 in motion - darn traffic lights!) all essentially flat.

Yes, I'm like a kid at Christmas who just got the one thing he REALLY wanted.  I'm enjoying this tremendously.

I made an interesting physiological discovery about myself today.

Weighed myself this morning. Came in at 241 pounds. Then I went and did some chores at the church, then embarked on a 40 mile bike ride in the July sun. During and after the ride, I consumed ~ 1 gallon of liquids. Then I went to get a shower.

Before the shower, I weighed myself. Came in at 236 pounds.

Including the liquids I drank, that means that I lost 13 pounds of water during my bike ride.

Admittedly, some of that was lost through respiration, but still. That's a lot of sweat.

Inside: More about the bike ride but, fortunately, nothing else about how much I sweat.

I've been meaning to post one of these things forever, I have been lurking somewhat but then some people said some things and I realised it's been quite a long time... At least I've still posted more recently than spiralx. ;)

No missed turns, but I sure do miss having an extra chainring.

I found a mapping Web site for Munich which provides full directions from and to any point in the city and realised that my office is a lot closer to home than I thought.

The last time I used two wheels for transportation without the assistance of at least 700cc of quality engineering was some 25 years ago.

There's no way in hell I was going to try it on a work day without confirming the route ahead of time.

I've wanted a road bike for a while, so when the paycheck arrived today, I bought one. Pic inside.

Oh yeah? Well, fuck you. I'm going to tell you anyway. I'm going to tell you with pictures, and you? You're going to like it!

I was biking from one class to another today. I had to stop at a stop sign, 'cause there were cars.

Problem 1: Brakes don't work. Solution: Turn (onto grass, not road) and stop with your feet. Having a freewheel which works dubiously at best may also help with the stopping. Come to a complete stop, which brings us to,

Problem 2: The handlebar stem detaches and falls off the bike. Solution: Jump clear, look around, wonder what's wrong with the people around you that they're not pointing and laughing at you, and come to the conclusion that maybe you need a new bike. (Then loosely put it back, carefully bike home to your sweet, sweet adjustable wrench and fix it.)

I skipped it. Well, most of it anyway.

This is one of those days when I really want to look for another job. Civility is dead. Here are redacted highlights of three bug reports received today:

#1242: Nothing is working. Please investigate. (Unredacted)
#1243: The $person has $action this $object but it is not showing up ANYWHERE
#1244: What gives?

I'm reading Tono-Bungay by HG Wells and even though he's one of my favorite authors, I'm having trouble getting into this one.

Attention DU Infidel

to National Bike Month!