There are usually two choices when you’re stuck out in the frigid cold on a bicycle in too little gear: 1. go as fast as you can while hoping that the resulting body heat you create will somehow overcome the wind that you’ve also created, or 2. reduce your speed under the theory that less [...]
Entries from January 29th, 2010
nerding out
January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · hanging out
My entire extended family is cursed with the whole “unable to see clearly” thing. Literally. Family dinners will easily result in every single person wearing a pair of glasses. Once that fact sinks in, it’s up to the ones who can sort of see to take one for the team and self-consciously take off their [...]
protein paranoia
January 26th, 2010 · 5 Comments · food, recipes
Go vegan for 21 days. That was the initial promise. And today marks Day 21. I’m not quite sure why I did it, other than the fact that as a mostly lactose intolerant vegetarian, giving up eggs and honey didn’t seem too much of a leap. But cynical about how easy it really was combined [...]
womanly cycles
January 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · embrocation cycling journal
I’ve got a case of the Embrocation Cycling Journal Mondays, again. Go read my post here.
travelocity
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · general stuff, road rides
I don’t like to say that I hate to travel. The statement seems to immediately make you a smaller, closed-minded person who is only capable of being comfortable in familiar surroundings. It seems to kill off any ideas that you might have a sense of curiosity or adventure, or that you are in any way [...]
commute to train
January 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · training
“It’s cold out today. Or, that’s what I thought when I got in my car.” I’m met with a variation of that comment at least once a week when people see me with a bike in one hand and a helmet in the other. A friend once informed me, in the middle of that frigid [...]
burrito brifters
January 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · hanging out, road rides
It takes some practice, and you’ll never get it right the first time. But no one does; you just don’t know it until afterwards. Which saves you some embarrassment…but not while you’re doing it, of course. And while it can become like second nature after you’ve done it a couple of times [or as close [...]
Tags:burritos·gears·messy·new jersey·shifting
attractive presents
January 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · general stuff, hanging out, style
Back in my fag hag days, a fabulously gay friend once informed me: “I only like to be friends with attractive people.” I laughed in response, at least half in disbelief. The statement sounds ludicrous but I was also struck by its stark naked honesty. We all want to be friends with attractive, fashionable, interesting [...]
Tags:bicycle custom·gifts·japan·nari/furi·outlier·superb bicycle·swrve clothing·tokyo
the guilties
January 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · general stuff
I have a bad case of the “guilties.” If I’m on the rollers, I’m feeling guilty that I’m not doing my reading [even if I have the whole night to do it]. If I’m cooking dinner, I’m feeling guilty that I’m not out on a ride [even if it's sub-zero temperatures out]. That familiar sinking [...]
track record
January 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment · embrocation cycling journal
My break is officially over, and I’m trying to start the year out right. That means returning to posting [more] regularly via Embrocation Cycling Journal Monday… Enjoy!