2010 September

Entries from September 23rd, 2010

putting down a pedal

September 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · general stuff

“You only ride Sunday?” Pollo asked me this after I rushed into Velo on Sunday afternoon, a couple of hours after he saw me on the GW Bridge. I shook my head no, and tried to explain that I just didn’t have a road bike, which is why I’m shuttling between Boston and New York, [...]

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triathletes, cockroaches, and 60 miles

September 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · bike shops, road rides

I never understood physics. I just didn’t get it; why it was important, how it worked, etc. I’m not talking about advanced physics [that’s in a whole nother world of “I am so confused”], but simple introductory physics. I recall vague examples of energy being transferred from one pool ball to another being involved, and [...]

lobsters and hogs

September 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments · food, hanging out

At family gatherings, I usually sat at the “kids’ table.” This usually consisted of me and my sister, plus the few cousins that could still relate to us. Given that my mom – the youngest in her family – pushed me out when she was 37, this meant that aforementioned cousins were at least 11 [...]

rides and needles

September 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · bike shops, nyc, road rides

I blame my childhood epilepsy for a lot of things: the parental prohibition on engaging in sports, the inability to climb trees and my subsequent complete lack of interest in traveling at any rate faster than a brisk walk. All of which could be explained by simple laziness, but the epileptic seizures and symptoms that [...]