Veloway!
You know, I think that this was the first time I’ve been out to the Veloway this year. That’s a very nice bikes/blades only track near my house. Rolling hills, 23 feet wide, one way, and about 3.15 miles long. I did seven laps (22.07 miles) in 1:31, which I don’t think was too bad considering my lack of biking practice and the fact that I was on my cheap but fun mountain bike (2002 Giant Yukon, stock except for my Eggbeaters). That’s an average speed of around 14.5 mph.
My right knee is a little sore, but not too bad. I did stop a couple of times, once to raise my saddle about 1/4″, and once again to tighten my preload down to about 90% (leaving a little comfort space, but not so much as to rob me of all my power when I stood to power uphill).
I really need to do this about three times a week to get into condition for the Urban Assult race on the 20th. I think that I’m good enough to do it right now without embarrasment, but I’d like to be able to do better than that.
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Jun 6th 2004
12:51 PM
The veloway sounds really nice. Last year, I sold a brand new Gary Fisher Wahoo, because it was too big to have in the apartment, and too big of an annoyance to get outdoors with for how rarely I used it. Now, I’m envious for ANY bike right now.
Jun 6th 2004
3:03 PM
I’m actually thinking about getting a road bike to go along with it. Trouble is, getting a tolerable bike is quite expensive. It seems that ebay has some pretty good deals, but I wouldn’t be sure that it would fit me properly before time. Maybe I should go to a local bike store and get fitted properly, paying them for the time it takes to do it after being up-front that I won’t buy from them? Don’t know if they’d go for that or not.