Archive for the ‘Cycling’ Category

Nuun

http://www.nuun.com/
I have been looking for a good electrolyte-replacement drink for long bike rides that doesn’t have lots of sugar. I thought I would be reduced to adding salt tablets to water and trying to guess at the right balance but Nuun seems like an excellent possibility. According to the store locator, I can get it [...]

Bike for pie ride: how did I not know about this?

Kent Peterson writes about the Bike for Pie Ride on Bainbridge Island this past weekend. I have already made a note in my calendar for next year to be sure I don’t forget. This is the kind of organized cycling event I can get behind.
If you’re interested in cycling on Bainbridge Island, the Squeaky Wheels [...]

Summer too short?

It’s been a while since I wrote a baiku but Fritz linked to one over at Cycle-Licious so here you go:
Rain sprays off my tireYesterday I cursed the heatIs this summer’s end?
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S.P.O.K.E.S. ride around Lake Sammamish

I rode further today than I have in years but I haven’t had an easier ride in that time.
The Cascade Bicycle Club sponsors over a thousand rides each year, from the big (like Chilly Hilly or this weekend’s Seattle-to-Portland) to a variety of daily rides. While poking around the site yesterday, I saw the S.P.O.K.E.S. (Sunday [...]

A commuter’s haiku

I thought this up on my way in to work this morning, although I managed to ride in during a break in the rain today.
Pedaling through rainA driver passes and looksWe both think: “you’re nuts.”
 
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