http://charmcityvelo.com/blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:47:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I haven't updated this thing in a while, but I will try to start back up: Oh, if you haven't been turned on to google reader yet, it's a really good way to keep up with your daily web stuff and it's particularly good for reading things that don't get ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/11/19/all-kinds-of-updates/ so cross season is coming, but not soon enough.  I had the idea of doing a summer cross series.  I would like to do 4 races, but my summer calendar is almost packed to the gills already so I had to compromise a little.  If you have done cross before, ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/07/01/ccv-cx-summer-fun-series/ 5 of us left baltimore at 8:15 AM. There were many no-shows. they got caught be fear, reason, or the aftermath of the previous evening. 1 fixed gear, 4 road bikes. met up with 2 members of the SSOFT in Elkridge. 2 more fixed gears. met up with ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/06/23/monument-to-monument-wrap-up/ Here's the link. http://charmcityvelo.com/monumentcuesheet  http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/06/19/cue-sheet-for-sundays-ride-finished/ 1st time in a 24 hour race. Anyone who has ridden with me knows that I am a mediocre mountain biker on my best day. The following thoughts occurred to me as I completed my first foray into 24 hour racing:if you don't feel like reading, here's a ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/06/09/24-hours-of-big-bear-2008/ things are coming together nicely.  I'm getting a lot of "probably" responses and a lot of "I'm totally doing this" responses.  Hopefully, those will turn out to be true.  But honestly, everyone will probably have a good time regardless. If you're interested in coming out for this, please drop me a ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/06/04/route-for-monument-to-monument-ride/ More details will follow, but here is the general idea: There will be a pretty elaborate cue sheet available (probably on bikely).  In the end, it will end up working out to be a century or something close. oh, and anyone who drops me a line to let me know that they're ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/05/09/monument-to-monument-june-22nd/ was a great time. still learning the best way to set up the helmet cam. I'll be out of town for a few days, so I won't get a chance to do a real edit, here's a quick thing I threw together, it's not very exciting and everything ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/03/16/darkside-alleycat/ I've been trying to ride outside for as much of the winter as I can, but spinning classes have had most of my hard workouts indoors. On the indoor trainer, I usually watch cyclofile and transition 2. To switch it up, I popped a music DVD in while I hopped ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/02/21/music-and-bikes-in-the-winter/ Wasn't sure how many people were going to show up for this. If everyone that said they were coming actually posted, there would have been between 10-20. In the end there ended up being 5, which was much more manageable for a first shot at this. Here;s a pic ... http://charmcityvelo.com/blog/2008/02/18/baltimore-cx-stage-race-10/