Musings about life on two wheels

Out with the elders. Sounds like there may be some trips this year. Okanogan San Juan’s Oregon Mt. hood? Gravel ride?

Just back from Thanksgiving in Portland 2024 We saw friends (Kate & Dennis, College Buds), toured some schools (U of Eugene ^h^h^h Oregon, OSU) and saw fam. Oh and some shopping & Car charging. Dave’s Hi/lo/Buffalo: Car Charging went better, but it’s still a PITA. Plugshare for the win in terms of finding Level 3…

High intensity exercise can cause inflammation. The acute inflammation itself is healthy: it causes  Senescence – old worn out cells are replaced by healthy cells. Ibuprofen blocks this effect. Study: https://www.aging-us.com/article/205827/text Some reporting on this: https://gethealthspan.com/science/article/crucial-role-inflammation-exercise-cellular-senescence This is totally fascinating – it goes against the ideal that all inflammation is bad.

There are a lot of folks who will tell you about the functional aspects of their bikes or kit (the clothing cyclists wear), but almost all of it is fashion. 1×12? Ask any fixie geek about her ‘gear range’ (and yeah, I was one for years) Aero socks? This is perhaps the most marginal of…

My wife and I got out for a ride this weekend – notable because we don’t ride together very often. She was a bit concerned about the traffic, our local freeways were all due to be closed. She also wanted to drive our bikes to a trail of some sort – stuck in traffic to…

I like to tinker. Rather than chuck my well loved White Industries freewheel, I opted to rebuild it. It’s not much work honestly, I did it in less than an hour. But it’s quite satisfying to do something like this – you don’t know quite how, but figuring it out and having things snap into…

Years ago, Idaho passed a law allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs. Apparently, the next year there was a 14.5% reduction in Bicycle injuries. This post is about exploring and recording the scholarly record related to the Idaho Stop concept. For the record: I buy it from a personal perspective. But I…

Here’s a very interesting article on sits bones and saddle selection. Tl;Dr: you have to try a bunch, sits bones measurements don’t help that much. I measured mine at a store today, 125mm.

Now that I’m home I’ve been riding my city bike more. It’s a single speed (no gears) , which means a bit more standing up and my top speed is pretty slow. And… I like it. It was a bit weird getting back on it – riding Clyde the adventure bike is like driving a…

One of the best books I’ve ever read is: Thinking Fast & Slow by Daniel Khaneman. A big part of the book is about the inherent biases in human thinking, and my favorite example is about this experiment: Why people prefer more pain. The video is a bit long and nerdy, but worth it. Basically:…