Category Archives: Cycling

The ride was scheduled to start at about 7:15, and this event was serious about being on time. Even at 6:30, there was a huge number of people heading towards the start. We took up at least six city blocks … Continue reading →

The Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred endurance ride was held this past weekend in Wichita Falls, TX. It’s billed as the largest one-day bicycling event in the world. I don’t know if that’s true, but it was more than twice the … Continue reading →

In early April I said that I was going to ride the Hotter ‘N Hell Hundred this month.  I started training, got distracted, and then started again seriously training in June.  Today is August 26 and the ride is this … Continue reading →

I’ve read a lot over the years about long distance cycling.  The book is Bicycling Magazine’s The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling.  That book covers a whole lot of ground, not only information about training and equipment, but also a … Continue reading →

I’ve done a fair bit of bicycle commuting over the last 10 or 12 years, and have developed a few rules that by now are strongly ingrained. I don’t think about them often: they’re just part of how I ride. … Continue reading →

For various reasons, I haven’t been very active on the bicycle the last three years.  When I finished my birthday ride back in 2006, my bike computer read 15,795 miles.  That’s cumulative mileage since I got the computer in 1999, … Continue reading →

In How to succeed at astrophotography – or at anything else, Michael Covington points out that the key to success in almost anything is knowledge, not stuff: All too often, people buy gadgets, string them together, and assume that the machinery … Continue reading →