The first 2 days of this week were getting warmer, seducing one's mindset to the idea that spring and warmer weather is finally here. Of course, everything is relative, and a howling windy day like 2 Mondays ago makes other days seem mild and beneficent by comparison. Today we woke up to 28 degrees at home and frost on the car windows and roof. It was 40-something when I drove in to Albuquerque but it sure felt COLD on my hands and fingers, especially, while riding.
This morning was another knuckle- numbing ride.
At noon I rode 4.3 miles to Twisters at Journal Center to meet my daughter Susie for lunch. I got there a few minutes early and Susie seemed to take forever to finally arrive, and when she did the wait was worth it... she had stopped to pick up SARAH JO to join us for lunch! How fun, lots of cackling and giggling ... hopefully we didn't drive the other diners nuts.
My cheapie DV 005 "sport cam" died on me today. When I pulled out the 16 Gigabyte SD card, it had some corrupted files on it. The cam will not link to any PC now unless the SD card is removed. BAH
Do NOT waste your money on these toy cameras. I think I paid maybe 27 or 37 bucks for it via Ebay and it has truly not lasted a full week. Guess for now I'll go back to fumbling with the cell phone for photos and videos. BAH
Starting BG: 75 At-Home BG: 142 (before dinner)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
10.1 Mph 11.5 mph 24.2 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
43:59 mins 38:36 mins 05:23 mins
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Heater in the Morning, Air Conditioner Afternoon
Evidently the weather-babe subbing for Steve Stucker got the forecast upside down and backwards this morning...... as noted already, it was very blustery this morning when it was forecast as a calm day.
Tonight, on the ride back from work, the wind was almost dead calm.
I think I have a decent mount figured out for my dinky-doo video cam. Instead of the floppy hinged plastic articulated bracket that came with it, I just cut a small 1" wide and 4" long piece of aluminum .060 strap and bent it to the proper angle for mounting with the radios on the handlebars, and used some velcro to increase its gripping power. On the 7 miles back to the car I must have passed 20 cyclists and a dozen or so walkers. Warm weather REALLY brings out the cyclists... of course $3.50 gasoline has nothing to do with it.
I'll include some pictures of the new cam mount and an edited video of all the cyclists I passed (and who passed ME going the same way lickety-split) soon.
Starting BG: 176 Beddy Time BG: 142 (after Jacque's delicious meal)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.51
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 11.9 mph 21.8 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
46:32 mins 37:51 mins 08:41 mins
Our big rescued racer Greyhound named Radar woke us up about 3:00 AM this morning. He's a big wuss with all kinds of personality issues though he's a great friendly bugger who wishes he was a fuzzy lap dog who could get up in your lap but his physique kinda works against that. The last couple of weeks he has taken to going outside in the wee hours thru his doggy door and then, when he wants back inside, he stands outside the door and 'woofs' until Jacque wakes up and comes out to coach him back through the doggy door. He's old and tender and achey and he evidently doesn't like pushing the doggy door flap with his long nose, but if you wake up and go out to the door and tell him "OK, come on inside", he'll push the doggy door open and come on in. He obviously wants some attention and hopes we will open the door royally for him.... I think he's watched the cat too much. Calamity the Cat much prefers someone to open the door for her, and will wait extended periods of time sitting by the door waiting for someone to open it so she can scoot inside (or out). She will eventually go through the doggy door herself if no human servant comes along for her royal highness. Thankfully she doesn't meow or screech to beg us, her royal slaves, to come let her in or out, but that attitude seems to have been adopted by Radar, and then only in the middle of the night when we're deeply asleep. I tend to ignore him, knowing if he gets cold or lonely enough, he'll eventually give up and come on inside (I've actually lubricated the bottom flap of the door with graphite and realigned it so it will open easier, to little avail). Jacque, being of the tender heart variety, will usually awaken with a start after he woofs (He will eventually BARK! if no one responds to the first few "woofs"), and go out to the door and encourage him to come on inside. This morning he woke her up, she talked him inside, and after she came back to bed, he went right back OUTside and within 5 or 10 minutes was "woofing" for more motherly attention. This got Jacque's goat this time, and she chewed him out royally and gave him a right smart smack across his head and told him this was not acceptable behavior. My alarm goes off at 4:30, and we had another hour to snooze by this time, but neither of us could get back to sleep. We decided to give up and get outa bed: Jacque decided to use the early morning wake-up to attend the Seminary classes she's assigned to supervise, and I got to work - after riding the bike in the dark and watching the sun come up just as I arrived at work - by 7:30 AM, which means I can get off at a decent hour this afternoon. How SWEET.
The weather guesser, as usual, was a bit lacking in accuracy this morning. "Warmest day of the Week today, and NO WIND!" .... WRONG. As I drove through Tijeras Canyon the wind was whipping the car back and forth quite vigorously, and as I got on the bike and rode my last 7.43 miles to work, the breeze turned into a bit of a stiff head wind. Not terribly so, but certainly blowing the "NO WIND TODAY!" forecast to blithereens. And, unlike yesterday, I found my mittens and 2 layers of light jacket and windbreaker and fleece skull-cap under the helmet to be quite comfy. I guess the earlier hour and the sun not being up yet to keep me warm had something to do with it.
Starting BG: 199 Post-Ride BG: 78
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
08.8 Mph 10.8 mph 20.0 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
50:40 mins 41:28 mins 09:12 mins
Tonight, on the ride back from work, the wind was almost dead calm.
I think I have a decent mount figured out for my dinky-doo video cam. Instead of the floppy hinged plastic articulated bracket that came with it, I just cut a small 1" wide and 4" long piece of aluminum .060 strap and bent it to the proper angle for mounting with the radios on the handlebars, and used some velcro to increase its gripping power. On the 7 miles back to the car I must have passed 20 cyclists and a dozen or so walkers. Warm weather REALLY brings out the cyclists... of course $3.50 gasoline has nothing to do with it.
I'll include some pictures of the new cam mount and an edited video of all the cyclists I passed (and who passed ME going the same way lickety-split) soon.
Starting BG: 176 Beddy Time BG: 142 (after Jacque's delicious meal)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.51
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 11.9 mph 21.8 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
46:32 mins 37:51 mins 08:41 mins
Our big rescued racer Greyhound named Radar woke us up about 3:00 AM this morning. He's a big wuss with all kinds of personality issues though he's a great friendly bugger who wishes he was a fuzzy lap dog who could get up in your lap but his physique kinda works against that. The last couple of weeks he has taken to going outside in the wee hours thru his doggy door and then, when he wants back inside, he stands outside the door and 'woofs' until Jacque wakes up and comes out to coach him back through the doggy door. He's old and tender and achey and he evidently doesn't like pushing the doggy door flap with his long nose, but if you wake up and go out to the door and tell him "OK, come on inside", he'll push the doggy door open and come on in. He obviously wants some attention and hopes we will open the door royally for him.... I think he's watched the cat too much. Calamity the Cat much prefers someone to open the door for her, and will wait extended periods of time sitting by the door waiting for someone to open it so she can scoot inside (or out). She will eventually go through the doggy door herself if no human servant comes along for her royal highness. Thankfully she doesn't meow or screech to beg us, her royal slaves, to come let her in or out, but that attitude seems to have been adopted by Radar, and then only in the middle of the night when we're deeply asleep. I tend to ignore him, knowing if he gets cold or lonely enough, he'll eventually give up and come on inside (I've actually lubricated the bottom flap of the door with graphite and realigned it so it will open easier, to little avail). Jacque, being of the tender heart variety, will usually awaken with a start after he woofs (He will eventually BARK! if no one responds to the first few "woofs"), and go out to the door and encourage him to come on inside. This morning he woke her up, she talked him inside, and after she came back to bed, he went right back OUTside and within 5 or 10 minutes was "woofing" for more motherly attention. This got Jacque's goat this time, and she chewed him out royally and gave him a right smart smack across his head and told him this was not acceptable behavior. My alarm goes off at 4:30, and we had another hour to snooze by this time, but neither of us could get back to sleep. We decided to give up and get outa bed: Jacque decided to use the early morning wake-up to attend the Seminary classes she's assigned to supervise, and I got to work - after riding the bike in the dark and watching the sun come up just as I arrived at work - by 7:30 AM, which means I can get off at a decent hour this afternoon. How SWEET.
The weather guesser, as usual, was a bit lacking in accuracy this morning. "Warmest day of the Week today, and NO WIND!" .... WRONG. As I drove through Tijeras Canyon the wind was whipping the car back and forth quite vigorously, and as I got on the bike and rode my last 7.43 miles to work, the breeze turned into a bit of a stiff head wind. Not terribly so, but certainly blowing the "NO WIND TODAY!" forecast to blithereens. And, unlike yesterday, I found my mittens and 2 layers of light jacket and windbreaker and fleece skull-cap under the helmet to be quite comfy. I guess the earlier hour and the sun not being up yet to keep me warm had something to do with it.
Starting BG: 199 Post-Ride BG: 78
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
08.8 Mph 10.8 mph 20.0 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
50:40 mins 41:28 mins 09:12 mins
Monday, March 28, 2011
Dropsy and Dressing Too Hot
Mercy, what a warm wonderful afternoon. I went for a jacket-less walk during the noon hour and the ride back to the car tonight was a bit windy but still very pleasant.
I've been running the toy video camera with various mountings and just running the camera continually during the rides and deleting most of it when I get to the download /video editor computer. It appears the best way to ensure nothing interesting happens during a bike ride is to keep a video camera running during said ride.
I normally encounter odd situations and funny sights almost every time I ride. BAH
Starting BG: 168 Post-Ride BG: 108 (after large restaurant meal)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 10.8 mph 22.0 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
46:07 mins 41:27 mins 04:41 mins
No, I didn't succumb to a sudden urge to wear Orange Spandex. I dressed just as I did 3 days ago on Friday's bicycle commute and I was surprised at how WARM it was this morning. About halfway through the commute I was forced to stop. I saw a flash of yellow drop off the front cargo rack onto the pavement, realized it was my reflective light duty (for warm days, should have worn it TODAY) visibility vest, and with unkind words to myself screeched to a halt in the bike path and walked back to pick it up. While I was re-fastening it with the bungee clips and cords I decided to peel off my outer layer, unzip the light jacket underneath, and take OFF the mittens that last Friday were frostbite-cold and today were much too warm. Reme, a co-worker who also rides his very speedy carbon-fiber bike to work, had passed me a few minutes earlier and I'd been keeping up with him, maybe a hundred or so feet behind, when I lost the vest. So that little delay put him so far ahead I never saw him again until I got to work.
Starting BG: 154 Post-Ride BG: 114
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
08.7 Mph 11.6 mph 23.4 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
50:59 mins 38:22 mins 12:36 mins
I've been running the toy video camera with various mountings and just running the camera continually during the rides and deleting most of it when I get to the download /video editor computer. It appears the best way to ensure nothing interesting happens during a bike ride is to keep a video camera running during said ride.
I normally encounter odd situations and funny sights almost every time I ride. BAH
Starting BG: 168 Post-Ride BG: 108 (after large restaurant meal)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 10.8 mph 22.0 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
46:07 mins 41:27 mins 04:41 mins
No, I didn't succumb to a sudden urge to wear Orange Spandex. I dressed just as I did 3 days ago on Friday's bicycle commute and I was surprised at how WARM it was this morning. About halfway through the commute I was forced to stop. I saw a flash of yellow drop off the front cargo rack onto the pavement, realized it was my reflective light duty (for warm days, should have worn it TODAY) visibility vest, and with unkind words to myself screeched to a halt in the bike path and walked back to pick it up. While I was re-fastening it with the bungee clips and cords I decided to peel off my outer layer, unzip the light jacket underneath, and take OFF the mittens that last Friday were frostbite-cold and today were much too warm. Reme, a co-worker who also rides his very speedy carbon-fiber bike to work, had passed me a few minutes earlier and I'd been keeping up with him, maybe a hundred or so feet behind, when I lost the vest. So that little delay put him so far ahead I never saw him again until I got to work.
Starting BG: 154 Post-Ride BG: 114
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
08.7 Mph 11.6 mph 23.4 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
50:59 mins 38:22 mins 12:36 mins
Friday, March 25, 2011
Frosty Fingers Friday
The ride back to the car tonight was great. The weather-guessers were right in that there was a bit of blustery wind but it was not bad at all, at least compared to last Monday, the absolute worst wind day I ever rode.
I again encountered the 4-wheeler Off-Road driver on the bike trail tonight, which is clearly signed "No motorized vehicles allowed". Which is routinely ignored by several thoughtless folks, and I tried again to get this guy on video, but even if it comes out, his 4-wheeler had no tags or ID on it, so it likely will do him little harm if I publish his picture.
Starting BG: 168 Post-Ride BG: 108 (after large restaurant meal)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.4 Mph 10.5 mph 22.3 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
47:34 mins 42:50 mins 04:44 mins
MERCY, it was COLD this morning, in spite of the beautiful clear sunny sky. There were at least 2 hot air balloons up above the West Side, and they not only lift better when it's cold, but my daughter Susie (the only one I know who has ridden in a hot air balloon) says it's warm and toasty in the basket under the balloon, so close to the burner which comes on every few minutes to provide more hot air for the balloon to remain aloft with.
But down where I was, 2 feet off the pavement on my recumbent bicycle, my fingers were FREEZING. I still wear the cold weather ski mittens but haven't used chemical hand warmers inside them for the last couple weeks. I paid for that big time this morning; my fingers and thumbs just got bitterly cold and I worried about frostbite. I think the temperature in Albuq. was a bit below 40F, which doesn't sound that cold, but it sure felt like cold.
Of course, the last mile of my normal 7.4 mile commute is always overheated, but the first 6 miles can be mighty uncomfortable. Not to worry. In another couple weeks it will be so warm I'll be wishing for cool mornings again.
Starting BG: 141 Post-Ride BG: 77
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 11.4 mph 20.7 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
45:55 mins 39:08 mins 06:47 mins
I again encountered the 4-wheeler Off-Road driver on the bike trail tonight, which is clearly signed "No motorized vehicles allowed". Which is routinely ignored by several thoughtless folks, and I tried again to get this guy on video, but even if it comes out, his 4-wheeler had no tags or ID on it, so it likely will do him little harm if I publish his picture.
Starting BG: 168 Post-Ride BG: 108 (after large restaurant meal)
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.4 Mph 10.5 mph 22.3 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
47:34 mins 42:50 mins 04:44 mins
MERCY, it was COLD this morning, in spite of the beautiful clear sunny sky. There were at least 2 hot air balloons up above the West Side, and they not only lift better when it's cold, but my daughter Susie (the only one I know who has ridden in a hot air balloon) says it's warm and toasty in the basket under the balloon, so close to the burner which comes on every few minutes to provide more hot air for the balloon to remain aloft with.
But down where I was, 2 feet off the pavement on my recumbent bicycle, my fingers were FREEZING. I still wear the cold weather ski mittens but haven't used chemical hand warmers inside them for the last couple weeks. I paid for that big time this morning; my fingers and thumbs just got bitterly cold and I worried about frostbite. I think the temperature in Albuq. was a bit below 40F, which doesn't sound that cold, but it sure felt like cold.
Of course, the last mile of my normal 7.4 mile commute is always overheated, but the first 6 miles can be mighty uncomfortable. Not to worry. In another couple weeks it will be so warm I'll be wishing for cool mornings again.
Starting BG: 141 Post-Ride BG: 77
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 11.4 mph 20.7 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
45:55 mins 39:08 mins 06:47 mins
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Glad I have a Ski Mask
On the way back to the car I passed a guy sitting off the side of the bike path on a 4-wheeler off-road vehicle. I stopped about 50 feet past him and turned around to watch him and sure enough, he started up and drove down the bike path after letting 2 or 3 cyclists go by. I tried to film him but of course my dinky camera was not working when I needed it.
Starting BG: 46 (ate a ton of carbs) Post-Ride BG: 124
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.9 Mph 11.0 mph 21.7 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
45:26 mins 40:32 mins 05:08 mins
Today's weather guesser forecast calls for "renewed high winds, especially in the afternoon."
When my alarm went off at 4:30 AM this morning, I was so strongly attached to my pillow that I promptly dozed off "for a few extra winks" and awoke an HOUR later, at 5:30, which put me at work by 8:40 AM. Good thing I have some compensatory time in the bank, so I don't have to work overtime to make my hours this week.
We had rapidly warming weather the last week or so, but this week has been cold and blustery, especially in the mornings. I had stopped using my ski face mask because of the nice warming trend as well as my leather high-top shoes which have been necessary all winter to keep the footies from freezing. I'm still using tennie-runners now, but my face has suffered recently every time I try to ride in the morning without the ski mask velcro'd to my face.
I tried my silly little cheap "sport-cam" again today, this time attached to the radio mount on my handlebars. The resulting video is much too bouncy to be useful, but someday I'll find a decent way to get usable video from it.
Here's a sample of wobbly handlebar - mounted video footage:
(Warning - This could give you a head-ache watching.....)
Again, kindly ignore the 2008 timestamp - this cheapo resets to 2008 each time the cam is turned off and then on again.
Starting BG: 139 Post-Ride BG: 190(!)
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 11.5 mph 22.5 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
45:59 mins 38:54 mins 07:05 mins
Starting BG: 46 (ate a ton of carbs) Post-Ride BG: 124
Evening Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.9 Mph 11.0 mph 21.7 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
45:26 mins 40:32 mins 05:08 mins
Today's weather guesser forecast calls for "renewed high winds, especially in the afternoon."
When my alarm went off at 4:30 AM this morning, I was so strongly attached to my pillow that I promptly dozed off "for a few extra winks" and awoke an HOUR later, at 5:30, which put me at work by 8:40 AM. Good thing I have some compensatory time in the bank, so I don't have to work overtime to make my hours this week.
We had rapidly warming weather the last week or so, but this week has been cold and blustery, especially in the mornings. I had stopped using my ski face mask because of the nice warming trend as well as my leather high-top shoes which have been necessary all winter to keep the footies from freezing. I'm still using tennie-runners now, but my face has suffered recently every time I try to ride in the morning without the ski mask velcro'd to my face.
I tried my silly little cheap "sport-cam" again today, this time attached to the radio mount on my handlebars. The resulting video is much too bouncy to be useful, but someday I'll find a decent way to get usable video from it.
Here's a sample of wobbly handlebar - mounted video footage:
(Warning - This could give you a head-ache watching.....)
Starting BG: 139 Post-Ride BG: 190(!)
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.7 Mph 11.5 mph 22.5 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
45:59 mins 38:54 mins 07:05 mins
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Beautiful Mid-Week Day
The ride back to the carrito tonight was great. This stayed a very lovely day and this evening's ride was just cool enough to be enjoyable.
Evening stats from the GPS: Total Distance Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.1 Mph 11.2 mph 21.6 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
48:59 mins 39:56 mins 09:03 mins
The Weather-Guessers forecast a calm sunny day today with renewed winds for the rest of the week.
So far they seem uncharacteristically accurate. As I look out the window here at work, our US Flag is hanging straight down..... not enough breeze to make it flop in any direction.
As I came out from the Alameda underpass this morning I was surprised to see a paraglider up over my head, 'way in front of me:
Kindly ignore the false dare flag of 2008: With a cheap camera like this, I get what I pay for ($25 mas o menos) - the time stamp resets itself each time the camera is turned off.
Starting BG: 110 Post-Ride BG: 93
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.4 Mph 11.8 mph 22.0 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
47:33 mins 37:44 mins 09:49 mins
Evening stats from the GPS: Total Distance Miles: 7.42
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.1 Mph 11.2 mph 21.6 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
48:59 mins 39:56 mins 09:03 mins
The Weather-Guessers forecast a calm sunny day today with renewed winds for the rest of the week.
So far they seem uncharacteristically accurate. As I look out the window here at work, our US Flag is hanging straight down..... not enough breeze to make it flop in any direction.
As I came out from the Alameda underpass this morning I was surprised to see a paraglider up over my head, 'way in front of me:
Starting BG: 110 Post-Ride BG: 93
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.4 Mph 11.8 mph 22.0 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
47:33 mins 37:44 mins 09:49 mins
Monday, March 21, 2011
Another Lovely Monday
The ride back to the car tonight was likely the worst wind I've so far endured - maybe ever in my LIFE.
Still, I can't complain too muchly: I never fell over, though the 50+ mph gusts certainly wobbled me all over the paved path. Thankfully there were few other riders encountered, so collision danger was minimal.
My nose and face were SO dry when I finally staggered back to the carrito... I actually snorted water from my water bottle into my nostrils to moisten them. Of course it made me cough and gag, but it was also almost immediate relief from the burning dusty dryness. Then I promptly drank both 16 oz. water bottles on the 25-mile car trip the rest of the way home.
Evening stats from the GPS: Total Distance Miles: 7.44
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
07.8 Mph 08.6 mph 18.9 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
57:02 mins 51:15 mins 05:35 mins
This morning's Steve Stucker Weather Alarm was for high winds for much of the state. The ride early this morning was fine with little to no wind, but when I went for my noon walk it was all I could do to avoid losing my hat. Had to scrinch it down so hard on my skull that my head hurt, but at least I didn't have to chase the hat out across the street and into traffic. Very dusty and brown air -- it will doubtless be a hard slog home since the wind is blowing north and of course I must go south 5 of the 7 miles back to the carrito.
My little cheapie "sport-cam" DV005 is quite useless... it takes very flaky pictures while in motion, and if I'm sitting still the cell phone does a better job with less twiddling. We'll see if I can get my 25 bucks' worth out of it before I throw it away..... the online reviews are not encouraging (should have referenced those BEFORE I ordered the dern thing) and the plastic clip almost fell completely apart when I pulled it out of my pocket to ride the bike this morning. The total lack of any viewfiinder or picture viewer makes it very hard to point it in a good direction to actually capture what I'm wanting to record. BAH
Starting BG: 144 Post-Ride BG: 84
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.43
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
10.2 Mph 11.2 mph 20.2 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
43:29 mins 39:49 mins 03:40 mins
Still, I can't complain too muchly: I never fell over, though the 50+ mph gusts certainly wobbled me all over the paved path. Thankfully there were few other riders encountered, so collision danger was minimal.
My nose and face were SO dry when I finally staggered back to the carrito... I actually snorted water from my water bottle into my nostrils to moisten them. Of course it made me cough and gag, but it was also almost immediate relief from the burning dusty dryness. Then I promptly drank both 16 oz. water bottles on the 25-mile car trip the rest of the way home.
Evening stats from the GPS: Total Distance Miles: 7.44
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
07.8 Mph 08.6 mph 18.9 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
57:02 mins 51:15 mins 05:35 mins
This morning's Steve Stucker Weather Alarm was for high winds for much of the state. The ride early this morning was fine with little to no wind, but when I went for my noon walk it was all I could do to avoid losing my hat. Had to scrinch it down so hard on my skull that my head hurt, but at least I didn't have to chase the hat out across the street and into traffic. Very dusty and brown air -- it will doubtless be a hard slog home since the wind is blowing north and of course I must go south 5 of the 7 miles back to the carrito.
My little cheapie "sport-cam" DV005 is quite useless... it takes very flaky pictures while in motion, and if I'm sitting still the cell phone does a better job with less twiddling. We'll see if I can get my 25 bucks' worth out of it before I throw it away..... the online reviews are not encouraging (should have referenced those BEFORE I ordered the dern thing) and the plastic clip almost fell completely apart when I pulled it out of my pocket to ride the bike this morning. The total lack of any viewfiinder or picture viewer makes it very hard to point it in a good direction to actually capture what I'm wanting to record. BAH
Starting BG: 144 Post-Ride BG: 84
Morning Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.43
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
10.2 Mph 11.2 mph 20.2 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
43:29 mins 39:49 mins 03:40 mins
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