Everybody I run in to out at cycling events has something nice to say about Adamo saddles. I’ve yet to meet someone who didn’t enjoy the experience. I will add my positive affirmations to the fray. I recently purchased the Adamo “Road” saddle pictured here and installed it on my Giant Defy 3. I found [...]
Today the Eastside Cycling Club teamed up with Bike Works East Colonial to host the first ever Bike Swap to raise funds for the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure. What a blast! The weather was a little “brisk” but fortunately we had hot coffee, hot chocolate, donuts, many snacks and even some charcoal grilled [...]
You’d have to be crazy to get up at 5:30 am on New Year’s Day. You’d have to be even more crazy if you stayed up till 2am shooting off fireworks as well. You’d be crazier still to go out on your bicycle and ride around the city of Orlando for 44 miles with 500 [...]
“You’re So Lucky” Do you hear this when people see something that is part of your life, or someone’s life, that they wish was part of theirs? It’s a common expression but think about it, by saying that to someone what are you saying? I suppose on the surface it says “I wish I had [...]
My first “Horrible Hundred” ride didn’t quite go the full hundred miles. I took a shortcut at the end and ended up with 95 miles. Yes, you are wondering, “Five miles? He couldn’t go another five miles?” No. I couldn’t. It was an effort of will, anger and sheer pugnacity to overcome the pain just [...]
October 29th, 2011 – the day I completed my first “century ride” – a bike ride greater than or equal to 100 miles. My computer showed 102.4 miles up and down the Intra Coastal Waterway roads between Cocoa, Titusville, Merrit Island and Melbourne. 6 hours and 15 minutes pedaling, 7 hours and 12 minutes total. [...]
Losing weight, although still important to me, has now taken second place to gaining lean muscle mass and reducing bulges. My very active cycling exercise program is now combined with core exercises and an occasional run. I also do a lot of stretching. About the exercise program, I didn’t do anything drastic (like P90X) or [...]
A first for me today. Rode 60 miles of North Georgia mountains, around the sprawling metropolis of Dahlonega (pronounced Dah-LON-ah-gah). I only did the 60 mile ride as opposed to the “Century” ride, which climbed a total of six “Gaps” – those areas that are also referred to as mountain passes. They are steep and [...]
When I joined the East Side Cycling Club it became immediately apparent that my goals did not include riding with the faster groups, often called the A ride or the B ride. Jim Perry, board member and driving force behind the club, asked me one day if I would be interested in becoming a “C [...]
I was really disappointed that we couldn’t make it out to Colorado for the recent USA Pro Cycling Challenge race. America’s first big mountain race in the Rockies since the Coors Challenge in the 70s and we couldn’t be there. We will definitely make it next year. But my sister, Betsy Lewis (aka Jane “Betsy” [...]
