Okay, right after that last weekend of January, a plague was put upon our house. SonOne went though a miserable two-week cold that was finally diagnosed has Whooping Cough! Mom and SonTwo suffered through colds, complicated by Mom's mild asthma. As for me, just a persistent sinus headache and cold, complicated by the lack of sleep while assisting everyone else in the household.
Finally, normalcy is returning, while I enjoy the 3-day weekend. Taxes to finish, 1 dry (but cool) riding day, and time to work on taxes. So I will try to catch up some postings, including another article off to RTR, the CIBA swap meet, an evening with Sheldon Brown, (again courtesy of CIBA), and some more fun with mapping software.
More later.
Lifetime miles now 135,258
76 days until TOSRV.
Since purchasing my first tandem in 1975, I have enjoyed talking and writing about tandems as much as riding them.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Friday, January 28, 2005
TOSRV Rider 257 and ???
It was a good week.
I finished a Sunday with 22 miles, for my 50 mile weekend.
A well deserved rest day on Monday
4 great evening workouts, (okay, 1 was interupted by 2 calls for CIBA Ride schedules).
Work was great and my Apple stock was up almost $5. (It nice be a stock owner and former Mac Genius).
SonOne and I are signed up for TOSRV, or at least PayPal says so. SonOne came though, but mine is still hanging in web limbo. Hopefully I will get my number in a day or two. Otherwise the whole process, from registation to information packet was handled seamlessly, without SASE.
I thought we might we get roadable weekend, but more snow is coming tonight. So another trainer weekend. I will be adding the AirStrykes before the next session.
We have sound system for the tandem now, a TDK I'mASpeaker, a powered mono flat speaker built into a flat CD case. It will get a spot on top of the rack trunk, with a 10Gb 3G iPod. First test will be in few weeks, obviously. It may be moved to a mid ship position on the stoker bars, but we will test in the rear first. The solid state iPod shuffle may be better choice, than the hard drive based 3G; it would be nice to have backup battery option for the shuffle, which charges off USB 2. But shoes and new riding glasses are higher priorities right now.
Aside from riding, I have an RTR article to finish this weekend.
Lifetime mileage 135,380.
I finished a Sunday with 22 miles, for my 50 mile weekend.
A well deserved rest day on Monday
4 great evening workouts, (okay, 1 was interupted by 2 calls for CIBA Ride schedules).
Work was great and my Apple stock was up almost $5. (It nice be a stock owner and former Mac Genius).
SonOne and I are signed up for TOSRV, or at least PayPal says so. SonOne came though, but mine is still hanging in web limbo. Hopefully I will get my number in a day or two. Otherwise the whole process, from registation to information packet was handled seamlessly, without SASE.
I thought we might we get roadable weekend, but more snow is coming tonight. So another trainer weekend. I will be adding the AirStrykes before the next session.
We have sound system for the tandem now, a TDK I'mASpeaker, a powered mono flat speaker built into a flat CD case. It will get a spot on top of the rack trunk, with a 10Gb 3G iPod. First test will be in few weeks, obviously. It may be moved to a mid ship position on the stoker bars, but we will test in the rear first. The solid state iPod shuffle may be better choice, than the hard drive based 3G; it would be nice to have backup battery option for the shuffle, which charges off USB 2. But shoes and new riding glasses are higher priorities right now.
Aside from riding, I have an RTR article to finish this weekend.
Lifetime mileage 135,380.
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Pinewood Derby Daze & RAAM on NBC
Missed two days riding while wrapping up SonTwo’s Pinewood derby car, and then MC’d for the Pinewood Derby night for our cub scout pack (I am cubmaster). It was quite a night, using the Pack’s brand new SuperTrack, with 6 lanes, electronic timing, PC heat generation and timed scoring, not my Pinewood Derby, and only one engineer parent's car going awry.
Had follow-up email from Fred wintering in Florida. Turns out he was trying tandem captaining for the first time, with a former bike shop owner and co-ed tandem RAAM finisher. She (tandem owner and stoker) used to have an employee who I had met and rode with in while living in Washington state. There truly are just 6 degrees, if that.
SonOne is a definite sign on for TOSRV (105 days and counting). His price is a TOSRV T-Shirt and a replacement for his 2001 RAGBRAI hat. (He and I rode the 2001 Thursday only, and did 70 miles.) Mom thinks his price is a little low. I said negotiations were closed. I think we will do okay. No new updates on the family trainer races, we may try handicapping; trying to figure out how to get SonTwo involved.
28 miles in 90 minutes on the trainer today, watching most of the 2004 RAAM on NBC, which was nicely done. Only thing missing were the map advances. Very interesting to watch, especially after last weeks RAAM `85 revival via video tape. Sleep deprivation, over-hydration, de-hydration, kidney failure, and crew abandonment, too name just a few of trials. Maybe if I could do on a relay team.
Lifetime miles 135,259; 22 miles tomorrow to finish 50-mile weekend.
Had follow-up email from Fred wintering in Florida. Turns out he was trying tandem captaining for the first time, with a former bike shop owner and co-ed tandem RAAM finisher. She (tandem owner and stoker) used to have an employee who I had met and rode with in while living in Washington state. There truly are just 6 degrees, if that.
SonOne is a definite sign on for TOSRV (105 days and counting). His price is a TOSRV T-Shirt and a replacement for his 2001 RAGBRAI hat. (He and I rode the 2001 Thursday only, and did 70 miles.) Mom thinks his price is a little low. I said negotiations were closed. I think we will do okay. No new updates on the family trainer races, we may try handicapping; trying to figure out how to get SonTwo involved.
28 miles in 90 minutes on the trainer today, watching most of the 2004 RAAM on NBC, which was nicely done. Only thing missing were the map advances. Very interesting to watch, especially after last weeks RAAM `85 revival via video tape. Sleep deprivation, over-hydration, de-hydration, kidney failure, and crew abandonment, too name just a few of trials. Maybe if I could do on a relay team.
Lifetime miles 135,259; 22 miles tomorrow to finish 50-mile weekend.
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