Musings about life on two wheels

My Daughter and I have matching tattoos of Lowly Worm, a Richard Scary character that she & I both grew up with. It really didn’t strike me until after we got the tattoos: Lowly is hard to explain. The thing I like about the Richard Scary books is how charmingly absurd they are. The busy,…

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. Tied for 1st place. Family. Good Friends/Good Stories Help others when you can.

I don’t think he deserved to be gunned down. This seems like a pretty unpopular opinion. Most of the folks in my bubble are reacting with ‘good riddance’ vibes. I get it. He ran an organization that profited by making it hard (or impossible) for people to get healthcare. The funny cartoon out of this…

Okay is a strange word. What it expresses is so essentially human, it has to be a fundamental concept. But as a word, it has a pretty mysterious entomology. OK (or Okay, or Okeh) basically means: acceptable. Are you OK? Yep, I’m acceptably well.  Can I do this? OK, that is acceptable. It’s one of…

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…