Date Long Haul Trucker Blue 1×7 2011 Total 9-30 6096.4 3703.4 1930.3 10-31 6308.4 3735.9 2174.8 After the 1×7 died, the computer batteries died on the Trucker, and I started riding around on Pug, I sort of lost interest in keeping track of miles every day. I’ll punch in the miles from my long rides [...]

In my flips through blogs over the past week I came across this interview on The Daily Randonneur with Rob Hawks of the San Francisco Randonneurs. You should really click on the link and read the whole thing, but to get started for my recap of Sunday’s Point to Point Rando Ramble I’m going to [...]

The last couple of weeks has been a nightmare from an equipment perspective. The 1×7 headset started giving me grief. I already had an idea lined up to make the headset more reliable again and then the crank broke. $45 would fix the crank with a square taper Shimano Alivio from Jenson USA (have a [...]

They finally killed my #*&#!%g bike… I was turning left at the stoplight on Wyman Park Dr. and Remington. When the light turned green I stomped on the pedals and sheared the left crankarm clean off. I’ve only got maybe 2000 miles on this set. Guess my legs are getting stronger… Reminder for the day. [...]

It never ceases to amaze me how many different ways Bob has found to criss-cross the counties outside of Baltimore putting together great routes to keep us entertained all day. This month we get treated to two. Our first and most difficult one (4 Reservoirs) was Sunday to start the month off right! Dave #1, [...]