A couple weeks ago we were stopped on the side of the trail adjusting the limit screw on my wife’s front derailleur after it had thrown the chain off early on a foggy weekend morning.
As we were standing there on the side of the trail an older gentleman cruised by on his bike, slowed down and asked “You guys okay?” Continue reading “Have Tools. Use ’em and Share ’em”
We did a 30 mile ride today and explored most of the Walnut Creek Trail for the first time. We had a great time, and really enjoyed most of the ride, except for the middle.
We got all the way out to Lake Johnson, and decided since we rode all the way there, we might as well ride around the lake and see the park for the first time, and then head back home.
Neither of us had been to Lake Johnson park before, so we hit the greenway and started riding around. A few hundred yards in: unleashed dogs, dogs on 50′ long leashes, people walking 4 wide taking up the entire pathway, dog poop ON THE CONCRETE, I could go on. Continue reading “There Are Some Places You Just Shouldn’t Ride…”
So we’re about 30 miles into our ride today (Poole Rd. park to Lake Johnson and back on the Walnut Creek Trail) when I made a shift from the little ring to the big ring. The chain went too far, and I didn’t notice and apparently rotated the crank another time after the chain was off. Continue reading “Thank God for Quick Disconnect Chain Links”
On Sunday we had some time to head out on the bikes. We’ve been wanting to try out the Crabtree Creek Trail for a while, so that’s exactly what we did.
The trail is pretty great, although I do have a couple gripes that could be remedied fairly easily: The trail will abruptly end in a couple different places, and there isn’t any signage telling you where it picks up again. Once you’ve ridden it once, you’ll know the trail good enough for the next time, but I would imagine that this turns some people off from riding this trail. Continue reading “40 Miles on Crabtree Creek”
When I purchased the Fuji Sportif from Performance Bike it came with an Oval brand saddle that is just awful. It’s long, and it’s narrow. I basically felt like it was trying to split me in half. It put pressure on soft tissue which resulted in numbness in places I’d rather not have numbness…
A couple weeks ago, my wife signed us up for a Full Moon Hike through the local REI. We’ve been doing a lot of hiking, so this sounded like a lot of fun.
The hike was scheduled for 7PM on Wednesday (the night before Thanksgiving) at the Triangle Land Conservancy Horton Grove land preserve. We arrived a little early and met up with Casey the REI instructor. The rest of the folks that signed up for the class arrived on time and we were off after signing the paperwork from REI and Triangle Land Conservancy.
Continue reading “REI Outdoor School: Full Moon Hike”
We’ve been riding most nights on the Capital Area Greenway (or Multi Use Path, MUP) and we’ve been having a fantastic time. In the first post of this series I mentioned buying some bike lights so we could be better seen by any folks that may be illegally using the pathway with motorized vehicles. We have the lights now, but that’s not the only thing we’re doing to ride defensively on the MUP.
There’s one portion of the trail that we find ourselves going through frequently that always seems to have some shady characters hanging out on the trail. Today in particular, there were a couple guys walking along the trail, one carrying a stick. We came up behind them, and I rang my bell, they moved to the left, and we passed without issue. Continue reading “Riding Defensively on the MUP #2”
Since picking up the Fuji Sportif 1.5 almost a month ago, I’ve been having all sorts of trouble with the saddle that came with it. The bike came with an Oval saddle that is very long and narrow. I figured I’d just need to get used to it after not having ridden a bike in several years, but things kept getting worse and worse. Continue reading “It’s all in the Saddle”
Twice now I’ve passed this guy cruising the greenway path on his singlespeed fatbike. The guy’s been whirring along with his big knobby tires looking like he’s having a blast. The first time I saw him, I assumed he was using the greenway path to get to some sweet urban singletrack that I don’t know about, but then a few days later I saw him again 10 miles north of where I saw him the first time.
Here’s to you fatbike guy, you’re awesome. Fatbikes are cool.
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