Archive for April, 2007
« Previous EntriesA Beautiful Day on the Trail
Sunday, April 29th, 2007I’m testing out a new and very small video camera and it came in handy for capturing my Sunday ride along the mountain bike trails at the Bald Mountain State Recreation Area in Michigan.
Getting The Right Bicycle Seat
Saturday, April 28th, 2007From Alastair Hamilton, special to ClydesdaleFitness.com
It takes only one ride on the wrong bicycle seat to demonstrate irrefutably that a good bicycle seat is paramount to regular bicycle riding.Even the shortest, smoothest ride can be painful and joyless if your bicycle has a bad seat on it.
What differentiates a good seat from a bad seat?It […]
The bicycles in my garage
Friday, April 27th, 2007I don’t know about you but I can’t bear to part with a bike. You too? Here’s a video about the bikes cluttering up my garage.
Another Clydesdale site: The FatCylist
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Found another great site geared towards Clydesdales. It’s called the FatCyclist. The guy behind it has a great blog and sense of humor, though he’s going through a rough time right now with illness with his wife. They can use our prayers.
He’s also selling a very cool jersey he’s taking orders for. Finding Clydesdale and […]
Meet up for weekend training rides
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007I have a column in Monday’s Detroit Free Press talking about biking, being a Clyde and training with some tech and Internet moptivation aids. In it I’ll offer to meet up on Saturdays with other Clydes… and non-Clydes, too… who may want to do long training rides toghether.
We’ll start with an easy 15 miler and […]
Fine tuning the new bike
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Hey, it’s a new bike, right? Why not upgrade it. Last Friday, I bought a new Cannondale F29 Lefty and have spent the last few days getting used to it. The single left fork is pretty nifty, adding stability, strength and smoothness. Lots has been written about the benefits of the left suspension. But what […]
How many bikes are too many bikes?
Monday, April 23rd, 2007I bought a new bike this year - The Cannondale 29 Lefty, Caffeine model. Silver and black. Oh so cool. Because of the left-side configuration, my bike dealer is having a heck of a time installing a slick new wireless cadence-speed-heartbeat-distance computer from Delphi.
They’re also having some issues with a rack for panniers, which I’ll […]
Welcome to ClydesdaleFitess
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Here’s a short video welcome I shot with my camera phone out on the trail. I’ll try to capture lots of different training rides over the coming season and post them here.
Ah… it’s bike season again
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007You know it’s bike season when the forsythia starts to bloom.
In my part of Michigan, the temps are in the low 60’s and the forecast is for plenty more over the next few days.
And in about two hours, I head to the bike shop to pick up a new Cannondale mountain bike.
The goal for me […]
Calculate the calories burned in a workout
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007I found a handy little online resource that calculates the number of calories burned in a workout, be it biking, running or a host of other activities. You enter your age, weight, height and the time you spent and it tells you how many calories you zapped.
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