Variety I shopped for a new bike last summer (2019). The literature of cycling and bicycle manufacturing is vast. The Guardian published a survey and list of printed works in 2016. Some books and resources address innovation and engineering: Many books are about competitive events – or the special bikes used in competition. Racing on …
I rode the Trek FX4 January to August. I bought a Cannondale Topstone gravel bike in August, and it became my main bike. I bought a Garmin Edge 130 GPS unit/computer and began to track the cumulative elevation gained during a ride and average speed (moving), as well as distance and time. My total distance …
My rides in 2018 were in Victoria. All my rides were on my Trek FX4. I was getting speed and distance on the Bontrager cycling computer. It was wireless – it had a magnet on a spoke, a sensor sending unit and the main unit mounted on the bars. I logged 2,283.6 Km. I rode …
Almost all my rides in 2017 were on my Trek FX 4, in Victoria, logged with a Cateye device. I logged 1,802.4 Km. I have several rides with Mike who had moved to Victoria. I had one ride in Portage la Prairie Manitoba on a trip east in September. I went to the Island festival …
My rides in 2016 were on my Trek FX, logged with the Cateye computer. I set the road bike aside for some maintenance. My logged distance, all rides, was 1,355.1 Km. I took a weekend trips by car to Duncan for the Island festival in July, and to Salmon Arm for the roots and blues …
My ride is 2015 were on my Giant Yukon. I bought a Trek FX 4 hybrid in July. After I had shifted some gear and installed a Bontrager cycling computer it became my main bike. My logged cycling distance was 885.5 Km. I had a few walks on the trails around Elk and Beaver lakes. …
I managed a number of rides in 2014, May to August, including rides in Winnipeg on my trip in July. My logged distance was 426.4 Km. I did my weekly walks on the trails around Elk and Beaver lakes most weeks. My logged distance was 356.9 Km.
I did not ride in 2013. I walked in the trails around the Elk and Beaver lakes weekly, except in August when I drove to Edmonton for that folk festival and in December when I had a trip east. My logged distance, on the regular walks, was 417.3 Km.
I continued my routine of walks and hikes in the park around Elk and Beaver lakes in 2012. I did not consistently enter distances in a log, and missed recording some walks I paddled (or steered) dragon boat at VCKC, April to August. I rode from April to June, and one short ride in December. …
I noted I paddled in a Voyageur canoe at VCKC on the Gorge on New Years Day. I noted a couple of hikes in January. I had a stroke in January. I was discharged from hospital in February. I noted my first ride March 20. On the first ride, I had a moment of instability …