20.82 miles, 90.35 minutes, 13.8 mph average speed, 909.45 calories (107.64 fat grams), 58 degrees (ugh).
Along the river trails, through the U of Minn, down Portland Avenue to 20th street, around downtown a bit.
Cycling Diary: 4/16/05
Archives for April 16, 2005
The Trek 1200c
Monday night, I wandered off to Penn Cycle on Lake Street in Minneapolis and purchased a new road bike.
In fact, it’s my first road bike ever:
I’m now setup for both road and mountain biking – and for the time being – the Trek 4500 mountain bike is back in Boston, the Trek 1200c is here in Minneapolis, and life is good.
This is my first bike with the Shimano SPD clipless pedal system – which required new shoes and alot of practicing in order to get used to clipping and unclipping. But after five days of riding, I think i’ve mostly gotten that system figured out.
The bike was accessories with a Trek bottle cage and bottle, a Topeak lock, and a Topeak road pump. I also picked up my first Giro helmet, in a silver color to match the bike, of course.
Andrew Sullivan: “I was wrong”
ANDREW SULLIVAN on Iraq: I feared the worst. I was wrong. Expect to see more like this from other pundits in the coming months….
Via Citizen Smash
Lest you think I had been slacking
Monday: 3.6 miles
Tuesday: 6.69 miles, 34.49 minutes, 11.6 average speed, 379 calories
Wednesday: 20.33 miles, 99.11 minutes, 12.8 mph average speed, 1246.30 calories
Thursday: 16.38 miles, 74.18 minutes, 13.4 mph average speed
Friday: 6.9 miles, 34.39 minutes, 11.4 mph average speed
Monday I bought the new bike and rode it home in a rainstorm – was fun and not fun 🙂
Tuesday I did not feel well, Friday it started raining on me.
More to come – Minneapolis is a great cycling town, looking forward to 30-40 miles today!