bicycle – Not Your Average Engineer

August 24, 2014

USA Pro Cycling Challenge comes through my neighborhood

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge came through Golden this year as part of Stage 7 on its way from Boulder to Denver for the finish line. Lots of people were lined up very early to get a good spot.

Police clearing the course.

Race official.

Lots of pissed off people who didn’t read the signs about the hour-long road closure that were posted for over a month.

Such a short amount of action for such a big buildup! At least the bicycles were more spread out than when I saw a stage finish of Tour de France in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2005. That was over in the blink of an eye!

October 14, 2012November 15, 2021

Up McCulloch Peak with Mike

This was the view from the top of McCulloch Peak yesterday. Usually you can see the whole south Willamette Valley and Corvallis. Not so with all of that fog.

Mike zipping up to fight against the cold.

Our bikes.

In my tights.

Mike on his bike.

Some of the destruction on Starker Forest land just to the west of the OSU research forest.

April 25, 2010

Windy bicycle ride

On Friday Dan and I went out with a couple of other people on a SRFFK. We did about 25 miles total. Our average pace was around 13 or 14 mph. The reason it was so slow was the crazy headwind that we encountered regardless of which direction the road turned. For most of the way I led the pack as the air bulldozer, creating a bit of a windbreak for everyone behind me. One particular stretch of long slog we went about 11 mph, barely making headway on a flat road. At one point we even smelled salt like we were at the ocean. On the way back into town, we hit a stretch where we were with the wind. According to my speedometer and the way the wind died down when I hit a certain speed, the wind was blowing at a steady 25 mph. It was quite the slow ride for fat kids!