Archive for October, 2007
I think I found a WP template that I am going to modify to create the template for this site. Pretty cool. Offseason project #1: pursuit bike. No question about this. Offseason project #2: single-speed mountain bike? Many questions about this — need? 26″ or 29″? Mix of the two? Huh. I still owe a [...]
My first run of the off-season last night and I discovered a bug in the Nike+iPod software. At the end of about 2.75 miles of slogging, the iPod showed 4.44 miles completed. Once I uploaded, the data on the Nike+ site matched the treadmill’s data. The upside to this is that my max heart rate [...]
I still owe an update on Critical Mass. I know. It’s forthcoming. Along with some photos, and probably a small rant about the police state America’s becoming. The GPS flaked during Crit Mass, of course, so I won’t be posting the route. In addition, I decided to bail out on the ride early, because it [...]
First and foremost, someone needs to make a much more intuitive GPS device than my Garmin Forerunner 205. Perhaps I’m spoiled by the innate simplicity of things like my iPod, but the UI on this thing is driving me bugshit. It’s like trying to fly the space shuttle, complete with lo-res displays and early 80′s [...]
So the off-season looms about 3-4 weeks away. Some of you will point out that, “Bailey! It’s November! In Minnesota! Are you nuts?” The short answer is: yes. The long answer is that it’s still cyclocross season, and state championships for that are on November 17th. I’ll be racing every weekend until then. So the [...]
The primary point of this blog will be to follow my cycling life — racing, the attempt to open my own shop, and the product I want to bring to market sometime in the near future. You’ll also get the occasional update on my other hobbies — writing and font design.
