Repaired bike camera’s maiden voyage

I thought it was perfect timing when I got home and found my Olympus 790sw sitting on the counter yesterday. Today was my commute by bike day, and I took a few extra minutes to take photos going in and coming home. I kept an eye on the weather all day, and decided to wait [...]

Doppler Lies

Rainy Day

Today was my day for a big ride. I mean, a REALLY big ride–for me, anyway. It’s been one month since my last 40 mile ride and I wanted at least 45 today. I set myself a goal: 3 hours on the bike.
I had been faithfully checking the forecast all week and had every [...]

Hey Ellen, was this what you were talking about?

On our last BCC ride, Ellen was telling me how there was a “trough” in the area that they used to drink from when she was a kid. Apparently tests were done and it was discovered there was a high amount of lead or something else bad in the water, so the town dismantled it. [...]

What does LIVESTRONG Mean to You?

Why It’s Important
Originally uploaded by sipclip&go

I snapped this photo in the parking lot of my hotel last year at the 2007 Philly LIVESTRONG Event. The owner had this on his vehicle along with a lot of other eye-grabbing stickers. You know, these events always produce a lot of merchandise to accompany and promote their existence. [...]

Proud Bike Commuter

This is a photo of my colleague Jenny who rides her bike to work whenever the weather is nice. I’ve noticed the number of regular bike commuters observed as I drive to work in my pick up truck (trust me, at $60 a tank I wish I was among you) has increased significantly. I used to [...]

At least the hail didn’t show

I rode to work today, and I lost against Mother Nature. The commute in was great, the ride home not so much. Before I left, I noticed the storm moving in sooner than expected but it looked like I might beat it. I did not. Donder who was heading into work saw me pedaling before [...]

Redemption

I’m back in the saddle after a long week of flu-like suffering.  Today I rode a short 20 miles–enough to get me out of the house and pedaling again.  When I don’t ride I feel lousy physically, and mentally as well.  I’ve often likened time outdoors exerting myself to a sort of spiritual purging, and [...]

BCC minus one

Ellen and I headed out from the parking lot at work without Donder today because she blew us off, I meant lacked dedication and commitment, had other plans come up. Too bad because we elected club officers today. Ellen is president, I’m vice president, and Donder is head bike and water bottle cleaner. That’s actually [...]

How I feel and Why I haven’t been riding

No Parking
Originally uploaded by sipclip&go

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then you can see I haven’t been up for a ride lately. In fact, the only thing I’ve been riding this week has been my couch. My body aches with some mild flu, but also aches from the memory of riding….I miss it!
So [...]

The bike camera is on its way. Finally.

I finally called Olympus about not being able to find my receipt, but it was not a problem because I purchased the camera through their repair exchange program. After getting that confirmation, I headed out on the DB to go drop it off and run a few more errands. I was able to lug the [...]