Category Archives: cycling

Cyclist: 2 - Garbage Truck: 0

August 15, 2008 – 5:03 pm

Being Friday, it’s Garbage Day on Old La Honda. Today turned out to be extra special because it was also recycling day so I had two contenders to deal with. 
My archnemesis passed me right as I was making my turn from Portola Rd. Fine, I gave it a couple of minutes lead time. I figured I’d rather [...]

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Surviving the 2008 Death Ride

July 14, 2008 – 9:45 pm

It’s only been 48 hours since I finished the Tour of the California Alps, also known as the Death Ride and I’ve been feeling the pressure to share all the gory details. So here ya go.
Joe, Jay and I setup for an early start. We figured we wanted to leave plenty of time to make [...]

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I might be ready for the Death Ride

June 30, 2008 – 6:00 pm

On Saturday I completed a big training ride with Joe. It concluded with about 85 miles and 9,000 feet of climbing. I felt pretty good at the end and was amazed to be getting somewhat of a second wind during the last climb up OLH. I’m starting to think that I might be ready enough [...]

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Garmin Edge 305 woes

June 22, 2008 – 5:17 am

I love Garmin products. I’ve owned the Edge 305 for over a year and just bought a Nuvi 670 for a recent trip to France. So far their customer service has been excellent too.
Recently my Edge 305 started to power itself down while riding. I thought maybe that was a software problem. I reset the [...]

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