Archive for the 'Road Biking' Category
2007 Marin Century
Judy and I rode our first Century today. Well, actually it wasn’t a real Century (100 mi), but a Metric Century. Still at 100K (~60 mi), it’s a decent ride. The Marin Century is a popular annual ride with a good variety of grades and terrain. We went through redwood forests, cruised along flat grasslands, [...]
Humboldt
Humboldt has been on our list of places to visit for some time, but for some reason we just never got around to going. From what we had read about Moonstone Beach (which is in Humboldt County), it just seemed like a really awesome place to boulder. After all, how many places can you boulder [...]
Road Bike Weekend
Well, this 4th of July weekend turned out to have a strong road biking theme to it. Not only was the Tour de France kicked off on Saturday, but there were plenty of road biking activities around here as well. Our friend Dave from San Diego is training for a trip that he will be [...]
Biking to Work
Today I biked to work for the first time. It wasn’t just the first time I’ve biked to TiVo, but the first time I’ve biked to work ever.
One of my co-workers offered some suggestions on which route to take. From our house on Seale, I just took Middlefield to Ellis which goes under the 101. [...]
Roubaix Arrives!
I was finally able to pick up my Roubaix today. Mike’s Bikes sold quite a few bikes during the sale in which I bought my bike so it took a while for them to take delivery and build my bike. The bike was actually ready on Sunday, but they like to do a bike fitting [...]
Specialized Roubaix Comp
I’ve had my sights set on getting a road bike for some time now. Not only are there lots of great places to road bike in Northern California, but I also wanted to start biking to work (at least once a week for the duration of daylight savings). My plan was to buy a bike [...]
