Sydney keeps practicing and is doing great!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Run 4 UTH Invasion
Yesterday I arrived at Whiting Road Nature Preserve and found the Browncroft Community Church was having their "Run 4 UTH" event there.
I didn't know how much of the trails they'd be on so I rode there anyway and encountered a whole lot of runners along the way. They all seemed glad to see something interesting. I wonder if the word "unicycle" was mentioned at their church this morning. ;-)
It was one of my longest rides ever at about 5.75 miles in about 2 hours:
I got up one hill I never had before, successfully used my brake to control my descent on a bunch of hills, and rode the yellow and red trails, the more difficult trails at Whiting.
Some parts of the yellow and red trails have hills way too steep for me to ever get up, but I hope to someday be good enough to ride most of them. I walked more than I'd prefer.
My leg muscles are sore today. It was a good workout.
I'll have to post some video of my ride when once I do some editing.
I didn't know how much of the trails they'd be on so I rode there anyway and encountered a whole lot of runners along the way. They all seemed glad to see something interesting. I wonder if the word "unicycle" was mentioned at their church this morning. ;-)
It was one of my longest rides ever at about 5.75 miles in about 2 hours:
I got up one hill I never had before, successfully used my brake to control my descent on a bunch of hills, and rode the yellow and red trails, the more difficult trails at Whiting.
Some parts of the yellow and red trails have hills way too steep for me to ever get up, but I hope to someday be good enough to ride most of them. I walked more than I'd prefer.
My leg muscles are sore today. It was a good workout.
I'll have to post some video of my ride when once I do some editing.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Tryon with Mj
Today I went to the southern end of Tryon with Mj.
My new uni is working great. I thought I might miss the longer crank arms, but I haven't felt any difference in my hill climbing abilities. And the short cranks make riding faster easier.
Today's temperature between 60F and 65F was ideal for riding! I hope we have a lot more like this.
My new uni is working great. I thought I might miss the longer crank arms, but I haven't felt any difference in my hill climbing abilities. And the short cranks make riding faster easier.
Today's temperature between 60F and 65F was ideal for riding! I hope we have a lot more like this.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Starting to Idle
I've been practicing idling a bit over the past few weeks. Something started to click over the past few days. I probably only average 2 or 3 rocks back and forth, but I did the most tonight. How much is that? Seven.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Hojack
Whenever I ride the Webster Hojack trail I try to have no dismounts. Today I rode the entire length and back and had to dismount only two times, once in each direction. The first was a mud hole, and the second was because of heavy traffic at a crossroad. 
I also stopped at the west end to take a break, but that was the plan.
Mj was considering joining me again today, but wasn't sure. She texted me during my ride to say it wasn't happening, and I managed to reach behind me, unzip the bottom section of my CamelBak, get my phone out, read the basic idea of her texts, memorize her phone number (my phone sucks), called her back, and talked for a minute, all while continuing to ride! Haha... well I guess that's not so hard to do on flat trail. But for a lot of it I wasn't even looking where I was going!
I also took some pictures while I rode.
The section of trail of the east end that leads to the Hojack was crazy muddy. I walked the edge of it. It would have been fun but not worth the mess this time.
I also stopped at the west end to take a break, but that was the plan.Mj was considering joining me again today, but wasn't sure. She texted me during my ride to say it wasn't happening, and I managed to reach behind me, unzip the bottom section of my CamelBak, get my phone out, read the basic idea of her texts, memorize her phone number (my phone sucks), called her back, and talked for a minute, all while continuing to ride! Haha... well I guess that's not so hard to do on flat trail. But for a lot of it I wasn't even looking where I was going!
I also took some pictures while I rode.
The section of trail of the east end that leads to the Hojack was crazy muddy. I walked the edge of it. It would have been fun but not worth the mess this time.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
First KH24 Ride
The weather has been awesome all week, and then of course it's in the 40's and rainy this weekend. Grrr! But I had to get out with my new ride.
Mj, one of the other local riders met me at the Whiting Rd trails. It was good to have another rider on the trails. Thanks Mj!
My new uni is working out well. I found a hill to experiment with my new brake. The results weren't so good. While the brake works very well, my technique was lacking and in the first 5 seconds I leaned too far back and found myself on the ground. A my left arm met up with a root.
I'm glad it's just an abrasion.
Overall a good time!
Mj, one of the other local riders met me at the Whiting Rd trails. It was good to have another rider on the trails. Thanks Mj!
My new uni is working out well. I found a hill to experiment with my new brake. The results weren't so good. While the brake works very well, my technique was lacking and in the first 5 seconds I leaned too far back and found myself on the ground. A my left arm met up with a root.I'm glad it's just an abrasion.
Overall a good time!
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