No mileage today

Don't have me a air pump yet so I'm gonna push it to the gas station in the morning and air it up befor class. Had a flat.


4/25 2.25
4/26 7.32
4/27 1.25
4/28 3.94
50.34 miles since Total miles since blog inception

Mileage Update

4/21--- 1.25 miles
4/22--- 1.25 miles
4/24--- 5.94 miles

35.58 miles total.

Riding in The cold

Rode 5.22 miles today. 27.14 miles total since blog began.

My bike ride commute on the way home from work was damned cold. 27 degrees with a 12 mile an hour wind. Of course the wind is always to your face no matter what direction your pedaling. I had a hoodie on but I couldn't wear the hood over my ears because of my bike helmet.

I need to get something like this dudes wearing. A Headsweats Warm Cap. It fits underneath a bike helmet.

Performance bike has these ear warmers for $19.95.

My cheapo headlight fell off and broke but it "ain't no biggie". After being harrased by a cop because of no headlight on my bike I went to the thrift store and bought an angled flashlight for $1.00. It was taped on but after riding in a bad snow/sleet/rain one day the tape loosened up. Not having anymore tape I used rubber bands to connect my cheapo flashlight to the bar. The battery went dead and is not replaceable so tonight I was riding in the dark hoping no cops would see me. Guess I'm gonna have to upgrade my lighting situation pretty soon. Maybe I'll go back to the thrift store and get that $3.00 flashlight.

Mileage Update

Tuesday only .52 miles and weds I went
5.24 Miles. No miles on thursday,friday or saturday but today I will have about 5.30 miles. I did go for 2 walks of 2.5 miles each. 21.92 miles total on my bike since blog started on 4/11.

16.16 miles

5.35 miles on 4/14. I had 15-20 mile an hour winds hitting me head on for about 1/2 mile on my way home. 16.16 miles total since blog inception.

Bike Nashbar

5.37 miles today(4/13). Just another day of riding my bike to work and back. Total milege for 3 days since the bike blog began is 16.18 miles.

If your a bargain shopper then check out Nashbars Return Center
If people return something they bought they slap it in this section. Some good deals to be found sometimes. Just bookmark it and check it every few days. Theres alot of various cycling clothes. If your not looking for clothing items then you won't find much.

Back in the regular section of Nasbar website they got the Shimano Alivio Rear Derailleur for $19.99.
In the catalog they have the upgraded Shimano Deore Rear Derailleur for $17.99. Why do they give it to you cheaper over the phone for a catalog order instead of a cheaper price for the website order. Most companies try to encourage you to buy from the website instaed of over the phone. This saves them the cost of designing/publishing/ and mailing the catalog out. It also cuts the cost down because you don't have to pay a worker to be taking the order over the phone.

Maybe it's the old upsell 'em game . I don't know, never ordered from them yet but they do have good deals on a lot of their products.

bigringcircus: We Can't Have Nothin' Nice

Check out ths post at another bicycle blog. It's very funny read but the pics is very amusing. Guys got scuba gear on while hes on his bike heading for the water.
bigringcircus: We Can't Have Nothin' Nice

The Sideways Bicycle

This bike reminds me of Tom Green in Freddy Got Fingered. "The Backwards manThe backwards manI can walk backwards as fast as you canO,the backwards man the backwards man"

TransAmerica Trail, The Idaho Alternative

The TransAmerica Trail is the quintessential cross country bike touring route. If your into bike touring weather actually traveling croos country by bike or just reading about it like me currently then you got to check out The "Crazy Guy On A Bike" (CGOAB) web site and also AdventureCycling.

Check out a cool little write up on a variation of the TransAmerica trail that utilizes more of Idahos beautiful and unique scenery.LINK

Nikki Sixx and Deepthroat.

Nikki Sixx, the founder of Motley Crue, lived for awhile here in Twin Falls Idaho. He was in elementary school. The Wikipedia page is all wigged out by the dudes in Jerome Idaho. Its a funny read but the part about Jerome is false. It was Twin Falls he lived in for awhile.

Deepthroat also graduated highschool here in Twin Falls Idaho. No not that one, Mark Felt. You know, the FBI guy that helped bring down the Nixon presidency.

We have a nice handful of famous and semi famous residents from here in Twin Falls Idaho. Not too far away in Hailey and Sun Valley we got ALOT of famous people. Hopefully I can ride up in the Hailey/Sunvalley area this summer. If your local here In Twin Falls and going up that way this summer maybe my bike and I can hitch along.

John Kerry has a home in the Ketchum area. When he was running for President he came up this way to Ketchum(maybe it was Hailey or Sunvalleey, same shizz) to spend time at his home and went riding his bike. He's spandex laden roadie when hes pedaling his bike.

We need more famous bike riders to help encourage people to ride bike. i'm not talking bike racers like Lance Armstron even though hes done an excellent job of promoting bikes. We need famous people that ride bikes a lot for recreation. What if Oprah Winfrey started riding her bike to work everyday and they filmed it. Every woman in the country would start riding bikes and then every single guy would start riding bikes to meet all the ladies out riding.

In a future post I'll try to post a list of "Famous bicycle riders" that are not racers.

5.46 miles

5.46 miles traveled today (4/12) by bike. To work and back. 10.81 miles total since the start of the blog yesterday. Today was a very nice day here in Idaho. Clear skies and pretty warm. On my way to work I wanted to keep riding but I had to get to work.

5.35 Miles Today and I'd like A BOB Yak Trailer

5.35 miles rode for april 11th. Rode to work and back with a stop at the grocery store to cram a few things into my backpack. Sure wish I had a BOB Trailer. I could carry alot of shizz in it. It was a nice day out today. For the year so far I've gone only about 153 miles but I'm going to run on a ficsal year. I will track my daily mileage and keep track of it here.

I could not find my digital camera this morning but I will continue to look for it so I can share pictures of my urban riding. I highly recommend ou always carry a small digital camera with you because you never know what you may find that is interesting or amusing.

Here in my town of Twin Falls Idaho we have the Perrine bridge. The Perrine bridge is the ONLY bridge in the world where it is LEGAL to B.A.S.E. Jump year round with no permit. I'm not a BASE jumper but I do like to hang out down there and talk to the jumpers in the summertime. I will definitely share some pics later in the year. We get BASE jumpers from all over the world come to little old Twin Falls Idaho just to jump off our bridge.

I got a whole list of bike topics I'm going to cover eventually. We also have Shoshone Falls here. I'll ride out there this summer and share the pics also. My favorite thing about Twin Falls may be the fact that this is where Evel Knevel attempted to jump the canyon. I'll get pics of the jump site which is still there but is just a dirt jump/mound now.

Virginia's First Statewide Bicycling Map Helps Visitors Gear Up for Adventure

People who love to bicycle as part of their vacation getaway now have an excellent, new trip-planning resource in Virginia. The Commonwealth has released its first statewide bicycling map. Bicycling in Virginia, a full-color map geared to both avid and leisure cyclists, includes a statewide map of bicycle trails, regional insets and a guide for riding safely and legally in Virginia.

Richmond, VA (PRWeb) December 1, 2006 -- People who love to bicycle as part of their vacation getaway now have an excellent, new trip-planning resource in Virginia. The Commonwealth has released its first statewide bicycling map. Bicycling in Virginia, a full-color map geared to both avid and leisure cyclists, includes a statewide map of bicycle trails, regional insets and a guide for riding safely and legally in Virginia.

"One of the best ways to get out and enjoy the beauty of Virginia is by bicycle," said Alisa Bailey, president and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation. "The new bicycle map is a perfect guide to the hundreds of miles of trails that can be enjoyed by families, couples, groups of friends or bicycling clubs."

Virginia is home to some of America's most popular bicycle trails that attract visitors from around the world. The Commonwealth contains 838 miles of the U.S. Bicycle Route system, the most miles in any state, and is the only state with both U.S. Bicycle Routes (Routes 1 and 76) running through it. Trails can be found nearly everywhere in the Commonwealth, weaving through green spaces in the midst of urban settings, to pastoral woodland routes and winding mountainside trails.

Seven featured trails or trail systems are highlighted in the map's regional insets. These include the Virginia Capital Trail, linking Jamestown, Williamsburg and Richmond; the Virginia Creeper Trail, one of Virginia's most popular, running from White Top Mountain to Abingdon; the Tobacco Heritage Trail, connecting South Hill and Brodnax in Southern Virginia; U.S. Bicycle Route 76 and the Blue Ridge Parkway, running along the mountain range south of Waynesboro; the Heart of Appalachia Bike Route, a picturesque Southwest Virginia trail between Coeburn and Burkes Garden; the New River Trail, a riverside route connecting Galax, Fries and Pulaski; and the Northern Virginia Trail Network, highlighted by the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.

Each inset contains a thorough narrative describing trail highlights, notable features and things to see and do along the way. A handy elevation guide for each of the seven featured trails gives riders a chance to determine what to expect before starting out.
Many miles of Virginia's bicycle trails are laid out on the abandoned beds of old railroad lines, providing grades manageable for most bikers. The Virginia Creeper Trail is the best-known of these while others include the New River Trail, the Tobacco Heritage Trail and portions of the Northern Virginia Trail Network.

More information can be found at Virginia.org/bikemap (http://www.Virginia.org/bikemap). The Web site contains information on special events, lodging, dining, attractions and things to do as well as up-to-date weather forecasts for each locality. Special sections on climate, mountain biking and Virginia's Birding and Wildlife Trail are perfect aids in planning a bicycle-trip itinerary.

Bicycling in Virginia is available at all Virginia Welcome Centers and at local visitor centers. Travelers can also obtain the map and a Virginia Travel Guide by visiting Virginia.org (http://www.Virginia.org) or by calling 1-800-932-5827.

High Gas may equal more bicyclists

It use to be asked of me "why do you ride your bike to work?" I would answer I don't have a car and blah blah blah. A lot of people in this area of Idaho are under the impression thats bikes are for 2 types of people. Little kids and Lance Armstong type roadies.

As the gas prices climb higher and higher I get less strange questions about why i'm riding a bike. Now I get more questions like...

"How much did that bike cost you?"

"How far do you ride each day?"

"Can you lock the bike up at your job?"

"Wheres the bike shop you got that bike at"

Basically more and more people are going to be turning to bicycles, motorcycles, and gas scooters to commute back and forth to work. $4.00 a gallon is way to much and certain people are beginning to revolt against supplying the middle east with anymore of their money than is necessary at the gas pump.

Hopefully we as bike riders can educate more people on the benefits but with gas prices climbing some of those people will educate themselves and pull that old bike out of the garage. Gas prices will probably never go back down to $1.50 a gallon.

Easy To Rent Bikes In Paris

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Intro To Bike 5 Bike Blog

Bike 5 is my personal bike blog. I've had a few different bikes in my lifetime but back December 2004 I put a Gary Fisher Wahoo on layaway from Scotts Ski and Sports in Pocatello Idaho. My girlfriend had left me and I have no car.(I still don't). I had plans to ride it back and forth to my job. A couple of months later I went and paid off my layaway. I got a damn good deal on the bike. I paid about $300 for it. It was a year end close out plus it was the last year of the Gary Fisher Wahoo before they switched to the genesis geometry.

This bike was my first REAL bike that was not some cheapo bike from the mass department store.

The day I left Scotts Ski and Sports with my new bicycle it was a very nice day out. Sunny and clear skies. I rode about 3 miles thru downtown Pocatello and then conncted up with part of the greenbelt trail.

I did not even ride test ride my bike. I sat on it in the store and that was it. When I left Scotts Ski and Sports after paying it off it was the first time I'd ever rode it. My bike has trigger shifters on them. When i started riding I shifted up a few times but when i wanted to shift down i had to stop and figure out how. Stupid I know but I had never used trigger shifters before. I swear by them now. I HATE gripshifters. I always seem to mishift when going uphill with grip shifters because of the way I tend to grab the bars. I never have that problem with my trigger shifters.

I really enjoyed out easy my bike seemed to ride. It was not a "chore" to ride like bikes I'd had in the past. A few minutes after leaving the bike shop I became hooked on riding my bike. I still like to ride for fun but I use it daily as a commuter here in Twin Falls Idaho where I have since moved to.(again).

I use it daily as my transportation to work and school. I have no car. My bike has about 1400 miles on it now. My goal is a new bike when it hits 5,000 miles.

This bike blog will be used as a way to network with other bikers and to hopefull be able to encourage people to buy their bikes from a reputable bike shop or even BikesDirect.com and not not to buy cheapos from Wal-Mart.