This summer I old myself that I wanted to increase each month’s total biking miles. Even by one mile, but I wanted to build upon the amount I did the previous month. For me it is just about putting in the miles, getting stronger and losing fat. I am putting in a few runs here and there but not counting those miles in my biking miles. Since I did a century (100 miles) in May the bar had been set pretty high for May. There is not way...

UPDATE: See the details in bold below on how to see the elevation profile. Last Saturday I did my first century. I had no idea what to expect and really did not put much thought into it. Brian setup the ride for his wife Teri and I thought I had nothing better to do and went along for the ride. This was a gravel century that ended up being 100 miles out and back in the Iowa countryside. We started out with five riders. Brian and his...

There is a new vintange bike shop in Des Moines called Ichi Bikes. The shop is located in Beaverdael actually. The shop owner, Dan Koenig, also owns Yankee Doodle Dandy Tattoo. The site has lots of bikes on it right now for sale. I am going to try and stop down there this weekend and check out what they have. I would love to get Terra an old bike with baskets on it. Check them out at http://ichibike.com/, stop down to the shop located...

Upate 5/28: I am doing the ride for sure! This weekend a buddy Brian is planning a gravel century (100 miles) bike ride with this wife. It is her first century. I don’t think I have never gone over 60 mile on a single ride. I figure why not start the three day weekending with a bang. Looking for a good challenge. I am about 89% 100% sure I am going to do this ride with them. The rout hits gravel roads south of Des Moines. The...

I picked up a new Amod data logger last week. This is the same one I used last summer but I dropped it and it broke on a bike trip. So I picked up another one. At only $60 they are of the best gadgets in my arsenal. Turn it on and clip it on your backpack, bike or anything else. It tracks you until you turn it off. It has lots of options for setting how frequency it records your location, what gets recorded, and goes for a couple of...