Actually, I used to be able to do that. I did it by adding one pushup each day. This program uses a series of sets. Sounds just right for guys like me too lazy to go to the gym.

Actually this spring I was enjoying the Aquatic Center’s (in Clarkston) new weight room. I’d burned out on swimming laps–awful– and liked the feeling of getting stronger. I thought I’d work out a ride to the gym and a workout, but, well, you know. That never worked out.

Still upper body strength is important on the bike but doesn’t come as a product of riding. Here’s a systematic plan you do on your own with nothing to buy. –Corrie

http://hundredpushups.com/

Triple A has helped me out  more than once. Don’t know that I have a plus membership which seems to be required to get AAA service in Idaho and Oregon for your bike. Yep, that’s right, for your bike!

Guess I’d better upgrade my membersehip. Of course, my cell phone doesn’t work on the back roads anyway and Idaho support is only available in southern Idaho for now.–Corrie

AAA extends its reach to bicycles

by Mary Pitman Kitch, The Oregonian

Thursday July 09, 2009, 8:37 PM

AAA Oregon/Idaho announced a profound expansion of its mission on Thursday. It decided to join what The Oregonian’s Jeff Mapes has called the “Pedaling Revolution.” Gone is the American Automobile Association we all grew up with, the original road hog synonymous with cars.

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Steve saw the story this mornign too and sends along this link.

I’m not a racing fan though I admit it was fun to see Armstrong look about to recapture glory on Tuesday. Long way to go yet in the tour.

Meanwhile check out David Fiedler’s “Best Stuff for Tour de France Fan.” Send it to a friend or spouse as gift suggestions.–Corrie

I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for anything related to the Tour de France. Slap a logo on it and I’ll wear it, carry it, use it or eat it proudly. Take socks, for instance. Most of the time, you know you’re doing well with your socks if people don’t notice anything about them. But you get yourself some Tour de France socks and suddenly you want the whole world to know what you’re wearing.

You’ll enjoy this video of a cyclist who assumed the puddle was shallow.–Corrie

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Three cycling deaths this summer has Boise area cyclists a bit concerned. Largent tells me he planned to ride in the Ride of Silence on the 6th. And the mayor has adopted the League of American Cyclists’ approach called the 6 E’s in an attempt to prevent further mishap in Boise.–Corrie

Boise, Idaho — Boise’s mayor has come up with a response to three  recent cyclist deaths.

Mayor David Bieter and city council have created a bike safety response team.

The team will form and review efforts to promote safety on the roads. It will also explore ways to further educate drivers and cyclists.

The team will use a problem solving model that uses six e’s — engineering, enforcement, education, encouragment, equality and evaluation.

We have posted the entire response:

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After a Tandem Fourth, I’m ready to kick back a little just when Bill proposes a Crazies ride of his own. I take a little flack from Carol for calling these tough fat tire rides “crazy” but you should know when a guy who rides 250 miles a week says it is a tough ride, it’s probably tough. Disclaimers: 1. If it is a technical mountain bike ride, my opinion doesn’t count. 2. You’ll see some great scenery you’ve probably never seen before, certainly not from the saddle of a bike.

Now how to get my mileage this week?  Well, here are some ideas. Looks like I’ll want to ride long on Saturday as well as the Huckleberry ride. Jim’s agreed to our Kamiah-Grangeville Ride for Saturday.

Tuesday, July 7^th Bill Arnold special mountain bike ride

Map Bill and Doug plan to meet at Chief Looking Glass Park in Asotin, drive to the trailhead and make a loop ride of 45 miles in the mountains.  Bill says it qualifies as a Crazies ride meaning Corrie would find it taxing. I think it is gravel roads and not technical but you might want to ask Bill about that.

Bring: lots of water (camel backs for sure), pack a lunch and snacks, tubes for your bike—these guys are on 29ers and probably are running tubeless anyway. Maybe a rain jacket and probably some sunscreen. Should be cool in the  mountains.

Tuesday, July 7th, Ice Cream Ride 6:30 pm Clarkston’s Baskin Robins

We usually out to the end of the pavement on Asotin Creek. Not everyone needs to go all the way. Turn around as you wish and join us for ice cream back at Baskin Robins about 8:30. Lots of light right now.

Wednesday and Friday Crazy Ladies ride at 8 am. Formation is at 7:45 at the Southway Boat Launch. Leanne says:

Hi, Ladies, Happy Fourth of July! Hope everyone had a safe and insane weekend. Last Wednesday, Jennifer, Leane, Sandie and Debbie Bobbitt rode up Tammany. I do not know who rode on Friday, as Paul and I were entertaining guests on a boat ride upriver to Cache Creek.

Wednesday, July 8, meet at the boat launch by grain growers at 7:45, depart at 8:00.

Friday, July 10, meet at the boat launch by grain growers at 7:45, depart at 8:00.

It is hard to get up this early to ride but being done riding by 10:00 in the heat is really nice. Hope to see some of you riders out there this next week. Thanks. Leane

Thursday, July 9th Time Trials at 6 pm down river road west of Red Wolf
Steady turn out for this 10 mile course. Arrive about 5:45 to be seeded. Riders are started slowest first so everyone finishes about the same time.

Saturday,  July 11, 8  am Easy Does It road ride and arts tour.

From the Clarkston Corps of Engineers parking lot, Linda plans a tour to 3 mile Inn south of Asotin and back through Beth Rimmeslbacker’s studio and a visit to The Lady in Blue Teahouse in Morgan’s Alley. Read more about this ride on the Easy Does It page.

Special Easy Does It Ride on the 18^th in Spokane. Check it out too on the Easy Does It page.

Saturday, July 11 8:30 Kamiah grocery parking lot.

Ride to ride from Kamiah up Harpster past Grangeville to the top of the old Whitebird Hill and back down Mt. Idaho and along the South Fork back to Kamiah. Jim and roy and I did this lasst summer. It turned out to be 95 miles. I may spin up 7 mile to get my extra 5 miles. Jim and I will drive by the Southway Boat launch at 6:30. If we can car pool with the rigs we’ve got, we’ll do so.

Sunday, July 12, 9 am Huckleberry Ride from Deary City Park to Elk River and back

Note that earlier start time. 9 instead of 10. That means you’ll need to leave earlier from home—sorry sleepy heads. But it also means you’re less likely to melt from July heat on the return route.

This is 54 miles round trip. Some shorten it by meeting us in Bovill. That cuts off about 18 miles. Make no mistake, there are hills on this route. You’ll want to be in shape. We should have SAG provided by Becky Priebe—Chandler thinks he’ll make an appearance. But SAG should be for water, snacks, and a lift in an emergency. Bring a fiver for the driver.

This ride usually breaks up into two or three groups. SAG will mostly stay with the slowest group. Hammer at your own risk.

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All rides begin at the Southway boat launch unless otherwise noted. Bad weather may keep us off our bikes without notice.

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Corrie Rosetti
Share the road and the ride at Crusty Cassette.

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Used to be, when I was a younger man, and my friends were too, we had more muscle than money. When someone had to move, we’d find a pickup or two and spend the day moving. Incentive–the beer at the end of the day.

Now doing it with a bicycle?–Corrie

In June of 2009 I made up my mind to move from one apartment to the other. I also made up my mind to make this move using only bicycles and bicycle trailers.  I started off on a Sunday afternoon by loading a few plastic tubs into the “kid trailer” I pull with my Schwinn Tempo road bike.

The Schwinn hauling the first load

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and rode off on a bamboo triplet. You gotta see it to believe it.–corrie

This Sounds Like the Set-Up to a Joke . . .

Q. What do you get when you get some cycling pastors, a three-man bamboo bike and a cross-country ride?

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Well, to be fair, we’re just convening there. Riverport should be in no way held responsible for the behavior of TRC board members. Whew, the disclaimer done on with the fun.

Our board meetings have traditionally followed the Thursday Time Trials. This month we move to Wednesday because we’d like to meet at Riverport Brewing’s Tap Room which closes at 8. We’ve moved the start time to 6 pm. Meeting will start at 6:15.

Meetings are open to all club members. Please come prepared with a ride or two for  the calendar. Pick a ride you’d like to do. We are open to flexible times.

Carol says: I’d like to see some Saturday rides, explorer rides, what about early am rides or another midweek ride in the evening.  We have retired folks in the club.  Thinking outside the box…

Also consider the pacing you’d like to do.

Deary City Park

9:00 am Roll time,

July 12, 2009

Our Annual Huckleberry Ride to Elk River will start an hour earlier this year. Instead of 10 am, we’ll roll at 9 am from Deary’s City Park. We’ve always started at 10 because nothing was open in Elk River until noon. That’s no longer true. The cafe is closed but the lodge now opens at 7 am serving breakfast until 11.

An earlier start means more coolness which is why we’re in the mountains to begin with–that and some of the best scenery anywhere.

Once again we are looking for SAG. If you can help, please let me know

Corrie.

REI has created a iPhone app for cyclists and a website with some tools you might use. I’m just getting to the point where I understand my own GPS, a Garmin Edge 305. I’ve used the computer functions but just started using the courses. I’d like something more like Scott’s expensive device but I don’t think I’ll buy an iPhone just for this app.–corrie

REI Launches Bike Your Drive iPhone App

Released June 2009 by REI

SEATTLE – REI is launching the Bike Your Drive mobile iPhone application, a free interactive tool that helps cyclists track, view, and share their bicycling experiences.   It’s available through theApple iPhone app store or by visiting: www.rei.com/bikeyourdrive#bikesGear

Whether it’s a quick trip to the grocery store, or a long training ride with friends, the customizable application allows users to view their bicycling progress, pinpoint and save their bicycle mileage, upload geotagged photos to document their ride and measure gas savings as well as individual CO2 offset. Second generation iPhone users with GPS capabilities can capture their bicycle experience in real-time, wherever and whenever they ride.

Okay, I’m as big an advocate for bicycling as anyone, but mixing it up with work? Well, that’s just wrong!–corrie

(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Bicycles are commonly used to to move cargo. In the United States it is less common then in other countries. In Twin Falls Idaho the use of cargo bicycles is very low. You rarely see a cargo bicycle in Twin Falls Idaho but Cargo bike usage in the United States seems to be seeing an up tick.

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I think more is being made of this that it merits. On July 25 some 1500 riders will participate in an organized century on narrow mountain roads where apparentlly there has been some contention between drivers and cyclists. In addition, Colorado has a new 3-foot passing law. A flier has appeared in mailboxes in the mountain area asking people to use their cars to disrupt the ride. The flier is typed in all caps and tries to use the language of civil disobedience to restore driver’s rights. Looks like a sorehead to me. Hard to say how many drivers will need to “inspect” their cars on this route come the 25th.–Corrie

Tensions between drivers and bicyclists in rural Boulder County have reached a new level, with fliers circulating in mountain neighborhoods asking drivers to blockade next month’s Sunrise Century ride.

The fliers — which started appearing in mountain communities last week, a few days after a Boulder driver was ticketed on suspicion of endangering a cyclist on Lee Hill Road — ask residents along the route of the 100-mile annual cycling event to block the return leg of the ride.

The Bite the Bullet Day tour was wonderful. Mild temps and light winds and just a touch of green still in the fields were matched by good company on my favorite route. You can check out that ride at Crusty.

But this weekend with everyone heading off in their own directions, we didn’t schedule anything. Jim McCracken and I are looking forward to RAMROD at the end of the month. We may ride from Clarkston to Spokane on Friday. Jim’s still checking with Clare on that one. Then Linda and I will meet the Skinners for some riding in Spokane over the weekend. At least that’s the plan as of Tuesday morning.

Great cycling to everyone. Stay hydrated.–Corrie

Tuesday, June 30th, Ice Cream Ride 6:30 pm Clarkston’s Baskin Robins

Usually we head out to the end of the apvement on Asotin Creek. Not everyone needs to go all the way. Turn around as you wish and join us for ice cream back at Baskin Robins about 8:30. Lots of light right now.

Wednesday and Friday Crazy Ladies ride at 8 am. Formation is at 7:45 at the Southway Boat Launch. Leane writes . . .

Since is it getting so hot we are moving the rides up (UGH!) one hour starting July 1st.

Remember that pedaling with pals could keep you out of harm’s way. Tripling the number of bikes on the road halves the accident rate. This tidbit is from TransportationAlternatives.org notes.

Wednesday JULY 1, meet at 7:45, leave promptly at 8:00.

Friday JULY 4, meet at 7:45, leave promptly at 8:00.

Thursday, July 3rd Time Trials at 6 pm down river road west of Red Wolf
Steady turn out for this 10 mile course. Arrive about 5:45 to be seeded. Riders are started slowest first so everyone finishes about the same time.

We’ve scheduled no rides over the weekend. Sorry, seemed like everyone was going out of town. You might try the 1pm start on Sunday but as the weather is getting hot, likely that ride will morph into a morning ride or a ride on the Palouse.

Don’t forget to check out the We Love to Ride ridership stats.

Active.com’s Tips for riding a century.

All rides begin at the Southway boat launch unless otherwise noted. Bad weather may keep us off our bikes without notice.

To stop receiving these email reminders, just reply with “unsubscribe” in the subject line.

Corrie Rosetti
Share the road and the ride at Crusty Cassette.

crosetti@cableone.net
corrierosetti@yahoo.com

This has been tried before and of course only works if cyclists everywhere take the time to mark crashes, hazards, and thefts related to bicycling. We have plenty of hazards to mark such as those railroad tracks that took Linda down a couple of summers ago, or was it that cute Canadian guys she was riding with? How do we mark him as a hazard?–Corrie

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This comes from the June 6th issue of Road Bike rider.–Corrie

Daily Tour de France updates will be available free by e-mail from Carmichael Training Systems. (Owner Chris Carmichael has been Lance Armstrong’s personal coach for more than 10 years.) If previous performance is an indication of future quality, Carmichael’s insights and commentaries will be well worth your time. CTS also offers daily workouts geared to Tour stages, photo galleries and videos. Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/msygkf. The Tour is July 4-26.

Linda’s reaching out to the “almost cycling community” with two special event Easy Does It Rides in July.

On the 11th she’ll lead a ride that is also an art tour.

Meet at the Clarkston Corps of Engeniers parking lot at 8:00 am. We’ll start by riding to Asotin, but continue up river past the old Three Mile Inn. We’ll turn around at the first fork in the river road. If people want a shorter ride they can cool off in the park at Asotin or have a cool drink at the Daily Bakery. We’ll return back on the bike path after regrouping, and continue on to Clarkston. We’ve been invited to visit Beth Rimmeslbacker studio, Gallery. This is a real treat. She is a working artist who specializes in local scenes. You’ll recognize her work and she’s a biker wanna be, so we might convince her to join us one of these days. After our visit to her studio, we’ll head back to town. We’ll cross the bridge and head to downtown Lewiston. We will finish with “brunch” at “The Lady in Blue Teahouse” in Morgans Alley. I talked with the owner today and she said she would love to have our group visit. She said she would fix almost anything we wanted, but she has scones, iced tea, specialty Tortellini salads, sandwiches and pastry. She said plan to spend up to about $8 for a full lunch. I figure we’d arrive for “brunch” about 10-11 am.

And the following Saturday, July 18th,  she invites everyone to Spokane for a ride on the Centennial Trail.

Our next Easy Does it Ride is planned the following Sat. July 18. I’d like to plan a Spokane Centennial Trail Ride. I’m planning on going to Spokane on Friday eve. I’d plan to meet for our ride at 8 am at the Carousel in down town Spokane Expo park. We can ride the trail for 10-15 miles to Sullivan Park in the Valley. We would plan to have a snack here but return to Spokane for lunch… decided by the group, lots of choices, such as Cyrus O’Learys. This ride is a bit more complicated than the usual Easy Does it Rides so I would like to have people RSVP if they intend to join me. We’ve had a great turn out of new riders for these rides this season and lots of talk from our usual group about ride options for those who aren’t into long, hard, hot rides. If you’re interested in a fun easy ride let me know. These rides are usually 10-12 mi/hr. Riders who want to go faster are always welcome, but I will stay with the riders at the planned easy pace. This is a great ride along the Spokane river and winds around Gonzaga university and some beautiful spots along the river. Spokane Centenial Trail

1. It’s usually uphill and against the wind. (Murphy’s Law of Bicycling)
2. Most big hills that look impossible are usually a series of small hills that are possible.
3. I’ve never met a hill I couldn’t walk up.
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How we dress may put some folks off. How we dress may get us cat-calls and worse. But groovy or geeky, we need to be seen. Now that the days are growing shorter (he he), you might consider more lights and protective gear like this Boise commuter. Thanks to the Bike Nazi for the sotry–Corrie

Boise Bicycle Nerd Survives On Attention

To say Bob Tencate likes attention is an understatement. When he hits the street it is impossible to NOT notice him and that’s the way he wants it. He really stands out in a crowd.

Tencate is among a growing community of “transportation cyclists” in Boise who have forsaken automobiles in favor of bikes to get to and from work. For these avid two wheel pilots, it isn’t just a fair weather sport–they hit the streets in most any weather day or night. That’s where the attention thing comes into play for Tencate.

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It may not seem so given the rain we’ve had recently but we are already behind aveerage in Lewiston for annual rainfall and thelong range forecast is for hotter and dryer than average for the next two months. So, it’s time to think about riding in theheat.–Corrie

Surviving summer

June 22nd, 2009 by Noah · 11 Comments

Two years ago, I posted an article on beating the heat. It basically boiled down to the following advice which I still stand by.

• Wear sunscreen and eye protection
• Stay hydrated
• Replenish electrolytes and calories if needed
• Stay cool by packing ice in jersey pockets or riding through shady areas and sprinklers on the route
• Reduce sun exposure by shifting your work schedule or mixing your bike commute with transit if possible
• Finally, recognize the symptoms of heat-induced sickness. These are bad news!

1. Dizziness
2. Nausea
3. Sudden fatigue
4. Headaches
5. Blurred vision

A few other things to consider (some of which were from the comments two years ago!)