You're better off by bike

Another ride home!

Rode home on Tuesday night, pretty uneventful just a nice 48 mile ride. Took a bit of a new route home, saw a few new roads. The best thing about this part of Wisconsin is, almost all the roads are paved. I think that I have seen only one dirt road up here (in the year and a half of living in Wisconsin).




Wisconsin Farmstead.



Lots of nice roads to ride.



Same as above!



Yup still a geek!
The way cool dudes @ Saris tell me that by this fall I will only need the Garmin 705.
A Firm wire upgrade will let the powertap talk with the garmin.
Then I can be like the Garmin/Chipotle team
Don't you just love technology!

Peace and Grease!

Grumpy

So I'm a geek!!

I got a new toy! Like a Garmin 705 isn't enough I have a Power tap now. Good news is Garmin and Power tap are starting to play nice.(Garmin is now a title sponsor for Slipstream)
So with a little luck....



My handlebar won't look like this for long!



The light will need to stay, but the Power tap head soon will go.
A whole lot of information in one small package. The garmin is a cool unit. With the mini SD chip I can find even more roads to ride. Import courses from www.mapmyride.com that are easy to follow (I can't get lost if I try).



On to other news, Flooding! Yes we live on the rock river. Not close but it criss crosses through Janesville quite a few times. The river is to crest Saturday sometime.
Sunday I went for a little ride and these are the picture's that I took. the river is foot higher now!



This is Main St. Down town Janesville.



Better news. I rode home from work Tuesday night, and back to work Thursday morning.
Beautiful ride both ways. Had a good chance to play with the Power tap. I don't know what it is telling me, other then I a weak, weak cyclist.



Ahhh Wisconsin in the morning! You don"t know what your missing!!

Ride to work day.

I did my part, rode home Wednesday night. Did my honey do's Thursday, and rode in today.

A little over 47 miles each way. A nice tailwind both ways.


Wednesdays ride.


Fridays ride.


I hope everyone had a good day!

Peace and Grease.

Bike There Feature on Google Maps

Check it out sigh or not. I think it's a cool feature for Google to have.


http://www.PetitionOnline.com/bikether/

Grump

Ben Franklin

I finally got in my first Bennie in over 5 years! Hot damn! I can mark that off the to do list for the year. I've done five 90 plus days but its just not the same as a Ben Franklin!






We have had a ton of rain in August 17" plus with a lot of lighting so the 600 miles of July look pretty good compared to the miles I done this month.
I guess I need to quite bitching and just ride!
Peace and Grease.
Grump

Putting in the Miles

Trying to look cool

Just one of the very nice class "B" road's that I ride to work.




I had a good month. 626 miles, and it was for only 3 weeks and 1 extra day. I started commuting to work 3 days a week. Not as hard core as it sounds. I Drive to work and ride home, ride to work the next morning and drive home. Between 45 and 47 miles each way and takes about 3 hours, I'm able to get in a little over 190 miles a week. Its lots of fun and save a lot on Gas!

My ride to work

I rode to Madison today! 50 plus miles with a headwind. Hooked up with the guys from work at the 35 mile mark, and rode in with them into Madison. Nice ride cant wait to do it again.