http://clydesdalefitness.com Biking for fun and fitness Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:21:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en That's what today's ride was - perfect weather, perfect trails and terrain, perfect camaraderie. I can honestly say we all were sorry our schedules prevented us from riding more. [caption id="attachment_265" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Polly Ann Trail bicycle training ride"][/caption] There were four of us who met at 8:30 am in the parking lot ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/08/when-everything-is-perfect-you-want-to-ride-forever/ I've been using a Garmin Edge 705 since May and have really come to enjoy it. besides heart rate, cadence, average and maximum speeds, it has a GPS receiver and tracks and plots all my rides. It stores them on a great Web site called Garmin Connect. To see my 21 ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/08/garmin-705-and-garmin-connect/ We leave at 8:30am sharp from the parking lot out front of Main Street Bicycles in Oxford, heading north and east on the Polly Ann Trail. We'll do about 30 miles, with some steep hills at the midway point. http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/08/saturdays-ride/ I started serious cycling in 2003. I've always enjoyed it but this has been the year that it has gripped my soul like no other activity. I'm sure losing 35 pounds (so far!) has helped. This past weekend my wife and I joined our daughter, son-in-law and two grandkids for a ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/08/ive-become-a-bike-bum/ Rode the Macomb Orchard Trail the other day and was excited to find that the bridge ove M53 freeway is half done. From the south, the trail is ashphalted and heads straight up to the first span over the southbound lanes. Don't know how much is done on the north ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/08/macomb-orchard-trail-bridge-progress/ Riding Stony Creek... 8:30am. From the boat launch area. http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/08/stony-creek-saturday-82/ One of my Free Press readers who knows I'm a bike rider sent me an interesting leter the other day. Here it is: "I'm a fan and read and enjoy your columns on a regular basis. One bicycle safety issue continues to bother me. I've read a great many articles ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/07/riding-against-traffic/ It was a nice ride along the Polly Ann Trail and rural roads north and east of town... at least, for a while. For me. All was well for me until the nine mile mark when I broke a spoke. The rear wheel started to wobble pretty badly and the brake ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/07/almost-a-pearl-of-a-ride/ Here's what I'm doing this Saturday... This Saturday is the Pearl of a Ride - in Oxford. http://www.oxfordride.com/ Overview - $22.00 per rider, $45.00 for a Family of riders. Park at Oxford Elementary (109 Pontiac Street) Registration is at 7am till Noon at  22 W Burdick in Oxford. You can get the form online. Ride starts ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/07/pearl-of-a-ride/ My friend and fellow Clydesdale rider Bill Williams from Troy had the most amazing setup... what he's calling the Butt Cam. He mounted a Canon digital camera to his bicycle and then snapped a picture - through a special modification he made to the camera - every ten seconds. Really. He ... http://clydesdalefitness.com/2008/07/michigander-butt-cam-photos/