Cloud-covered inertia

A dull, cloudy and dreary Sunday. The Anchor House training ride got cancelled due to threat of rain so I went to the gym and ran errands this morning. After seeing Jan off at noon as she motored off to Charlottesville VA and the start of her four days of SAG stop planning, I did manage to squeeze in 2o or so quick miles on the bike between rain showers. My heart just wasn't in it and I returned in enough time to watch the Blackhawks close out the Western Conference finals with a four game sweep of San Jose. Speaking of the bike, the Tarmac's new stem angle is perfect now after a few tweaks. 10 cm shorter and a 12 degree angle brought the bars up and closer to the saddle; perfectly complementing the smaller profile of the new SRAM Force shift / brake levers I installed on it last month. Lots of little household tasks filled my time today and after a restful evening spent watching Tour Of California stages on the DVR I'm ready to turn in for the night. See you all later.

Its a rainy night in Ewing, Baby its a rainy night in Ewing

I feel like its rainin' all over the world.......

On the eve of the second mandatory training ride for the 2010 Anchor House Ride For Runaways (http://www.anchorhouseride.org/) and I'm relaxing on the couch. This will be my 14th ride and these training rides get old hat for us veteran riders. I'm relaxing tonight because I've looked at the weather forecast for tomorrow morning and its a pretty safe bet that the morning will dawn stormy and wet, thereby causing the ride to be postponed to a future date.

On a brighter side, my Philadelphia Flyers shut out the Canadiens 3-0 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the conference finals. Nice.

See you on the road.

A quiet Sunday

Hello readers, my name is Brian and welcome to my blog. I plan to write about anything and everything that is of interest to me (and possibly) you. I live in a neighborhood that a 60's real estate developer named "Mountain View" and while no mountain is spyed from Casa Brian, we are high enough to pose a challenge when I'm returning home from a bike ride!

Today was a nice Sunday; sunny, clear, cool with light winds. I took a quick recovery bike ride to loosen up the legs after a challenging ride yesterday morning that was filled with hills (including one with a 20% grade). The afternoon was spent with family celebrating a belated Mother's Day on the backyard deck. Nice.