Ciclismo

So, I always have great stories that pop into my mind that I'm going to write in my journal about biking or about the day, especially while I am riding my bike. I can't rightly stop on the side of the road and whip out my pen and pad and write all these ideas down. I think I am going to post most of that crap about bikes and revelations about life here. I wrote nearly every day in my journal while on my mission, and since I've been back, I have not written a single day! Maybe this blog will give me some incentive to write a bike more, and maybe I can even transpose what I write here to my journal. So, look out for a lot of blabber about bicycles in the future.

I will leave you with this...

I got famous at 6:25.

Spring 2011 Schedule

Well I'm back

I don't know if anyone reads this. I'm sure I am the only frequenter. I am back from Chile after 2 years and six weeks, and I have to say that life is much better. I like being abnormal, I like that my interests are much different, and I love that I still love cycling. I suppose this will be a place to right down funny thing that happen, fun videos, bicycle trip accounts, and other things. I hope everyone is doing well.

Yesterday, on my ride home from Salt Lake City, I enjoyed mooing at cows, meowing at cats, clicking and neighing at the horses. Only one cow looked up. I guess I wasn't too convincing. The only good thing about the Legacy Parkway Trail is that you can moo, mewo, click and neigh and no one is around to hear you or make fun.

Leaving

Why is it that in the month after I go to the MTC, Against Me!, Mountain Goats, Yelle, Dr. Dog, Fleet Foxes, Lagwagon have shows in Salt Lake City?


...and the Deron Williams Gold Medal party at Harry O's. Oh man!! That one is on the 20th. I can go after all, phew. I'll be content with just that one.

Two weeks to go

I hope missionary work doesn't turn out to be this hard...

Vina Del Mar

I stumbled upon these pictures of the city where at least my mission home will be.









Hopefully I'll have time to enjoy it and/or take pictures of my own.

New Favorite Favorite Favorite Video

Hitchhiker's Guide to Ogden Canyon

I did a ride yesterday from Kaysville up to Pineview Resevoir and Huntsville. Pretty fun, fairly hilly, and a bit of wind near some of the canyons. However, it was on the way home that got a tad hairy. Flat tire right at the top of Odgen Canyon, close to the turnoff to head to Eden and Liberty.

I waited about five minutes with my thumb out, and got a ride with an excavation guy who rode mountain bikes near there every weekend. He dropped me off at the nearest gas station and, not knowing I had a patch kit in my pack, I filled my tire temporarily in order to get to Bingham's. It being 9 o'clock at this point, the shop wasn't open for another hour or so. So! I patched my tube, walked a few blocks, bummed money off two other bums and filled my tire.

Proceeding to the Ogden train station, I boarded the train and shortly thereafter was cited for not having my transit pass on my person. Got off the train in Clearfield and rode the rest of the way home.

Those 55 miles only took my 6 hours! Hooray!

Sparton

Apparently, Chile boasts a custom track frame company, Sparton. Maybe that will be the drain of my $100US emergency fund and most likely quite a bit more. Only 200,000 Chilean pesos!

Dear Elder Millar