Best wishes

Dick Van Patten

Update

{Sioux City bike trail}
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2/7/2011 16.5miles

I don't think I was riding strong enough to give Myself 17mi also I only rode for 58min. I guess there isn't much to tell, whatts varied I think there was something messed up with the stationary cause I was averaging 125. Also a Guy pedaled next to Me and I realized that not only was My form better but I was riding a little faster. On the subject of that I played around with My camera for about and hour and a half messing with these low shutter speed shots I might use on these group rides this summer I'm doing. To make it look like we're going really fast, I got the idea from this finnish cyclist that spammed Me on here with these shots I had no interest in buying them so I deleted it but I liked the concept. Results were mixed, I also might take up rowing.

Then it was time to pig out now I know I'm like the Heavy D of cycling, I know this but

Check out the play by play.

Beginners advice

{I decided to repost this, I posted it on roadbikereview.com}
In no certain order
1.) Its worth it to spend more on a road bike.
2.) Honey is a good source of glucose.
3.) Put together a blowout kit with a frame pump.(or gun)
4.) Learn to patch.
5.) Weather can change really quick.
6.) Start a regiment of stretchs.
7.) Yield to eighteen wheelers.
8.) Wear heavy duty sunblock.
9.) Lots of people don't like road bikes in general.
10.) Often times on distance less is more also often healthier.

Time off

This snow is becoming a humongous problem, the cops showed up at My house last night over some parking dilemma. Beyond that when the snow melts you have sewer problems, the city of Sioux Falls pumping sewer into the river three times last year.
Here's some pictures of a main part of the bike trail from last year, I even miss the drunken idiots under the bridge. I didn't even bother with the bike trail last year the detour went right through statue of david park, I rode a series of bike lanes on a route I made with mapmyride instead but even that had its conflict of interests. I ended up having some asshole chase Me yelling and honking his horn trying to make fun of Me, how much sewer work can't you get done in a year?
Where's Ralph Nader when you need him, if you ride the trail you see these things like all this money being spent to upgrade this waterpump thats on a floodplain. An for the last two years they've had to spend all this time building this barriers to keep out the winter runoff, utimately shutting the thing down and pumping sewage into the river. My question is who the hell is doing this work anyways, and can it be done better? Again this year we have a series of detours taking us off the trail and back into the city to all the assholes and gridlock, did I mention this place is abundant with assholes? So basically yeah I'm getting really sick of this place again, at least Sioux City has a bike trail.

On the lighter side the whole town is basically shut down becuase of the snowstorm and severe temperature swing, I watched a few of these cartoons from My later childhood years on youtube. I recommend it too.