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Goals Update – February 2012

March 1, 2012 by Dillon Bikes Leave a Comment

This months update is not one to be proud of. My mileage on the bike is so low I don’t even want to write this post.

February has been filled with 12 hour work days, and rainy weekends. Despite all of that I was able to get into the gym for some off the bike training.

Road Bike

Road Bike Needed: 208 miles

Road Bike Ridden: 14 miles

Mountain Bike

Mountain Bike Needed: 83 miles

Mountain Bike Ridden: 0 miles

Off the bike:

Due to the rain I did get to go to the gym 4-5 times per week. I focused on gaining muscle to help give me a good base for spring cycling.

How about we see how far behind I am on my mileage for this year…

Road Bike

I should have ridden 1,248 miles

I have ridden 1,001 miles

Mountain Bike

I should have ridden 498 miles

I have ridden 346 miles

For road bike and mountain bike combined I am 399 miles behind schedule. I hope this trend does not continue to happen. I plan to start doubling the amount of miles I need to ride here in the next few months so I can catch up and blow my needed miles out of the water.

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Danny MacAskill Insight 2012

February 28, 2012 by Dillon Bikes Leave a Comment

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100 Year Old Man Sets World Hour Record

February 19, 2012 by Dillon Bikes Leave a Comment

Proving that age is no barrier to cycling, Frenchman Robert Marchand has established a cycling world hour record for riders over 100 years old.

Marchand, who turned 100 a few months ago, completed 24.251km around the velodrome at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. “But I’m not playing at being a champion,” he said. “I just wanted to do something for my 100th birthday.”

He rode a standard track bike with no aero equipment for his attempt, his biggest problem being his familiarity with velodrome riding. “I haven’t cycled on a track for 80 years,” he said. “You have to get used to the fixed gear! I prefer cycling outside but that is impossible at the moment. I don’t want to catch the flu. So I am short on training.”

During his preparation, Marchand was warned not to get his heart rate above 110, a rule that for the most part he obeyed. “I did climb a steep hill not long ago and went up to 134 but it’s best to avoid that,” he said. “But I would be very surprised if I had heart attack.

“For the last five years I have decided not to go for rides of more than 100km. There is no point going overboard. I want to keep cycling for some time yet.”

He claimed his ‘secret’ was none other than looking after himself. “I’ve never abused anything. I don’t smoke, I never drank much. The only thing I did in excess was work. I retired at 89 years old!

“But basically, I am like everybody. I am lucky that I haven’t had any major health problems. My advice to anyone, young or old, is to keep moving. I do ‘physical culture’ every day. It works out my whole body and keeps me supple. Some people when they reach 80 years old, start playing cards and they stay immobile. Not me. I’ve never been able to keep still.”

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Goals Update – January 2012

February 2, 2012 by Dillon Bikes 3 Comments

Mountain Bike Miles Needed: 83 miles

Mountain Bike Miles Ridden: 98 miles

Group Mountain Bike Ride!

Road Bike Miles Needed: 208 miles

Road Bike Miles Ridden: 140 miles

Very Cold Road Ride!

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A Bike Built for Two (a post by the other half of Dillon Bikes)

January 30, 2012 by Dillon Bikes 2 Comments

When Matt and I started dating, I knew a bike was part of the package, but at that time his bike was something that had an engine and required gas. I didn’t know what kind of bike I was really getting into until after the last name on my driver’s license changed (but to be fair, when you marry someone 8 months after meeting them, not everything is discovered before the wedding). I wasn’t all that disappointed to be trading a crotch rocket for a Specialized, because after all, everyone knows that only Harleys are real bikes.

I inherited the love of bicycling from my dad. There are so many memoires of him, all geared up in his cycling clothes, going out for a ride. Us kids were included in everything my dad did, so a tandem bike soon made an appearance in our driveway. Every sunny Sunday afternoon, Dad and I would put on our bright yellow reflective vests and pedal off around town. A tandem bike was the greatest thing on earth to little 8 year old me. I’d pedal when it was fun to (i.e. going down hills and being on flat roads) and then when the hard part would kick in, I’d cross my skinny little legs and prop them up on my handlebars. Oh, the life. I remember dad looking back at me and chuckling to see my feet propped up. He would always say “No wonder it was getting so hard to pedal!”, and I’d giggle.

We’d always stop for a treat at the gas station halfway through our ride, which was the highlight for me. Unlike mom, who liked healthy treats for her kids, dad would let me get anything- even brightly artificially colored juice. It didn’t get better than that.

Not too many years would pass before “Dad” became a two-syllable word in my pre-teen vocabulary and I insisted on my own bike. Funny to look back now and think the tandem bike was embarrassing, when I’m sure my pink cargo shorts, frizzy permed hair and scrunchie did little to help my cause.

My own bike soon turned into my own car, and Sunday afternoon bike riding became a thing of the past.

Meeting Matt and rediscovering that love of biking buried inside my grown up 27 year old heart is a pretty neat gift. There are days on rides when I just want to put my legs up on the handlebars and let someone else do all the work, but now I know the joy of not just the easy parts, but the thrill of conquering the hard parts too, (Although, I still wouldn’t mind some brightly colored juice halfway through).

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Ride Report: 1.28.12

January 28, 2012 by Dillon Bikes Leave a Comment

Today I pedaled 52.5 miles on my rigid SS 29er! My longest ride on a mountain bike to date. Also the farthest I had ridden this bike before today was 8 miles.