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Archive for May 7th, 2009

100,000 views on Webshots

It’s been in the making for a while, but I just saw that my albums on Webshots have crossed over the 100,000 views threshold. While it pales in comparison to other albums out there Webshots and on Flickr, it’s still pretty cool to me. And the catalog up there is far smaller than what I have presented on this site.

It may not be monumental, but I’m pretty pleased.

I’m just starting to get used to the trainer. It’s an awesome machine to work with. When I was a kid all you had to do to ride a bike was keep your balance, pedal and try not to crash into any mailboxes or parked cars. While the avoidance of cars and mailboxes is always a good idea, it seems there is a lot more to riding a bike these days. You need your feet pointing the right way, you need to have the right hand position, the correct pull when turning the crank, the correct cadence and all sorts of things I’m just starting to learn.

Regardless of all these finer points the trainer is great. I really enjoy riding on it and I have come to realize it’s not just about sitting there riding it, you’re supposed to pedal hard and fast then rest, then drop to the lower gears and pedal in the big gears for just a minute then switch back to something easy to get lots of RPMs going. Apparently riding in place is a thinking man’s game. Who knew?