Patting ourselves on the back

[spazzdog]

O.K. Here's where you can put self serving kudos you have received. You know, something great happened for you... post it here, get applause.

Here's mine:

I went to a local race last weekend, took a bunch of photos. Sent a few of the ones of the womens race to Cycling Made Real, New England branch (https://www.newrs.org ).

They put them up on the website AND in a message out to the membership gave me credit for shooting them. I'm stoked!


Next?

[Adventure Girl]

Originally posted by spazzdog
Here's where you can put self serving kudos you have received. You know, something great happened for you... post it here, get applause.

I turned down a Krispy Kreme doughnut today. Does that count?

Spazz, I couldn't get the link to work.

[spazzdog]

Applause you shall get on that Krispy Kreme (hoo-rah)... though I don't know how you managed to turn it down. I can't be in the same room with them or POOF - they're gone. My roomate's brother is a policeman and every so often he pulls a detail at the local KK. He always brings me home a dozen... warm. They're gone it 2 days. And yes, I eat 'em all. Nobody else in the house likes them (more for meeeeee!)

As to the link, I checked and it works for me. Here it is again:

http://www.newrs.org/

Try again... oh, duh... I forgot to say the photos are under "Photo Gallery". Sorry

[Adventure Girl]

Hmmmm... Am I doing something wrong? The new link takes me to "Cycle Loft New England Women's Race Series 2004", but I don't see a "photo gallery" link on that page. Just: Home, Series Rules/FAQ, Results, Standings and Schedule... No pictures??

As for the turned down pastry, perhaps I should be rewarded with ummmm, yeah...you know what I'm thinking!

[spazzdog]

Adventure Girl:

You may have to scroll the left hand menu side... I see it all cause my screen is set at high resolution. Honest to goddess, it's there.

After Schedule (in 2 formats), comes News, Clinics, Contact Us, Photo Gallery.

[emily_in_nc]

I made the Bike Friday site!

http://www.bikefriday.com/main.cfm?f...&Category=Shop

I was definitely stoked about that!

Emily

P.S. But I don't know if I could be strong enough to turn down a KK!

[Adventure Girl]

Originally posted by spazzdog
After Schedule (in 2 formats), comes News, Clinics, Contact Us, Photo Gallery.

Whew!! I finally got it! I have my monitor set for a lower resolution because I want BIG type that is easier for these poor old eyes to see . There's some sort of problem in there web design that just cuts off the bottom of the screen instead of allowing a scroll down.

Anywhoooooo, I finally got there! Nice pictures! It's neat to see your own photo credit on something like this! Applause! Applause! Applause!

[spazzdog]

Woooo-hooo Emily. Nice photo. Watch out Tyra Banks!

[ladyb]

Hello-- well, a little over a week ago, I decided to try and add some more distance to what I had been riding. The most I have ever ridden at one time was 20 1/2 miles and I only did that once. So when an informal group ride sponsered by the local cycling association offered several lengths, I decided to give the 35 miler a shot. I was a little nervous since there were no SAG's or even reststops set up, so we carried our own water and snacks. I managed to finish, but it was getting into the 90's by the time I got back to the start and was having some cramps. Unfortunately, back on one of the county roads they had torn up the road and were getting ready to repave, so we had to back track a little. That made the total distance 36 miles, just what I needed - an extra mile- haha! I was fine after getting back to the start and drinking more water and sitting in my air conditioned car for awhile. I was fine the rest of the day and really stoked! But I think my next distance ride will be 27-30 miles. I had only been riding 9 weeks when I tried this and I decided that maybe it was a little too far too soon for an old lady.
Just goes to show we can do it if we have to-right?

Congrats on the pictures! Thats thrilling!!!

Bye and happy cycling!

[spazzdog]

And LadyB gets very loud applause for a 15 mile increase in long ride milage.

Can I hear a yee-hah! Come on... I can't heeeear you!

[Trek420]

Background: soon after I moved to my current digs I realized there was no safe/easy way for a bike commute. Whatever BART station I chose I had to either cross the Nimitz or Jackson/92 or both. I did much exploring till i found a relatively safe though long'ish route (see thread "my first bike to work").

Then I found there is a cleverly hidden bike/pedestrian only overpass cross the Nimitz. I've used that but it's a mess, graffitti, litter, broken glass (I carry the bike) and one end leads right into a school, it's a shame.

I contacted East Bay Bike Coalition and between us we found out who is responsible for clean up. Caltrans said the city, city said Caltrans...it's the city! They've scheduled a cleanup of the overpass.

Meetings and such prevent me checking the next few days but I plan to ride to work this week and see how they're doin'

[spazzdog]

You are a beaurocrats nightmare... HIP-HIP-HURRAY!
{many hands clapping}

[Trek420]

hold the applause till I see that they did it ;-)

[Trek420]

I just took a spin by and it's obvious they've done some work. There's
still graffitti and *new*broken glass but much less than before and at least the litter is new, not like the bridge had never been cleaned.

I'm sure my fellow cyclists appreciate it. There's
still too much broken glass to safely walk a dog or ride my bike over the overpass yet it's much better. You can see that they've swept litter up and cleaned much of the glass.

[smurfalicious]

Okay, had to give myself a pat here too. I got all my carbon goodies, and well, new toys make me ride harder because well, I feel like I owe it to the parts. Anyway, I rode some super windy, twisty good fun stuff, I rode some scary downhills, some tough uphills, and woooo it was good. I finally got some more faith in Pony, started flinging my body into it, and we had a blast. I remembered the part of Sally Swift's book, Centered Riding about using "soft eyes" and I thought back to all the riding lessons where I told my young students to look where they wanted to go. Then, I took my own advice and it was fuuuuun.

So the other cool thing I did was my first rear tire skid turn. We were out on my favorite trail but it was miserably sandy, and technically I'm not sposed to be riding, so we headed back and took the short loop by the canal. Water = smoother trail. Anyway, there was this corner that turns left, so you avoid the fencepost on the right. I think the brain just shut off, and the body just did because I only grabbed for my rear brake (probably childhood "don't use the front brake" memories") and I leaned into my turn, felt the bike half lay down, yet feel amazingly solid, and then body said "now pedal" and I pedaled and come right out of it. Ooooooooh my gawd what a rush! Wanna do it again!

love and cookies
-smurf