The clouds were creeping in over the Sandias come afternoon.
Got the birthday ride in — did 63 kilometers, not miles, for anyone keeping score — and it looks like I picked the right day for it, because the weather seems to be taking a turn for the worse. I’ll be running tomorrow, if I get out at all.
A powerful tailwind added a couple miles per hour to the usual slog back from the Paseo del Bosque, and glad I was to have it, too. One of these days I need to acquire one of them comosellamas all the Kool Kidz have, whatchacall your e-lectronical whizbang that tells you how much vertical gain you’ve logged over the course of a day’s cycling. My educated guess for today’s little outing is “a right shitload.”
Anyway, pizza for dinner and a couple episodes of “Fargo” for dessert. It’s a weirdo, just like its daddy the Coen brothers movie of the same name. But you can’t go wrong with the likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and Bob Odenkirk, y’know. Yah, real good now.
Tags: Fargo, Paseo del Bosque
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March 27, 2017 at 9:04 pm |
They did that Fargo TV thing up right, yup, yup. B Bob is one scary mofo. And speaking of scary – 63? Holy frijole, carnale! You’ve got one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel, on a skateboard, on an icy pond – that’s melting!
March 28, 2017 at 6:17 am |
Oh, yah, you betcha. B-Bob brings the scary very nice. And watching Martin Freeman play against type has been interesting, too. More Gollum than Bilbo, to be sure.
And yeah, 63? Who among us in the fabled Mombo Club-El Rancho Delux gang ever thought we’d make it this far? We certainly took our best shots at shuffling off this mortal coil. Now it looks like we’ll be playing shuffleboard at the Old Stoners’ Home.
March 27, 2017 at 9:23 pm |
Feliz cumpleanos…y mas y mas.
I love my Garmin. Lots of data to entertain me on the really long climbs!
But remember…forward is forward, the rest is just the details…
March 28, 2017 at 6:20 am |
Thanks, Sharon. I don’t think I’ll be threatening your mileage stats anytime soon, but it was nice to be in the saddle for three hours. The body remembers.
I have too many bikes to Garminize, alas. And I really do ride ’em all, too, except for the time trial bike, which, c’mon, seriously? I want people laughing at me for the right reasons.
What I need is something like the old Avocet altimeter watch, which kinda-sorta let you know what your vertical gain was in your activity of choice. Lord, them wearables is ‘spensive, though.
March 27, 2017 at 10:09 pm |
Happy Birthday. My lap around the sun ends this coming May with a 55k ride. I think I’ll wedge my new AARP card in the spokes just for fun.
March 28, 2017 at 6:22 am |
Gracias … I hope your 55km outing is as pleasant as my b-day ride was. I’m not big on the high-velocity plummet down Tramway — too many speeding autos nearby for comfort — but everything else was good.
If you wedge your AARP card in the spokes you have to balance it out with an aaaoogah horn on the handlebar.
March 28, 2017 at 6:44 am |
Good on ya, PO’G! And Congrats on starting another upcoming year of excellence, fun, good friends, great Family, and cycling!! Mebbe some journo activities too? We certainly hope so.
If you do go the Garmin route, please don’t become a Froomie watts counter! 🙂 Much better to enjoy the scenery IMHO.
March 28, 2017 at 7:29 am |
Word, JD. Where can I get some of those fork mounted star wheel odometers? That’s all I need.
March 28, 2017 at 5:43 pm |
Never fear, JD. I like to look around while I’m riding, if only to gauge whether anyone/thing is trying to kill me.
And I haven’t retired yet, so look for the usual nonsense in Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Adventure Cycling, and of course here.
March 28, 2017 at 8:51 am |
Aces! on your 63rd!
March 28, 2017 at 5:44 pm |
Thanks, Carl. It’s about 33 more birthdays than I had anticipated. But I ain’t complaining.
March 28, 2017 at 9:08 am |
I never wanted one either. But then I did a long tour and was talked into how handy the mapping features would be on the trip. I can attest really good…plus you can watch your heart rate climb and hopefully stabilize as you head vertically! Tons of features to entertain you and it moves easily from one bike to another just like that…sorry for the commercial, but I’ve been totally converted after being world’s biggest skeptic for so long.
March 28, 2017 at 5:45 pm |
I know, I know … we always think the old stuff is good enough until we lay hands on the new.
Herself just upgraded from an iPhone 4 to the iPhone 7, and she was astonished at the difference. Sometimes newerer is betterer.
March 28, 2017 at 9:29 am |
Happy Birthday, PO’G! Mine was last week. I’m three years behind you.
March 28, 2017 at 5:47 pm |
Thanks, Debby, and a belated happy b-day back atcha. All well in the Crestone-Boulder nexus?
March 28, 2017 at 10:34 am |
Happy Birthday, Patrick! Long may you reign, ride and run!
March 28, 2017 at 5:48 pm |
Gracias, Libby. It’s reigning as we speak (rimshot).
March 29, 2017 at 8:11 am |
Buon compleanno! Spring sprung (briefly) in Iowa over the past two days so I took my good bike out for a couple hours yesterday, before the rains arrived. Today’s a good day for packing up our Eroica steeds and getting them shipped out to CA.
As to electronic gizmos, we used to use the old Avocet altimeters, I’ve probably even got one around here ya can have for free, though you have to send ’em back to Avocet for batteries and who knows if they even service ’em anymore?
Garmins I simply detest, but for years I thought it was just me until I read on a cycling forum how much others hate ’em as well. A client well-versed in GPS once told me Garmin succeeds not by being good, but because the other products on the market are even worse!
How soon before the Greasy Orange Turd in the White House starts using that idea to prop up his regime?
March 29, 2017 at 11:37 am |
Regime being the operative word in your last sentence. Time for regime change?