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  • Is bicycle riding video is boring?

    January 18, 2012
    Bicycle YouTube VideoOne of the things that I’ve been trying to do while riding is figure out how to record my rides, for a couple of reasons. 1) To create cool creative videos. 2) To document events, who knows what can happen on the road, having video proof could help out some day. I think I can safely say that #2 is a far better, easier to attain, idea, than #1. And when you come up with a reason that justifies #2, you likely have something worth using for #1.

  • Planning a ride with SF2G

    January 5, 2012
    SF2GAs I get more and more into cycling I am looking for more and more things to get my cycling. I live in Half Moon Bay, and while my wife is started to ride as well, it is hard for us to get out for long rides because we have a 15 month old baby (15 months today!, happy 15 months Jacqueline). While we get out occasionally with the baby in tow, we typically each ride solo.

  • Setting goals for 2012

    January 5, 2012
    2012 GoalsFor 2011 I personally set 3 goals, you can read about them fully on my post from 1/1/2011. Basically they were to lose 30 lbs (goal weight of 255, I’m a big guy), inline skate 100 miles (I do like me some skating, I’m a freak I know this) and ride a bike 500 miles. At the beginning of 2011 the bike I had was a 2004 Diamondback XTS Moto, not exactly something you could see yourself riding 500 miles on (at least not me). So in June I picked up a Cannondale Quick CX 1 and began my journey.

  • Early morning bicycle ride, Lesson: Always check Sunrise times

    January 3, 2012
    Dark MorningI set my alarm this morning for 6am, with plans to get in a 45 minute ride before I took a shower and came in to work. I went to bed around 11pm last night, read for a while, and tossed and turned until about 2am, I guess those cookies and milk at 9:30pm weren’t such a good idea as the sugars kept me up. Did I bother to check when Sunrise was?

  • Bike riding in Half Moon Bay, the Video

    November 28, 2011
    Bike riding in Half Moon Bay, the Video The weekend before Thanksgiving I decided to strap one of my new GoPro HD Hero2 cameras on to my bicycle helmet and take it with me for a ride. I ended up with 1.5 hours of video, rather than let you watch the entire boring (wind filled) ride, I took some of the clips and put them together into a short video.

  • Meeting a goal, 500 Miles in 2011

    November 27, 2011
    500 Miles I have attempted to set new years resolutions in the past, but I typically failed at them, and most times I failed quite early on. For this year I set 3 goals, 1 of them I am pretty confident I won’t hit, more on that later, but two of them I had/have every intention of hitting.

  • Riding with a GoPro and losing your Garmin Forerunner 305

    November 2, 2011
    Garmin Forerunner 305 Last Wednesday I went for a ride at lunch time with a coworker of mine. I decided to take the GoPro Camera along with me for the ride, though not attached to the bike itself, or to me, I attached it to a 3 foot pole, that I mounted to the front of the bike. If you’re thinking “boy, that sounds like it won’t work” you are correct. It didn’t work out very well, the pole wasn’t near stable enough for the camera, so it made for a very wobbly video of the ride. I still think it is interesting though, so I editing, sped up, slowed down, and uploaded it to YouTube. You can see it here.

  • My foray into (clipless) clipped pedals

    October 19, 2011
    Clipless Pedals First things first, I had no idea why they are called clipless pedals, and I still doubt the reasoning I read. I am actually going to call them CLIP pedals, because that is what they really are. More on that later. So, I went to a pedal other than a standard platform, and boy am I glad I did! A couple of weeks ago I ordered a pair of shoes with the intention of getting some pedals to go along with them, Friday the pedals arrived.

  • Do you wear underwear with your bike shorts?

    September 13, 2011
    So this is actually a very common question on the internet, and why would I post about it? Because I had the question, and I had to spend time looking it up and reading, so for all of you newbies (like me) who are getting into biking, the question stands. Do you wear underwear with bicycle shorts?

  • What are your Reasons2Ride?

    August 16, 2011
    So I am stealing the title for this posting, but I swear I have a good reason for doing so! When I finally got around to setting up this BicycleTips website I stumbled across another guy who started blogging this year about biking. Joel over at at www.reasons2ride.com has a great website coming along.

  • Pulling a baby in a bike trailer

    August 1, 2011
    Putting a baby in a bike trailer So today was our first time taking Jacqueline out for a bike ride. She loved it! If by loving it, I mean, she pretty much slept through the whole thing. A little back story, Jacqueline is coming up on 10 months old here in the next week and a half. She had a doctors appointment last week and the doc said it was okay to start pulling her behind the bike in a trailer if she’s strong enough to sit herself up.

  • My first impression of MapMyRide

    July 23, 2011
    So I finally got around to trying out the IMapMyRide application on my Android phone today, along with my Garmin ForeRunner 305 which I always use when I ride.

  • Video: Changing the tube on a bike tire

    July 20, 2011
    Changing the tube on a bike tire So if you follow us on Twitter or Facebook you likely saw that Sunday was a planned ride day, but while trying to make sure I had air in my tires I ended up tearing one of the tubes. Not having any spares around was the first lesson, always have some extras! So on Monday I ran out and picked up 3 tubes, between mine and the wife's bike I hope 3 will last us a little bit. Read the full post for all the details.

  • What are Bicycle Legs?

    July 17, 2011
    So this website has been up for a few weeks now, and after looking at the Traffic here on the site, we're getting incoming search links for the term Bicycle Legs. Read the full blog post for details on what Bicycle Legs are.

  • Tracking your rides, what do you use?

    July 17, 2011
    So this isn’t going to be a long tip, as this topic will likely fill out future tips as well, but for now I will raise a question. How do you track your rides? Or, do you track your rides? Read the full post for all our thoughts.

  • Planning your weekend rides? Taking video with you?

    July 9, 2011
    So what all does everyone have planned for their weekend rides? Personally I’m hoping to take the Cannondale Quick CX1 out for a ride on both Saturday and Sunday. If I can get the time I’ll try to put in at least 25 miles between the two days. Read the full post!

  • Staying safe while riding your bike, be identifiable

    July 7, 2011
    So as a new bike rider I am highly concerned about being safe while I ride. I also don’t like the idea of carrying my wallet with me while I ride. It’s bulky, could get lost, or who knows what else. Last year while watching the Tour de France I saw advertisements for RoadID and I though, what the heck is that for?

  • Biking at night, prep for the trip

    July 4, 2011
    So here we go, yet another blog for me, but this time for something a little different than what I usually (project350z.com, project240z.com, dnndaily.com, solo2.org) blog about. Bicycles! Read the full post for all the details

  • Getting a bike to ride, here’s our story

    July 4, 2011
    So our story began a while back. We’ve talked of getting bikes so that we could start riding. By a while, I think we’ve talked about it for 3 or 4 years? My brother is “in the industry” or used to be, so I had visions of getting deep discounts on something really cool. Before we get into the selection, a little background on me.

  • Learning to deal with your new bicycle legs

    July 4, 2011
    So this won’t necessarily be a tip, but it will hopefully be something for people to comment on with their own thoughts. I’m new to cycling, I’ll explain more of that over the next few weeks, but just understand that I’ve not really ridden a bike in years, until the past couple of weeks. Read the full post for all the details

  • Hello World, Welcome to BicycleTips.com

    July 4, 2011
    So today is the Fourth of July, and what is everyone going to be doing tonight? Going to watch Fireworks of course. The wife and I are as well, though we are leaving the baby at home with her Nana for the evening. Here in Half Moon Bay, CA there are fireworks scheduled over in El Granada, which is about a 3 mile bike ride for us. Read the full post for more
 
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