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Jun. 7th, 2008 02:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI spent the last few hours barefoot on my bicycle looking for geocaches. I found four, couldn't find one, and passed on another due to high level of muggle activity; I'll come back for it later. I also simply enjoyed a couple hours spend on my bicycle seeing the Lake Michigan shore. I'm definitely doing more cycling this year. Having learned from my hypermiling experiences, I filled my bike tires up to near max sidweall at about 70psi; much better riding!
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moiracoon called me on my cell phone as I was coming home from dropping in on akreaveter for a few minutes. As I coasted to the side of the road and dug my phone out of my backpack, it occurred to me how odd it seemed to be getting a phone call on my bike. Back when I used to be out riding for hours a day was long before I ever had a cell phone.
Speaking of blasts from the past, I have finally almost completely stopped driving to my parents house by accident when coming home, but as I pedaled onward from my last stop with home as my intent, I found myself back at my parents house again and didn't even realize it until I was at the corner of their block, three houses away.
I got in on a group buy for a ScanGauge at www.cleanmpg.com; it should arrive sometime next week, so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm going to set it to display instant MPG and average MPG, as well as throttle position (to maintain even engine loading on hills) and for collant temperature. Why coolant temperature? I want to try cutting some foamboard into a full or partial grill-block for my car to reduce drag and I want to make sure I don't overheat the engine.
*woofs* It's warm in here!
moiracoon called me on my cell phone as I was coming home from dropping in on akreaveter for a few minutes. As I coasted to the side of the road and dug my phone out of my backpack, it occurred to me how odd it seemed to be getting a phone call on my bike. Back when I used to be out riding for hours a day was long before I ever had a cell phone. Speaking of blasts from the past, I have finally almost completely stopped driving to my parents house by accident when coming home, but as I pedaled onward from my last stop with home as my intent, I found myself back at my parents house again and didn't even realize it until I was at the corner of their block, three houses away.
I got in on a group buy for a ScanGauge at www.cleanmpg.com; it should arrive sometime next week, so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm going to set it to display instant MPG and average MPG, as well as throttle position (to maintain even engine loading on hills) and for collant temperature. Why coolant temperature? I want to try cutting some foamboard into a full or partial grill-block for my car to reduce drag and I want to make sure I don't overheat the engine.
*woofs* It's warm in here!
