Bikey News

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We’re two weeks into March, and I’ve only biked 38 miles this year. That’s because work sent me to St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, at the beginning of January, and I’ve barely been back since. In theory spending the winter on a tropical island should allow me to train more, but the roads here are impractically narrow and the drivers are insane. So no riding; this is the longest time I’ve been off the bike since I took it up seven and a half years ago.

However, one thing I’ve decided while down here is to buy a folding bike for travel. Full-size bikes are a pain to bring on trips, but a folder that fits into a standard airline suitcase should work nicely. So I’ve ordered a custom-made Bike Friday Pocket Rocket, which should be on its way to me in a month or two. Now that I’m travelling more, I’m looking forward to being able to bring my bike with. I’ll certainly need to take every opportunity to train, since it doesn’t look like I’m going to be in Boston much at all this year.

Another thing I’ve done is pick up the domain www.PMCrider.com, which I’ve pointed at my cycling page. But more importantly, I’ve also created the subdomain ornoth.PMCrider.com, which points directly at my PMC rider page. This makes it easy to point people at my rider page. I can also create additional subdomains for anyone who wants a URL of the form: ridername.PMCrider.com. How cool is that?

Sadly, that’s all the cycling news I’ve got. Hopefully that’ll change, but 2008 isn’t shaping up to be a very good year so far.