Cycle the Sunshine Coast, BC

Clarity -  noun 1. clearness   or   lucidity   as   to   perception   or   understanding;   freedom   from   indistinctness   or   ambiguity. 2. the   state   or   quality   of   being   clear   or   transparent   to   the   eye;   pellucidity:   the   clarity   of   pure   water. This state of mind as been my mantra for years now. As I work hard in my career in growing my skills and knowledge, I've also encounter alot of stress in my life.  Cycling seemed to be my stress reliever in my life and if done right, provides that clarity state of mind that I can think freely and enjoy the "moment" of just....riding a bike and enjoying the simpleness of it all. By throwing out the next Strava segment search and being not concerned whether my SRAM RED, Carbon fiber bike is the lightest and best tuned machine in the bike group, C...

I guess it was enviable that I became a Video Blogger or "vlogger" when the thought occurred to me that I should be videoing the trails that I'm trying to showcase.  Actually, I just wanted a camera to document my rides as part of a diary so to speak.  I looked online for cameras to do the stuff that I wanted it to do.  Time lapse, 1080p recording, waterproof, solid construction and the only camera that came to the top of the heap was the GoPro Black Edition. This is a really neat little camera and I mount it on a Chesty for that full "your riding with me" feeling.  I'll post a review of the camera soon I'm sure. Here's a couple of samples of some video taken to date.  One is a time lapse every 5 secs of a ride from Spin Cycles Bike Shop in Gibsons to Roberts Creek and back.  The other is a trail in West Sechelt called Cheap and Easy. Hard to find but worth the search. Want to watch more video?  Go to my blog page here

A couple of blog posts ago, I wrote about that not doing a trail feature doesn't define your ride.  Well last night I did the drop and crashed hard.  Words to myself like "dumb-ass" came to mind as I was trying to catch my breath and getting up to walk it off.  Sore knee (yes no knee pads), bruised ribs and a left arm that I can barely raised above my shoulder.  Afterward, the crashed mellowed me out and decided to take it easy on the ride home.  I started laughing after the pain subsided that the feature that defined my ride previously because cause I didn't do it; definitively defined my ride when I attempted it for the first time and crashed.  There's irony  in there somewhere.   My friend Gail wrote a poem of my experience: Bicycle week is an endurance test So man can prove he is at his best! He mounts his bike with a polished flair His bright yellow rain coat flapping in air Shifting a gear he starts on his way Picking up speed...

What is it?  Why should I bother? Strava.com  is one of those brilliant web applications that brings GPS and the cycling training diary into harmony! That's its basic use.  Log your rides and monitor your progress. Whats this?  People want to follow me?- that's too weird to show people where I ride...  but it would be nice to see where they ride so I might try that ride too. Okay, follow me and I'll follow you. Kudos?  Thanks but it was nothing and I felt like crap. Hey, I just got a King of the Mountain on a hill segment!  Umm, maybe I can start to create segment and try to beat myself?  There's this guy I know that is pretty fast up one of my favorite hills and has the KOM.  Maybe if I ride more like train and lose weight, I can beat his time? And just like that I was hooked!  To date, I've put 314 rides  and 7400km into Strava and follow 43 people.  I've created 30 plus segments and have 70 KOM's.   It provid...

All smiles...At this point - my legs were cramping bad!!!!