Chickleta - My SBRing and other Adventures

The View from Top of Vail Ski Resort The last time I attempted to ride back to back centuries (meaning 2 100+ rides in 2 consecutive days) it did not end up so good for me ( see here why ). It took me a few years to dare and attempt back to back centuries. This time, however, I did it in a much bigger way. After all I do always say "go big or go home". By bigger I mean more mileage, more elevation gain and higher altitude. I wrote about this ride in BikePanel ( here is the link to the article ) and this is the English version of my article (as always with a some changes). Special thanks to the extremely talented photographer Linda Guerette that met up with us for a photo shoot on the climb to Vail Pass the day before the ride and then again on the second day of the ride. Linda, the photos you took of us are absolutely stunning.   On the climb to Vail Pass - Max elevation 10,662' (Photo by Linda Guerrette) In the spirit of my recent years' tradition of pickin...

Lately I have been doing a lot of work travel. Almost every other week I am traveling somewhere in the US or overseas. Work travel is hard. It usually means that I will be working long hours with some social work related obligations in the evening, my nutrition will get all messed up and I will spend long hours sitting down in a conference room at this or that law firm or some other office or work location. It also disrupts my training. Swimming? I can usually forget about that. It is not easy to find a pool to swim in and if I am lucky enough to find one, making the swim time work is difficult and stressful. Cycling? hmmm, not really. Carrying my bike with me is not very practical so riding is out of the question during work travel too. I cannot always count on the hotel gym for workouts as not all hotels have one and if they do, it is usually the size of my closet and it feels very claustrophobic. Morning run at Laguna Beach, CA   Running, on the other hand is easy to do ev...

This is a translation (with some changes) of my Rudy Project Tralyx SX glasses review for BikePanel that was published on January 18, 2015 ( here ). Photos are the same photos that were used in the article and were taken by Tsur Halamish, Guy Halamish, Michelle Handren and myself. Thank you Tsur and Guy for the photo shoot. Rudy Project, as a company, does not need a special introduction, most cyclists and triathletes know it very well. In any event, in case you don’t, it's an Italian company that is best known for its high quality products and it's great customer service. Despite all this, throughout the years I was dismissive of this brand as I was unable to find a model that would properly fit my narrow and small face (and yes I owned 2 different pairs ages ago that ended up going to my Dad). So when Guy, our editor, told me that he got a new pair of sunglasses by Rudy Project that was designed to fit women (and narrow/small faces in general) for me to test I wasn’t ...

In the past several years we have been spending Christmas with our family in Summerville, South Carolina. This year we were planning on staying through the New Year. Since the temperatures are usually higher there than in Chicago this time of year, we decided to take advantage of that and brought our mountain bikes with us. The goal was to check out the local trails. We were not disappointed. From the trail around the neighborhood pond   A quick google search showed 2 local trails not far from where we were staying that looked promising. By promising I mean true mountain bike trails that were built specifically for this purpose. In our first few days there, due to family commitments we did not have time to drive to the trail, but since it was really nice out (in the 70s) I couldn't resist and decided to check out the trails around the neighborhood. Those trails were mostly designed for walking and a lot of the residents use them to drive their golf carts (I ...