[bike] Minuteman

[dmaze]

It was quite sunny out, and sort of acceptably warm, so I went along on nuclearpolymer's jaunt out the Minuteman and back. It turns out to be four and a half miles from our place to hers, so while the trip for me was 24.39 miles the people who started in Arlington had a noticeably shorter trip. But...Minuteman. Yay. Bike. Yay. Obligatory route map. Yay.

There was a fair bit of ogling of fredrickegerman's bike, which looks like a newer version of nonnihil's. I haven't yet really figured out how to distinguish it from any other new road-ish bike, though there was quite a bit of examination of the brake/shifter assembly.

(For my own edification, my bike computer now says 1702.7 miles, which is all on this bike, all since...spring of 2004?)

People are talking about setting up a mailing list for trip organization. desireearmfeldt loudly proclaims that LiveJournal communities are not the new email! So, um, poke me if you're interested.

Comments

[remcat.livejournal.com]

I'd be interested in such a list. Please add me! :)

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

Interested! (Available? Maybe not so much. But interested.)

[cmouse.livejournal.com]

Is this list just for bike trips? If not, add me! :D

[dmaze]

The list is just for bike trips. (You might have noticed those being a substantial fraction of my LJ posts from last summer.) If this is like previous years, once we've warmed up we'll probably go 40-100 miles most weekends. But there's some interest in nuclearpolymer's work in joining in, and people don't necessarily read LJ regularly enough for this to be a good coordination mechanism.

[desireearmfeldt]

You're also likely to miss, e.g. fredrickegerman, not to mention friends who don't have LJs. :)

[rhean.livejournal.com]

Add me!

[76trombones.livejournal.com]

Bikey!

[fredrickegerman.livejournal.com]

I certainly don't read LJ enough to be up on announcements there, so sign me up.

How to tell my bike from other road-type bikes: Slightly longer geometry. Fatter tires, plus the brakes (cantilevers) which permit their use. Steel frame, reserved for crazed comfort-and-smooth-ride-over-weight fanatics these days.