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Welcome! This blog is mostly about recreational road cycling in and around Los Angeles. I don't race, but I love a good challenge. Enjoy your stay!
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Neuvation Wheels make for a happy GTinLA
Another exciting event was the arrival of my new Wheels from Neuvation Cycling. Some of you know that I had my challenges with the stock Shimano wheels ever since I bought April. The Shimano wheels have now close to 11,000 miles on them and the hubs were redone twice, so it is really time for a new wheel set. I can’t believe how light these Neuvation wheels are, to put it into perspective, when I weight the Neuvation rear wheel with tube and tire and cassette it only weight 40 grams more than the Shimano wheel sans anything…wow. Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Garmin Edge 705, Neuvation Wheels, scattante, Training
Tagged Cycling, Fitness, Heart Attack, Motivation, Neuvation Wheels, Scattante CFR Elite, Training
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Tomorrow is a big day
Finally – the day I have been waiting for has arrived. Tomorrow I will have a cardiac stress test in a very controlled environment. I really am looking forward to it, because my biggest hope is that the results are good, and that would translate into a significant reductions of medication I am on since my heart attack.
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Posted in Blogging, Cycling, Exercise, Neuvation Wheels, Training
Tagged Challenge, Garmin Edge 705, Heart Attack, Motivation
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Direction – moving forward
Anyway, during my ride today I came upon a rider sitting road side with his front wheel in his hands. I slowed and asked the customary “are you OK”. Well, he was not; he had a flat and just recently started riding, this was his first taste of cycling reality, and he had a horrible time trying to get the tire seated. Continue reading
First AHA ride in the bank
So today, without grand fanfare, trumpets, drums and games I suited up, did my usual pre-ride check routine and went onto my first ride. Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Exercise, Garmin Edge 705, scattante
Tagged Cycling, Exercise, Fitness, Garmin Edge 705, Santa Monica aka SM
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Trying to make sense of it
I am still confused, because I still don’t understand why I had a heart attack. Yes, I get the part of hereditary heart disease. Yes, my dad had three of them, and the last one he did not survive. But, I started life style changes a long time ago, did yearly physicals, had great cholesterol levels (mid 170′s), no history of high blood pressure, exercise regularly. I ate a pretty decent diet, love my food and wine, and was not too concerned with caloric intake because I knew that I was burning an average of 7500 calories per week just cycling. Continue reading
