Monthly Archives: January 2005

Trek Makes it Hard to Buy a Bike Part 2

Posted on January 21, 2005 by John R. Durant

The first thing you must know when you go to purchase a high-perf bike is that the people in the bike shop will treat you with about much interest as a call from a telemarketer at dinner time. You see, … Continue reading →

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Trek makes it too hard to buy a bike

Posted on January 14, 2005 by John R. Durant

I could write a small novella on the truly pathetic state of the manufacturing, sales, and service in the cycling world. Simply put: businesses selling any other category of products could never survive if they stepped on their toes as … Continue reading →

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Over-Training=Just Run Down

Posted on January 11, 2005 by John R. Durant

Last week was a decent week of cycling. Jeremy and I did some PowerStarts, and I felt strong with these on Tuesday. Wednesday was a busy day with church work and my job (my day began at 3:43am after only … Continue reading →

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Polar S725 and Jeremy’s Duct Tape

Posted on January 5, 2005 by John R. Durant

My riding buddy, Jeremy, blogged about the Polar S725 and other heart-rate monitoring devices. I thought I would toss in a few thoughts. Jeremy is right: the Polar S725 is a bit pricey. I happened to luck out on this … Continue reading →

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It’s Minnesota cold (kind of like October)

Posted on January 4, 2005 by John R. Durant

In Minnesota, we are used to snow some time around Halloween. It gets cold; we put the kids’ costumes on over their snowmobile suits. There’s a hint of that today here in Seattle area. We hit 19 degrees at my … Continue reading →

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