The more I cycle the more I respect my body, develop a taste for a "simple life", want to be in nature, and admire the voluntary simplicity lifestyle.
Check out Judith Levin's book "Not Buying It" (voluntary simplicity life) .
2006 Bicycle Related Movies, Music, Books
- The Bicycle Thief -Score: 9/10; it is about emotions; survival; do not expect competition or that kind of stuff (1949).
- 2 Seconds - Score = 9/10; good stuff; funny at times; more importantly, it is made in Canada, 1990s)
- Je Reste= 6/10; it is a light movie, funny at times, bike freaks must watch this one. France (1990s)?
- "My Bike & Other Friends" (Henry Miller, yeap, believe it or not!)
- "I Want to Ride Bicycle" (Queen's CD)
- "A Ride for a Wife" (haven't seen it)
- "Wheels of Chance" (1896)
- "Bicycle Tips" book (Ed Pavleska)
- "The Canadian Cycling Association's Complete Guide to Bicycle Touring in Canada" book (Katz, Elliot)
- "Bike Cult The Ultimate Guide to Human-Powered Vehicles" book (David B. Perry)
- "Breaking Away" movie (watched: 7.9/10); USA (1970s?)
- "Quicksilver" movie (not watched yet)
Picture: Singing Sands at the Bruce Peninsula
This picture was taken during a ride in Tobermory.
"Claude and Francoise Herve left the easy security of their home, car and careers in Lyons, France, to share a globe-trotting adventure of fourteen years and lost 100,000 miles" (David B. Perry's Bike Cult"
"Albert Leblanc, from Maria, Quebec cycled round the world about three times" (David B. Perry)
This picture was taken during a ride in Tobermory.
"Claude and Francoise Herve left the easy security of their home, car and careers in Lyons, France, to share a globe-trotting adventure of fourteen years and lost 100,000 miles" (David B. Perry's Bike Cult"
"Albert Leblanc, from Maria, Quebec cycled round the world about three times" (David B. Perry)
2006 David B. Perry's "Bike Cult"
Picture at the shores of Lake Huron/Bruce Trail
David B. Perry's "Bike Cult The Ultimate Guide to Human-Powered Vehicles" is a bicycle information tank. The author discusses the history of the bicycle, its use as a vehicle of transportation, competitive and recreational bicycling, the politics, the professional cyclists' diet...
Picture description: my Devinci at Dyer's Bay/Bruce Peninsula.
David B. Perry's "Bike Cult The Ultimate Guide to Human-Powered Vehicles" is a bicycle information tank. The author discusses the history of the bicycle, its use as a vehicle of transportation, competitive and recreational bicycling, the politics, the professional cyclists' diet...
Picture description: my Devinci at Dyer's Bay/Bruce Peninsula.
Excerpt from Perry's book:
"Bicycle eye: afflict cyclists today and is caused by a painful uncertainty whether to look for the arrival of the floor from the front, behind, or one side, and once fixed upon the countenance can never be removed. " P.165.
Massage is important for muscle recuperation, especially after a ride...The immune system is usually enhanced by cycling, yet the stresses of long distance cycling can weaken de body's defenses again bacteria and viruses (page 169).
Ed Pavelka's book "900 All-Time Best Tips"
Ed Pavelka's book "900 All-Time Best Tips". A hundred and something pages with tips to enrich the experience of long-distance cyclists.
Tips include -among other things- nutrition, long-rides, mountain biking advice.
The author answered to a "runny-nose" situation: "I do not suffer from any seasonal allergies but get runny nose only when I ride on temperatures close to 20 oC". Pavelka explains that a runny nose (similar to having a cold) may be due to vasomotors rhinitis (Pavelka, page 82). I was glad to find an answer to my four-year-old question.
Tips include -among other things- nutrition, long-rides, mountain biking advice.
The author answered to a "runny-nose" situation: "I do not suffer from any seasonal allergies but get runny nose only when I ride on temperatures close to 20 oC". Pavelka explains that a runny nose (similar to having a cold) may be due to vasomotors rhinitis (Pavelka, page 82). I was glad to find an answer to my four-year-old question.
I am quite comforable doing 45K/day (2hrs)- no effort required.
My goal this summer is to increase my distance from 65K to 100K/day; speed is not important but endurance is.
Week 1 (Toronto)
July 3: 50K
July 6: 40K
July 8: 68K (mild low-back tiredness)
Map: Humber River North West and riding on both branches. Starting at Yonge & Eglinton, northbound to Towntree Mills Park, southbound to Summerlea Park, northbound again to Humberwood Park and back.
Week 2 (Toronto)
July 11: 68K. Avg. speed 25K/hr; flat terrain
July 13: 80 K
Week 3 (in Tobermorey's Lion's Head)
July 18: 90 K
July 19: 1 hr walk
July 20: 50 K
Week 4
July 25: rest
July 27 : 1 hr/gym.
July 30: 85K
Week 5 (Kingston, ON)
Aug 2: 26K
Aug.6-7-8: Cyclon
Week 6
Aug 11: 41K
Aug 12 (last day before depature to Montreal!)
I never got to do 100K during my "training period". However, I did reach the 90K in one of my Cyclon days in Kingston. This reassures me and makes me think that I could do 10K more without a problem.
My goal this summer is to increase my distance from 65K to 100K/day; speed is not important but endurance is.
Week 1 (Toronto)
July 3: 50K
July 6: 40K
July 8: 68K (mild low-back tiredness)
Map: Humber River North West and riding on both branches. Starting at Yonge & Eglinton, northbound to Towntree Mills Park, southbound to Summerlea Park, northbound again to Humberwood Park and back.
Week 2 (Toronto)
July 11: 68K. Avg. speed 25K/hr; flat terrain
July 13: 80 K
Week 3 (in Tobermorey's Lion's Head)
July 18: 90 K
July 19: 1 hr walk
July 20: 50 K
Week 4
July 25: rest
July 27 : 1 hr/gym.
July 30: 85K
Week 5 (Kingston, ON)
Aug 2: 26K
Aug.6-7-8: Cyclon
Week 6
Aug 11: 41K
Aug 12 (last day before depature to Montreal!)
I never got to do 100K during my "training period". However, I did reach the 90K in one of my Cyclon days in Kingston. This reassures me and makes me think that I could do 10K more without a problem.
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