Category: Cycling

  • Bar Tape

    Bar Tape

    I installed some bar-top levers on the Sirrus and learned how to wrap bar tape. Luckily, I didn’t tear the tape and the result was pretty good. I also replaced the brake cables and housings on the Gunnar with Aztek Powerlines, and in the process rewrapped the bars as well. I’ve been apprehensive about rewrapping…

  • Camera Mount

    Camera Mount

    Almost all of my cycling photos have been from my phone camera. I haven’t been too happy with the poor photo quality. A few years ago I built a video camera mount for autocrossing. I haven’t been autocrossing much, and the prospect of doing so in the near future doesn’t look good. So, I’ve adapted…

  • C&O Towpath

    C&O Towpath

    Two hours, one minute, 28.45 miles, average speed 14.21 mph. I started from Potomac, MD on the C&O Towpath. I rode about 13-14 miles south and connected to the Capital Crescent trail. I’m not sure where I ended up, but it was somewhere around Washington Harbor in Georgetown. The first half of the ride was…