Yesterday I removed some undercoating overspray from the insides of the wheels, and followed it up with a coat of wax. Today, only four days after we bought the Impreza, it snowed! Rain, freezing rain and sleet actually. So, the wheels are no longer clean, but I did get a chance to drive the Subaru in it’s element. Luckily, the forecast calls for another few inches of snow tonight.

In other news: The dog got a haircut (and she doesn’t look too happy about it).

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 the camera mount for bike duty. While the articulated mount will allow for a wide range of camera positions, it may transmit too much vibration. If this proves to be the case, a simpler mount may be a better solution.

The mount will work with any tripod mountable camera; initially I’ll be testing out the mount with my circa 2001 Sony 1.3 mega pixel camera. More to come soon…

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 not too bad. It was in the low 50s, a little muddy, and all slightly downhill. The second half of the ride was not quite as pleasant. The temperature dropped into the 40s, 30-50 mph gusty headwinds, the mud was still there, and now I was going slightly uphill. On the bright side, the trails were fairly empty. Hopefully I’ll have more rides to post as the weather gets warmer. Unfortunately we have some snow forecasted for tomorrow…