My own slice of heaven

This is a little alcove in our garage. I am often out here in a big jacket, mechanix gloves, and ear muffs working on the bikes. I need a ...

Underestimated

3x10 mins today on the trainer. Still feeling sick, now I've got a soar throat. Did first two at 260W. Real doable, not even that har...

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Feeling it

Went to the pond today on the mtb. Skipped the single track and rode the highway over Gap mountain and hit the fire road then took some Gap...

The sorrow of a pin head

Oh the sorrow. I have a pin head. Small head. Gabba gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba gabba we accept you we accept you on...

DIVERSE LIFESTYLES * Kama , an Indian born University student in London is also a parttime sex worker who wants to be a Devadasi in true se...

Stupid bike tricks

Was just tinkering around on Saturday, and would have forgotten about riding till my wife asked me if I was going on a short ride like I sai...

QUOTES OF THE DAY * Give us a religion that will help us to live -- we can die without assistance.. - Elbert Hubbard 1859-1915, American Aut...

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On the map

The Maps team was excited to see all the ideas and feedback that hit blogs around the Web after Google Maps launched a couple weeks ago, an...

Every day...look in da mirror.....I da bes'

First crack at those intervals with work:rest 2:1 rather than 1:1. 3 sets 4min on2 off, did at 280W. When I did 4on 4 off I had done them a...

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Handmade bikes

Custom frames, or handmade whatever you want to call them. I LOVE them. There is some serious cycling love coming out of these guys/gals. ...

Music to Motivate

Screeching Weasel Fun punk, poppy in a way but not too bubble gum pop. Ramonesque. Real good to do these longer intervals to, just seems t...

I-magic upgrade

I have the Tacx Flow ergo trainer. there has been some discussion at road bike review about the Tacx and accuracy. One guy was saying tha...

Ahem..Ahem...hack...cough

The chills and aches subsided last night. This cold is definitely not your run of the mill cold. My wife has gotten hit really hard by it ...

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QUOTES AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE * " Democracy has not eaten India; rather, India has eaten democracy . " -Zaid at Worldchanging. *...

GOOD NEWS FROM BANGLADESH Eating their own words that 'there are no Islamic extremist organization in Bangladesh' the government ba...

Garage mechanic tip: Cheap, colorful cable ends

I never seem to have any of those crimp on cable ends when I need them. And sooner or later the cables start to unravel. I can't rememb...

Elephant sat on my chest!

Did a 1:20 ride today on the cross bike. I decided to put the drop bars / bar cons back on because the flat bar even with that dildo length...

Google movies: now playing

Red pill blue pill . Ship hits iceberg . One ring to rule them all . If you love movies, you know which films these phrases refer to. Now, t...

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sick....legs of wood

Sat started a week of recovery,, which is basically nothing or ride easy with a day of 5x1 thrown in there, and an hour at Zone 2 before sta...

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TASLIMA, WHERE DO YOU BELONG? Taslima decides to ask for Indian citizenship . She is now holding a Swedish passport which she got while in e...

CONSPIRACY THEORY We have been hearing about different kinds of conspiracy theories like this and the political parties are passing the pil...

UNDER BOMB THREAT If you are a native resident of Dhaka and have been away for a while then you will notice the change in the security measu...

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Ain't nothing but a thang

Last SMSP intervals before a rest week. Just rolled through them without any problems, I was stoked. 4 reps of 5x1 at 320watts. I was worr...

Update

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Starvin' Like Marvin'

I'm only riding 50mins to 1hr here and there, but I'm famished all the time. Made a run for the Border for lunch today: Then for di...

Almost done with SMSP

One more day of the SMSP intervals, then a well deserved rest week. This morning the total ON time was 27 minutes. I couldn't complete...

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DIY light ideas

Below are some ideas for some Do It Yourself lights. No, these are probably not what you should build for your bid at the solo 24hr Champio...

Almost as good as being there

Whew. Got butterflys and knots in my stomach from this sight: pedalmasher It's got lots of videos shot by helmet cam. The XC MTB race ...

A richer Zeitgeist brew

If you were in India, what would you search for? Inquiring minds from Mumbai to Bangalore wanted to know, so now there's a new Google In...

I am worthy again!

I am worthy of being a cyclist again. I commuted this morning for the first time in months. I used to do it quite often. But lately, been ...

One Day off, that's it!!!

Was looking at my training schedule for the next couple of days. Normally after a 2day block ON, there is a 2 day block OFF. But this time I...

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Another day, another trip to the torture chamber

This is like a broken record: Today was tough to motivate. Two minute intervals. I seem to have an issue at the 2min mark. 1min, 3, and ...

Good and Evil on Valentine's Day

My wife rules. She got me the latest issue of Cyclesport and some Reeses. If any of you have read this BLOG you know that I've got some...

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NEW BANGLADESHI WEBLOG SHOWCASE " Inspirations & Creative Thoughts " - a blog by Sadiq M. Alam, who is currently residing in S...

another cycling quote

Posted some cycling quotes early on in this BLOG. came across one at fatmarc's blog . Hope it's ok to 'steal' it: From Pete...

How to build a (almost) 1500g wheelset for (almost) $100

So I admit it. I am a weight weenie. There, that's the start of the 12 step process for this affliction. I'll also admit that I am...

Damn POS knock off post it notes

What a sad world we live in when knock off Post it Notes don't stick! I put a little sticky on my top tube with the day's interval ...

It is not ours to judge...Only to make fun of

In this world we live in, it's so easy to pass judgements on people. From cycling to where one might pass judgement on the kind of bike...

LOVE UNDER SIEGE Happy Valentines day to all. Although Valentine's day is being widely celebrated in Bangladesh since 1994, love is part...

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Chillin' Weekend

Just relaxed this weekend. Finished off my son's window box seat. Before: After: Went hiking with the boys, had some friends over for d...

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PRO the Movie: review

I had ordered PRO the movie direct from Native Productions, and it came yesterday: I have the Hard Road. The Hard Road was pretty good just...

It's ON now!

Whew, survived another session the torture chamber. 24 freaking minutes in the ON. 4 sets of 6 reps of 1 bys at 320W. I was raging through ...

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Take on Me

Remember that song from Ah-ha Take on Me. It's a good song to interval too. Especially when it's covered by Reel Big Fish. This so...

3 Min intervals

Today was back on the trainer. It didn't go the best. 2 sets of 4reps of 3min on 3 off. I opted to do them at 290 W with the hopes of...

Ash Wednesday = Ashwin's Day

Another Ash Wednesday come and gone. This year marked by a low key dinner and dessert with the family. Why you wonder, am I marking Ash Wed...

THREATS AGAINST FREEDOM OF OPINIONS Case #1: In Nepal, the King has dissolved the government and taken full control. It is in a state of e...

CORRUPTION OUT OF NECESSITY The new pay commission report has been submitted to the prime minister for consideration. The highest salary in ...

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My scooby

Well, I've been devoting a lot of time and $ to my subaru wagon. Here are the latest pictures. Current Mods: -Tune up/90k service -IPD r...

Rest done right

Monday: nada Tuesday- Threw mtn bike on roof of car, and rode for 40mins super easy on the bike path. Wednesday- 1hr on trainer, at Zone2 o...

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Mapping your way

We think maps can be useful and fun, so we've designed Google Maps to simplify how to get from point A to point B. Say you're looki...

INFLATION, BEGGARS & CLASS STRUGGLE The rate of inflation in Bangladesh has galloped forward from under 2 in 2001 to above 6 in the rece...

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Get the picture

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Google Image Search is now worth 1 trillion, 187 billion, 63 million words. Yes, that's rig...

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3rd day fatigue

3rd day of a block. 2x5reps of 1 on 2 off. Amazingly it wasn't too bad. I was even questioning how easy it was, but I calibrated the tr...

More music

Face to Face Good solid punk. not as poppy, a little more serious than other stuff but it does the trick for me when on the trainer.

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DHAKA'S NEW LOOK UNDER QUESTION Last Thursday night I was surprised as-well-as amazed to see the extensive lighting in the city streets....

PEOPLE UNITE APOLITICALLY " Ami BNP ba AL er dalal na, Ami Bangladesh'er dalal". (I'm not a stooge for either BNP or AL, I...

NEW INDO-BANGLA BORDER TENSIONS According to this news , one person was killed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and a boy abducted ami...

Sometimes you surprise yourself

Last night walking up stairs my legs were soar. I was getting nervous about today's workout. Today was 3sets of 7x1. I was dreading...

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