Social Network

I am now occasionally twittering and I set up a facebook account too. I guess that means I'll try to blog more substantial article like items and leave the painfully trivial to those venues.

Trainer

Bought a Kurt Kinetics "Road Machine" trainer. So far am pretty happy with it. Karen set up her bike on it and has been spinning a few times. With the Continental "home trainer" tire on it it is quiet enough that we only have to turn the TV up a bit.

It is very stable and not too hard to move around. I don't know if we really needed a mat, but just to be safe we picked up a 4 x 6 throw rug from Ross for $20. I do not understand why the bike shops sell crappy 3.5 x 6 rubber mats for $50... well, maybe I should say that I don't understand why people buy $50 rubber mats when they can get more durable and less ugly mats from Ross for $30 less.

I am a bit annoyed by the trainer tire though. It was the most difficult tire to mount that I think I've ever encountered. Full on steel-bead UST Downhill tires are easier. Guess I need to track down a cheap/free rear wheel so we can swap back and forth.