As always, I keep discovering new hobbies and interests. After all, that's what keeps you going. Biking (aka. Bicycling) is my most new found hobby. I have been doing quite a bit of long distance biking recently (at least as per amateaur standards). I used to have a $60 bike bought from Target. But once I got serious about this hobby, I went ahead and bought a "Fuji" road bike. For those this makes sense, it is an entry level road bike with Shimano (Sora, Tiagra) components and has an aluminum frame and carbon fiber front fork as well. I have done quite a bit of reading on serious training on improving bike fitness as well, and am sincerely trying to put that into practice.
You can see my cycling statistics (updated as an when I go cycling) through the link on the sidebar of this blog. I am writing this while at work (taking a break :-)) and hence do not have any pictures of my bike to post. I will put it up once I reach home, as I have it on my home laptop.
For those who are newly into this hobby and planning to get a decent road bike, I offer some free advise, if you are interested. Feel free to post any questions in the comments of this post. I had done quite a bit of research before I went ahead and busted $700 for an entry level road bike. I have also put up some links to some interesting web sites in the "cycling" section on the side-bar.
I am not here even to attempt "Tour de France". But definitely I want to do a century not too long from now. Till now the longest single ride I have done is ~21 miles at an average speed of 11.1 mph.
Update (3/16/2007): I have done multiple half centuries now. The longest being 54 miles. I have also managed to do a 30 miles ride at an average of 14.3 mph. Being the winter months, I had been off the bike for a while. But the indoor trainer that I got helped keeping me bike-fit even being indoors. Now summer is coming, and I am all excited to get back on the bike.
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