Back on the road with the Bike of Doom
by Steve ~ April 13th, 2008. Filed under: Riding the Bike.After a month-long hiatus during which I did not even look at the Bike of Doom, never mind ride it, I started cycling again this week. The spring melt is over, the roads relatively clean again, temperatures survivable. I also took the Giant Boulder out this week, but it was not a pleasant experience. Although the equipment on the boulder is superior to the SuperCycle, the geometry leaves a lot to be desired. Mike and I did a 30 Km evening ride on Thursday and I experienced testicular pain soon afterwards. It was very uncomfortable. I don’t know if it was the bike, my riding position, or the gods, all I know is that my balls hurt.
Today, I took the SuperCycle out on a Sunday ride with Mike, Brian, and Bill. This is the first Sunday morning ride of the season, and although these will end up being mostly 80 to 100 Km rides as the season progresses, they are traditionally short at season start. Today, however, for reason’s I can’t quite fathom, we did almost 80 Km in a grueling ride into the wind, out to St. Adolphe. I was glad to get home and off the bike.
Mike wrote about it at Bike With Mike. There maybe a picture.
Related posts:
BOD on Holiday — August 5 –- 7 Km
BOD on Holiday — August 4th — 33 Km
April 13th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Nice work.
By the way, I’ve changed my website’s URL - you may want to update your link.
BTH
April 20th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Hi! I’ve been enjoying reading your blog for quite a while. Just wanted to let you know that I have cited your blog in a tribute to Supercycle post on my (Bottecchia obsessed) blog.
As for your pain problem, the Italian company SMP makes a remarkable testicule friendly line of saddles called the Strike - complete with extra large holes to avoid crunching. Most of the line is for pro level road bikes with prices well beyond the an entire bike from Canadian Tire - and I’m not sure SMP sells them in Canada - but I got their cut price model for €26 (although even that may be more than a Supercycle at the current exchange). The saddles are magic - I’ve got the cheap one on my tourer and the top range one on my road bike and I’m feeling much better than Pantani…
May 10th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Just writing to say I just found your blog and I think it’s awesome. I live in NB and I’ve been riding on a Canadian Tire bike for the past 10 years, and it’s definitely one of my favorite posessions. It was my first big purchase after getting my first part-time job when I was 15, and I’ve been riding it ever since. It got me hooked into biking, and even helped me lose 50lbs one summer. It’s only needed one major repair (something about the alignment of the back wheel), other than that it runs great! I’ll have to take a picture and send it to you.
Good luck with your Bike of Doom!
Lisa