KJ Bikes 365

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Pre 365: Day 3 Quickie with Ol’ Blue

Blue isn’t even that old yet, less than year. Apart from the rims, Blue is mostly black with the required pink accessories. Framed Alaskan, carbon fork, 4” tires and lots of fun.

Currently my only bike set up for my panniers. Makes her perfect for hauling beer from the brewery.

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Pre 365: Day Two - Meet The G, August 14, 2018

I actually went for mostly real miles. If I average 15 miles a day for the next 139 days, I will get to 3000 miles since the first week of June (when I restarted using Strava, I had another 1000 on top of that for 2018).

I set out to ride gravel this year. I did my first gravel race in July. Then I doubled my game in August. I’m sure I’ll double that again, however ultra cycling is currently no where close to my horizon.

This is “The G”. I picked her up a couple weeks ago. I love the geometry. She rides well and is a ton of fun. G participated in the ‘24 Hours of Cumming’ 100k race - look it up! And she did me well. Look for a race post later.

For Day 2 of pre365 we went for 16.5ish miles on my country roads playing road roulette. Sadly I found out some gravel miles met their hot tar-ry death in the last week.

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Pre Bike365 Day 1 - August 13, 2018

The Bike: Windsor Cyclo (from some year) aka “Baby”

I named this bike “Baby” after Baby I’m dirty dancing. She was originally bought with the intention of riding Cyclocross. I’ve mostly given up on that idea. White with bright green accessories, I had to add pink! Then all the things were pink.

She was a sweet deal. One previous owner. Carbon fork. More fun than my mountain bike. Gravel tires and slicks.

I like Baby well enough. She’s been fun. But already I’ve jumped the bridge and have stepped up my gravel game.

For day One of our intro to Bike365 I rode Baby to the ATM and then the local brewey in my town.

2.3 Miles

Total 2.3 miles

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The pre to 365 days of bikes

As of September 1, 2018, my friend and I are setting out to ride our bikes for 365 days. The only rule is that you have to be on a bike for some period of time everyday for a year. That includes trainers and spin bikes.

Our intention: creating a better relationship with our bikes

Over the next week I’ll give my background, the background of my bikes, and how this hopes to go!