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Category: Biking
Today's lesson on Experimental Physics for Morons: Wind resistance is a significant problem.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:43 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Category: Biking
Today's lesson on Experimental Physics for Morons: Wind resistance is a significant problem.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:43 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biking
Saturday, I went for a good long bike ride before it got hot, making it all the way to the end of the Erie Canal portion of the bike path. There's a "detour" that takes you to further path via...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 3:03 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biking
Saturday was a miserable cold and rainy day, and today wasn't a whole lot better. I took advantage of a brief spot of sun in the afternoon to get a short ride in, but it was awfully windy with dark...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 3:16 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pictures
Pretty pictures and a bicycling update.
Posted by Chad Orzel at 7:21 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biking
In the two weeks since the previous report, I managed only two round-trips to campus, for a total of 9.6 miles. Either the weather was lousy, or I had things I needed to do that precluded riding the bike. I...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 6:28 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biking
One of my Christmas presents was a small mileage/ speed calculator for my bike, because there are few activities that can't be improved by making them nerdier. Thus, I am able to report on today's ride: Total Distance: 17.1 miles...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 5:55 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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