- 01/01/2003 - 6,223 miles, rollout 2100 @ 8253.
- 01/01/2004 - 10,276 miles. 4.044 miles in 2003.
- 10/30/2004 - 13,000 miles, new chain, new Hutchinson Postal tires.
- 01/01/2005 - 14,074 miles. 3807 miles in 2004.
- 09/18/2005 - 17,391 miles, new Bontrager Race Lite tires, cleaned drive train.
- 01/01/2006 - 18,079 miles. 4005 miles in 2005.
- 01/01/2007 - 18,246 miles. Only 67 miles in 2006!!!
- 10/23/2007 - 18,489 miles, new Mavic Aksium wheels
- Dec. 2010 - Started commuting again and riding on weekends with Heather
- 03/03/2011 - Bought new 64 cm Trek Madone 5.2
- 12/21/2011 - 2,386 miles, new Hutchinson Atom Comp tires
- 01/01/2012 - 2,454 miles on new Trek. About 3,200 miles in 2011
- 06/29/2012 - 3,398 miles, new Vittoria Rubino Pro Slick tires
- 08/24/2012 - 3,941 miles, rotated tires
- 01/01/2013 - 5,073 miles on Trek. About 2,600 miles in 2012
- 02/14/2013 - Bought new KHS Flite 747, 65 cm with 200 mm cranks. Rollout 2109 mm. (5,241 miles on Trek)
- 02/15/2013 - Heather 1,985 miles, new 700x23 Gatorskin tires, new 23 gram CF water bottle cages
- 03/03/2013 - Bought used American Classic Victory wheels with 12-27 cassette
- 03/06/2013 - 386 miles, new 700x25 Gatorskin tires
Shoe size: 47 Euro
Zinn ideal crank length: 206 mm
First time up Palomar Mountain, 1:44:40.
The body is only about 25% efficient in conversion of food energy to mechanical work
Each pound of fat is equivalent to 3500 kcal, or 4 kWh of energy. (1 kWh = 860 kcal)
This would power a single 100 watt light bulb for 40 hours.
1 teaspoon of table salt is 5.5 grams, and has 2325 mg of sodium. It is 40% sodium by weight.
1 teaspoon of sugar is 4 grams, 15 calories. 1 cup of sugar is 225 grams.
1 gallon is 3785 ml and contains 16 servings of 8 ounces each.
Homemade Gatorade:
Add 1 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp lite salt to 1 gallon of water. Flavor optional.
Homebrew has: 109 mg sodium, 36 mg potassium and 5.9% carbohydrate per 8 ounce serving.
Gatorade has: 110 mg sodium, 30 mg potassium and 6.0% carbohydrate per 8 ounce serving.
Body Measurements (inches)
| crotch to floor | 37.625 |
| sternum to floor | 61.875 |
| shoulder to wrist | 24.875 |
| trunk length | 27.5 |
| forearm length | ~16 |
| arm length | ~29 |
| thigh length | 26.5 |
| lower leg length | 24.625 |
| height | 75.75 |