KDOT makes a funny.

I know this wasn't intentional, as government has no sense of humor, but this BOLD caption at the bottom of the KDOT bicycle guide caught my eye.

"RIDE DEFENSIVELY:
MAINTAIN A SAFETY FIRST ATTITUDE. IN A CRASH, WHETHER YOUR FAULT OR NOT YOUR FAULT YOU LOSE. USE ALL YOUR ABILITIES TO PROTECT YOURSELF"

Emphasis and underscoring mine. I just thought that was humorous even though its true.

finally!

It's long overdue but google maps finally has bike support. You can now plan routes via bike. Thank you google!

First ride of the year

I just did my first ride of the year. My new route to work is longer this year as I moved and my commute is now longer but I feel much better at the end of the ride to/from work. I actually feel like I got a decent workout. 

And I hereby encourage all Wichita road cyclists that may stumble upon this blog to go and sign up at mapmyride.com! I use their mapmyride+ app on my iPhone and it's great! Much nicer than my cateye. Although I still use the cateye for monitoring my heart rate. But the mapmyride app does everything else including showing elevation with google maps. It's really a great app. I created a group for Wichita riders called... Wait for it... "Wichita riders". So gogogogo sign up and join the group so we can all train together and exchange rides and routes!