Blather on Bicycling

I opened up my package from OBRA last week and was quite excited to find 619 as my road racing number. This is a perfect number because it is a natural ambigram. If I happen to make the common mistake of pinning on my number upside down, no worries. At last year’s Tour of Walla Walla I was in a state of minor panic right before start time when I realized my number was on upside down, then I realized number 101 reads the same regardless. Now that OBRA seems to be allowing racers to retain their numbers from year to year, I’m holding on to this one especially so I won’t repeat the mistake of pinning on a number from the wrong year.

I’m always joking with my wife that it is zero degrees out. This morning I looked at our outside thermometer and it was actually zero degrees out. Old Man Winter didn’t like my post yesterday and brought in our first cold snap this winter. On the valley floor it was -6 so I threw on an extra layer and jumped on my cross bike. Read more