The one redeeming thing spinner workouts have over actual riding is listening to music. Today’s workout consisted of tunes from Adele and David Gray.

Music helps with monotony and effort, particularly on the intervals, and with 75:00 on the spinner like I did today, I need all the help available.

I can’t watch television because I don’t ride hard enough. I check email, Facebook, etc. only during warm up/down, never during the actual workout. Again, because I get distracted and pretty soon my heart rate is 100 or below – at that point – what’s the point?

I guess I’m easily distracted.

In my outdoor rides in the past 4 weeks or so I’ve noticed a payoff I believe from the spinner. My out of the saddle climbing is better (can hold for longer and less increase in HR) and when seated I can push a bigger gear while still maintaining my cadence. Basically I think my legs are getting stronger. I’ve also been doing a little running which would also build leg strength.

I say all this to motivate myself to continue…

Check out this interesting graphic from Daily Infographic:

Slowly but surely, we’re taking over!

I seem to be going through a shadow fascination stage.

Hope you’ve had a nice weekend and at least one chance to ride or do something fun outdoors.

Many of you may not have noticed the recent change to the name of my blog, but a few of you may have and it’s for those few that I feel a need to explain.

Part of my goal for the blog and website is to grow it. Into what, I’m not sure yet. I personally want a bike jersey and maybe water bottles with the blog name and logo (something else I’m working on) for advertising. I would also like to be in a position to present the blog to bike tour companies for possible sponsoring of trips in return for covering the trip on this blog. Additionally, I would like to have more of a connection with other bike blogs as well as be a general source of bike info.

For any of that to occur I need to have a name that is tied exclusively to my blog and website. In checking recently I found another blog with the same name as mine, For the Love of Bikes. When I picked the name, For the Love of Bikes, I didn’t find anything else with that name – so I claimed it, because I liked it and proceeded with building this blog and website.

It appears the other blog with that name started the same year, 2009. I don’t know which started first, it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to proceed with For the Love of Bikes only to have the other blog challenge my right to use the name and I don’t want to challenge her.

To go forward this site and blog need its own name. All for the Love of Bikes is not used anywhere else: SO I’M CLAIMING IT NOW.

All for the Love of Bikesâ„¢ is now the official name of the blog. Not a big deal or change, but I wanted to explain. Maybe no one has even noticed, if so just move on to the next post.

I’ve come up with these “logos” so far; one I created, the others I paid a whopping $5 total for at Fiverr. This logo thing is in its infancy, and as you can probably tell I don’t have a clue about any of this. I have no background/knowledge/experience in doing any of this – blog/website included – but for better or worse it hasn’t stopped me.

Here’s what I have so far, what do you think – any of them any good or should I throw another $5 at Fiverr and get 5 more?