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Fellow rider and Java developer extraordinaire, Travis Himes, has just released the first version of his White Clay Trails Android app. He’s still working on fine-tuning some sections of the park with fresh GPS tracks, and will be adding more detail in future releases. Download the free QR code reader if you don’t already have it, then point it at this image to download the app. If you’ve got questions or feedback, send them to travis dot himes at gmail dot com.

Just launched a new site I designed and built for SLA Service Management. The project also included the design of the logo, business cards, and envelopes. Think Green!

I had 6 rides in May, totaling 122.75 miles. That’s 13 hours and 10 minutes of saddle time, yielding an average speed of 9.32 MPH. One of those rides was escorting a novice rider (who I did return intact and smiling) – if I don’t include that slower pace ride, my average is 9.55, so I have gotten a little faster from April. The big news though is the ride I took on May 16th. I did nearly every trail in the park, in 3 hours and 7 minutes. When my dusty singlespeed rolled into the garage, the cyclometer read 29.37 miles with an average speed of 9.42. That’s the longest all-dirt ride I’ve ever taken, and my fastest average ever on a 25+ mile ride.

I was planning on riding today to add one last long ride to the total, but the thick humid air and numerous home & work projects conspired to keep me indoors. At least I got to spend some more quality time with the new iMac.

With April’s warm temps and dry trails, I rode 7 times for a total of 104 miles. Total ride time was just a hair over 11 hours, yielding a total average speed of 9.47 mph – and that included one relaxed pace ride in which I was pulling Zoe on her Tag-a-Long trailer.