Sewing, weaving, and cycling

By Tien Chiu | Published: November 2, 2007
I’ve started working my way quite seriously through Helen Joseph Armstrong’s book, Patternmaking for Fashion Design.  It’s a really good book, with clear directions.  I’m using Patternmaster: Celebrations to edit my patterns.  So far it’s been frustrating and clumsy, learning how to draft patterns simultaneously with learning to use the software, but I have faith [...]
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Training plans for next year

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 10, 2007
I have been reading through Arnie Baker’s book, Altitude Climbing Endurance Training, which is written by a guy who more or less specializes in training for the Death Ride. (Well, okay, he also coaches Olympic athletes and other rabble , but he wrote an entire friggin’ book about training for the Death Ride.) [...]
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Oh, what the hell.

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 4, 2007
I’m going to try for the Death Ride again next year.  On to all five passes!
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Epilogue

By Tien Chiu | Published: July 16, 2007
So, what are my thoughts on the Death Ride? First and foremost, I’m proud of my performance. It was hard, and four passes is not at all bad for a first-time rider. Going up Ebbetts took tremendous courage, and I managed it. One pedal stroke at a time. It was fun, in a sick [...]
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The Markleeville Death Ride

By Tien Chiu | Published: July 16, 2007
A crash woke us up out of the darkness. Mike and I had arrived in Markleeville on Thursday night, and spent Friday resting. I went out for a short spin on the bike, but mostly we ate, napped, and conserved our energies for the morning ahead. I intended to go to bed at 7pm, [...]
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