Palm Beach Bike Tours

Ken Steinhoff spent more than 40 years in the ink-slinging newspaper business where he had a license to be nosy. Palm Beach Bike Tours renewed that license in his retirement years. The blog is ostensibly about cycling, photography and using GPS technology to figure out where you’re going and where you’ve been. It’s really an [...]

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In South Florida, when the temperature is 90, the humidity is likely to be 90.
I’ve developed the 230 rule: 230 - the temperature - the humidity equals riding miles, give or take 20%.
Hence, 220 - 90 degrees - 90% humidity = 50 miles.
Ever notice how folks on the porch call it a breeze and folks [...]

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I know all too well what carpal tunnel (CTS) is all about. Too many years at a keyboard and a mouse have taught me more than I want to know. And, yes, I’ve been wired up and had my muscles jerk like a frog in a skillet while a guy in a white lab coat [...]

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A kidney stone and hot, humid rides in South Florida were what moved me to get more focused on hydration.
The CamelBak M.U.L.E. holds 100 oz. I have sucked it dry on some rides, but I don’t know that I would want to carry any more weight than that. You can almost always find a place [...]

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I bought a Nashbar heart rate monitor (HRM) last year about this time, mostly because I’m a gadget freak and partially because the warranty runs out pretty early on Steinhoff males and I wanted to see how close to becoming a red-colored fountain I was.
I’ll be 54 this month. I’m 5′10 and weight about 190-195. [...]

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I did an endo a couple of years ago and landed on one elbow. I still have some scars from the road rash, but I didn’t do any permanent damage (as far as I know).
Last month I noticed that I had a lot of pain in the elbow and a loss of strength. I went [...]

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I recognize that this isn’t the place to get medical advice, so this is more a question of, ‘Has anyone had this happen to them?”
I’m 52 and live in flat Florida. I started riding in February and in seven months have ridden about 2,300 miles. I do a 12-mile ride almost every weeknight and then [...]

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