West Maui Mountains Cycling

Even though he legs were really tired after 10,000 ft. of vertical on Sunday, I decided to ride very easily out to the West Maui Mountains on Monday after the race.

Even though I started out not knowing exactly where to go, what I found was one of the most beautiful cycling roads I have ever rode in Hawaii. Two big things stood out as OUTSTANDING. One was minimal traffic - IOW...I HATE TRAFFIC!!! The second being, the scenery was unbeliveble.

Although there was a bit of eleveation give and take, going into and out of the many valleys strewn on this road (why do you think they call Maui the Valley Isle?) it was nothing anyone couldn't handle.


Hidden waterfall that anyone in a car would never see...


Now there are the kind of roads I like...


Cows and the Sea...what a strange sight to see...

Even though on a time schedule, I kept wanting to push further and further to discover what would be around the next bend. I didn't help any too, that I kept on stopping to take more and more pictures.


And I'm soooo glad that I rode far enough to discover this beautiful bay...Kahakuloa Bay. Standing on the cliffs above taking in this scenery...a perfect place to turn around...

For the rest of my pictures click here: My Haleakala Flickr Set.

Free Speed???

Like the box says, "Why train when you can buy speed?" Since I've not been riding too much, I gotta find ways to buy some free speed.

For a long time now...I've always longed for that super cool old school (circa late 1980's) Campy TT water bottle. Only problem is, Campy doesn't make it any more :-(, and since that time, I haven't seen one since!


So when I saw this "Chrono" bottle, made by Arundel, at excelsports for about $60 or so...I bit! Compared to the large size round bottles I use, this thing is WAY more aero, the only down side being...if I loose the bottle...I'm s@rewed! And with the CRAPPY roads we got here on Oahu, who knows if the bottle will stay place. At least the carbon cage looks pretty thick and feels snug enough.


The design of the old school Campy bottle was maybe a bit better since, as I remember, that bottle was a bit skinnier and had a hole you could stick your hand through. This Arundel bottle only has some raised nubs...so hopefully it doesn't fall out of your hands when you're in the second half of a TT haze...

Hopefully this aero shaped thing "buys" me 15 or 20 seconds or so in a 40k...hopefully...