Bike parking in Targu Mures

In the city where I live there are some very old bike parkings, with old bike stands where you have to put one of the tires of the bike. If it is raining there is a big chance you will get dirty when you are tying the tire to the stand. To make thing worse these bike stands are put in some regular parking spaces where the cars have access, so they get unusable sometimes:

not even the police cares

But there is good news, new bike stands are starting to show up in the city. There is a nonprofit organization in the town and they are setting up the new bike parkings.

You can donate money for these bike stands or you can buy some stuff from their website, I bough a raincoat.

First Spring ride

The weather is so warm these days that you can say that Spring is already here. The ground is almost dry so we went for a short ride a few days ago.

Strava didn't record all the ride because it was looking for the gps signal but it only missed about 10 minutes. It was a very nice, it was cool that after a long winter I could descend with full speed, I didn't have to worry about slipping :)

Stats:
 - Moving time 00:48:16
 - Elapsed Time 00:52:00
 - Max Speed 51.3km/h
 - Avg Speed 15.1km/h
 - Distance 12.1 km

Healthy breakfast

My breakfast every morning at work is yogurt with cereals and honey. It is very delicious and it doesn't contain artificial sweetener and flavors. Here is my recipe:

about 300 grams of yogurt

4 tablespoons of  cereals wit nuts and dried fruits

one tablespoon of honey

mix it

This is a good breakfast wit a lot of vitamins, good sugars and proteins. You can use fresh fruits for an extra kick :)

One more winter ride

Last Sunday I went for a ride in the forest. Last week the temperature was high so most of the snow has melted and there was a lot of mud. Before the weekend it started to snow and on Saturday a few centimeters of snow was covering the mud. I hoped that there is enough snow so I went for a ride.

There was enough snow in the forest so it was a nice ride. It was slippery because of the wet snow and soe mud but it was a lot of fun.

My bike computer is not working so I don't know the statistics of the ride, but it was about 20 km long and way too much fun :)

This was probably the last snowy ride, spring is just around the corner.

Power Tools

Every man likes toys and every real man likes to have some power tools.

I bought an electric drill and it is very cool. Drilling holes in the wall is a lot of fun, this is a very powerful machine and it goes through the wall like your knife goes through butter. I'm looking forward to the next time when I have to drill some holes in the wall.

Tip for the girls: next week is Valentines day and if your bf likes to fix thing around the house get him some power tools

Winter rides

I had three rides this year in the snow, but I was to lazy to upload the pictures.

The first ride was a bit muddy, but it was fun:

The second ride was partly in the forest and partly on the road which was wet so i had to put all my clothes in the washing machine.

The last ride was this Saturday and I recorded it on Strava, and I will probably track my next rides to.

Stats:
 - distance: 12, 3 km
 - time: 1:39:04
 - average speed: 7,4 km/h
 - max speed: 27,3 km/h

2012 retrospective

As I did a year ago I'm writing a post summarizing the last year. Last year was a very fast year, although I rode only a few kilometers on two wheels there were a lot of big changes in my life. On two wheels my biggest achievement was that I completed a 100 kilometer marathon.

Stats for last year (about 1500 km, down from 3500 a year before):

 - a few hundred kilometers on the trainer
 - a few hundred kilometers on the city bike
 - 615.8 kilometers off-road, the clock is now at 8475.8

 - 300 kilometers on the road, the clock is now at 5954

I don't have a cool picture presentation like I had last year and I didn't ride as much either but I played football and spend a lot of time in the gym.

I have no big goals for this year, I only want to ride as much as I can (at least 30 kilometers every week with the city bike) and just be happy :)

Lasagna recipe

Lasagna (or lasagne) is Garfield's favorite food and one of my favorite dishes to. It is a relatively easy recipe but it takes some time to prepare it mainly because you have to make two sauces and then assemble it.

First you have to make a bolognese sauce like this:

put chopped onions and olive oil in a pot

after a few minutes add about 600 grams of ground meat (I prefer mixed ground meat, pig and beef), season with salt, pepper, paprika, and garlic

stir an cook until the meat gets brown

add tomato juice and/or whole tomatoes, season with oregano, basil,  rosemary and bay leaf

I added some frozen vegetables (corn, beans, carrots and peas)

Until the bolognese sauce is cooking (about 15 minutes) you can make the béchamel sauce:

put butter in a pot

when the butter starts to melt add flour and stir

add some milk

add milk and flour while stirring until you get the desired amount of sauce

season with pepper and nutmeg (very delicious and aromatic spice)

cook until the sauce thickens

The bolognese sauce

spread some butter in an oven pan

put one layer of béchamel sauce

and one layer of bolognese sauce

sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese

add one layer of lasagna pasta

Repeat these steps (béchamel sauce, bolognese sauce, parmesan, pasta) until you run out of sauces. Save some béchamel sauce to put on top of the last layer of pasta.

add  some cheese and some butter pieces on the top

cover it with a foil and put it in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, until the pasta gets tender  (check with a fork)

cut ii in small pieces and enjoy

Bon appetit! 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome 2013, I wish you will be a better year than 2012!!!