So long, 2010. Howdy, 2011!

Did you have any goals, cycling or otherwise, for 2010?  Did you meet them?

I have been following the prompts over at Reverb 10*, and they’ve inspired me to take some time to reflect on the past year.

My bike goals for 2010 were:

1. Get the word out about Grease Rag
2. Become more involved with the Grease Rag blog with the purpose of creating a community and a WTF resource online
3. Ride my bike more
4. Go bike camping/ bike touring
5. Build a wheelset

Not that I put that much conscious effort into achieving my goals, but I did pretty well! More people are finding out about the Grease Rag every day: The Minneapolis Presents calendar has a lot to do with the buzz, mplsbikelove.com, and word of mouth.  Word of mouth= YOU.  Thank you!  As for my blogging goals, I hope that majority of the posts on the blog over the past few months have been helpful and inspire you to ride your bike.  I still have a long way to go as far as figuring out what and how to write to you all.  Working on it.  =]

I definitely rode my bike more this year than I have ever before.  I don’t count miles, but I know that I’ve gone further and pushed my limits more than I have in the past.  Nothing has so consistently made me feel confident, healthy and happy like riding a bike has.  This habit isn’t going away anytime soon.

I wasn’t able to build a wheelset, although I was able to help out and observe a wheel being built.  Next year…

Do you have goals for 2011?  I usually come up with them as the year rolls along, but this is what I have right now.

1. Get the word out about Grease Rag
2. Become more involved with the Grease Rag blog with the purpose of creating a community and a WTF resource online
3. Ride my bike more
4. More bike camping/ bike touring
5. Build a wheelset

I’m a simple person, with simple goals, haha.  I might add that I want to learn something new about my bike.  This year I changed my brake cables, maybe next year I will overhaul my headset without supervision?

Happy New Year to you all,

Lowrah

* For a fun time, make all of the prompts bike-/ WTF-related.