Well I set a new personal record for bike distance yesterday. My brother and I went out with some leisurely MT bikers and then we went for another 20 miles after they left. That’s right a total over 35 miles in a single ride. The worst part was that I got a cramp in my right quad at about mile 30… but what are you gonna do when the car is still 5 miles away?
Wow. I tried to look up my old training reg but, I was apparently REALLY lazy about posting my training progress for the Sports Barn Tri last year… only one posting in March. I didn’t even log in my newer better faster race day time! I don’t feel like digging that up today but watch for it soon.
I only have time for a quick update of this years training. I’m still having great results by training like a Navy Seal:
It’s hard to believe that mankind can create remote control robots that can play soccer on a field only 2mm wide – but the microscope-enhanced video is hard to dispute. Though I think we should point out that so far the nanobots have achieved what is better described as soccer practice than a soccer game.
Due to the response to our E-Car roundup we’ve included the cars everyone said we were missing… A lot of you seem very excited about the “smart” cars but i just don’t get it. Go the traditional econo car route and you’ll be a lot happier.
Smart ForTwo Passion – $14,000 
The Smart ForTwo claims it gets 33/41 mpg but I believe that’s based on the “pure” model that doesn’t have an AC or radio. Real world testing shows a 32 mpg average*. Which isn’t bad but it certainly isn’t that good considering how ugly this car is or that it only sports a 3 cylinder engine. If you like the Jetsons buy this car. If you want to carry around more than your man purse – look elsewhere.
Why is this car such a rage in Europe then you ask? Because European countries are cute little places that lack -um- space. The Smart ForTwo is 1/2 sized. Meaning it can fit in the 1/2 spaces available in Europe. Here in vast America you don’t have to worry about how many scooters you’re displacing – and 1/2 sized spaces don’t exist. Seriously this car was design to save space – not the planet.
Honda Fit 09 – $14-20,000 
Winner of Car & Drivers 10 Best, the Fit hatchback is currently the econo-car with both the most fun and the most people & cargo capacity.
So after hearing about it online and even seeing a HHO Booster working in real life on my good friend’s 4Runner – part of me still couldn’t believe that you could separate water molecules into its component gases so easily.
So I finally got around to grabbing two stainless steel light switch cover plates from Lowes on one of my many visits to the DIY paradise… And you know what? It works.
Using only the two cover plates electrically separated by a bit of styrofoam plate, a water bath with a bit of baking soda, and a couple D batteries I successfully split water in to hydrogen and oxygen. The funny thing is since I didn’t “condition” my plates (get whatever coating must be on them) the gas bubbles all formed along the edge of the plates. But still very cool.
So Hydroxy or HHO is not a scam it actually works. Well at least the water to gas splitting part – wither it will increase gas mileage or usher in a new era remains to be seen.