Month: May 2022

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

Blue Monday Edition of SORT
As of Monday, May 2, 2022 at 6:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
1973 Porsche 914 2019 Ford Ranger XLT 1957 Chevrolet Suburban
If my parents had made a lot of money this car would have been my high school graduation present. If I had made a lot of money this would have been my retirement present to myself. If my godparents had made a lot of money they would have bought this new as a gift for my parents.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sports: 1933 Ford Highboy Roadster Sold for $31,000 on 4/29/22
Off-Road: 1974 International Harvester Scout II Bid to $29,000 on 4/28/22
Touring: 1963 Jaguar MK II Sold for $31,750 on 4/28/22

GCN

While we don’t cycle as much as we used to, we still like to watch the professionals do it. Every July since in the early 90’s we have watched the Tour de France on whatever network has shown it. Probably for the last decade or so we have subscribed to NBC Sports Gold, the most recent home of the Tour de France 3-week grand tour.

Along with the Tour de France NBC Sports Gold showed several other races as well, from a couple of spring classic one day events, to a couple of week long races like the Tour Down Under in Australia and Paris-Nice in France. We have also been able to watch the Vuelta a España, one of the three other 3-week grand tours.

The only 3-week grand tours we have never seen is the Giro d’Italia, well, that changes this year. Turns out that Global Cycling Network, something that started in 2013 as a YouTube channel, now carries the Italian grand tour. We have signed up for the month of May for GCN+ for a mere $9 just so we can see this grand tour. They also carry tons of other races from Europe, so maybe we just might sign up for a whole ($45) so we can get all sorts of commercial free cycling content.

18.5 mile trip to the Running Y for a 3 mile walk.
Times Miata Driven since 01/01/22: 18