<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>commissaire on the dubious monk</title><link>https://thedubiousmonk.net/tags/commissaire/</link><description>Recent content in commissaire on the dubious monk</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-ca</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:15:01 -0600</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://thedubiousmonk.net/tags/commissaire/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>spring classics</title><link>https://thedubiousmonk.net/posts/260414-spring-classics/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:57:23 -0600</pubDate><guid>https://thedubiousmonk.net/posts/260414-spring-classics/</guid><description>&lt;p>Over the winter Edmonton opened a new velodrome and I have been taking advantage of my Velocity club membership to ride it weekly. It&amp;rsquo;s great having an indoor place to get together with other cyclists and go fast with no brakes. I haven&amp;rsquo;t crashed yet.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>&lt;img src="https://thedubiousmonk.net/trackswoop2026-desat.jpg" alt="Swooping!" title="Photo by Germaine"/>&lt;sup id="fnref:1">&lt;a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1&lt;/a>&lt;/sup>&lt;/p>
&lt;p>And though it&amp;rsquo;s fun to keep riding and keep the legs working&lt;sup id="fnref:2">&lt;a href="#fn:2" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">2&lt;/a>&lt;/sup>, I&amp;rsquo;m much happier to be out riding on the road again. Our club did a warmup 70km ride to kick off the outdoor season on Saturday, and I feel like I should have gone with the fast group. Don&amp;rsquo;t get me wrong, I&amp;rsquo;m not actually fast, but maybe it&amp;rsquo;d be good to push myself a bit more.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>