Marsh Creek

For a while now, we have been doing Tuesday night rides down at Marsh Creek. The riding is not too technical which makes it passable on a cross bike. But the riding is fun, the people are great, and Victory Brew Pub afterward is always good. Its absolutely worth the hour long drive down there. It is really cool to get to the dock parking area first when it is dark. Here is a photo I tried to get of the water before everyone got there.We usually leave around 5:30-45 ish. Anyone is welcome. I wont be there next week, but there is a 16-man Jazz band at Victory on the first Tuesday of every month.

Cross Dresser

So I have been using my cross bike as a mountain bike for a few months now. And with the 1" of travel in the head shok, it was working out pretty good. But I wanted to get some new shoes for my cross dressing cross bike. Something with a little pump to it. I took a gamble, hoping that these would fit through the stays and fork:
And they worked perfect. The tires are basically a 1.8" wide 29'er tire. I took them out for a quick test ride, and they were even more impressive. I really like the tread and I think its going to take my cross dressing cross bike to the next level - Rothrock and French Creek here we come. Take a look how mean it looks in drag:It didnt look quite so mean lying in the creek after I hit the dog-legged mossy wood bridge at speed in the rain. You wont find a tire that can grip that.

One-ness

Shocking.

If I dont want to fall from the stunts and bridges at Vassar Farms, I better absorb some of Danny MacAskill's.... well some of his skills.

Somebody get me off of this reef

I will give you a nickel if you can guess who this is:

Souplesse

My friend, Mike Chauner, just started a new business - Velo Souplesse

http://www.velosouplesse.com/coming-soon/

So I took it upon myself to google Souplesse. Apparently it means something that is supple. But, here are the just a few images right from JUST the first page of the google image search. I wish them all the success. And I wish you all the success, getting these images out of your head.

epic

Epic Ride:
4 hours, 30 mile, night mountain bike ride. It hurt. It hurt my head when i ate it on that one descent. It hurt my neck after riding that long for the first time in months. And it hurt my legs when that last hour took forever.

Epic Books:
The Rider - "And the crowd falls for it every time! How often have I seen people clapping and cheering for a rider who, having been lapped six times, pushes on bravely? It's an insulting brand of applause - for where does a winning rider get the right to revel in applause if the crowd isn't obliged to hiss at him when he fails?"

Epic Plea:

VCard

Working on Dynaflo's budget, schedule, and logistics for 2010. I was coming up with the schedule and going to each race's website if they had one. I was at Chris Thater's when I saw this:
If you didn't notice at first glance, you can get James F. May's vcard at the bottom there. It turns out it is just his contact information... sorry ladies.