Dark HeArT Shine

Well not happy about it but who ever is, between the kids and a wife in health care that stupid little Rino Virus has got a hold of my head. Hit me like a ton of bricks last night after dinner. I wanted to go say good riddance to JMK who is off to the land of the black hills but i was out down out for the count. Rest was good i had enough in me to get out in 6 degrees air temp to ride to work. Smooth Quite and Crisp. Good start to a saturday workday. Hell of the south is coming and want to be ready, just want a good showing ,, which means crossing the finish line. Back to work the Pandora is kicking out the good reggae music, and the people and filing in. Go fast enjoy the weekend,,,Go ride a Bike!!

Really more Really

I know that i had said that I would commute every day this week and I meant it. Well that was before they called this weather. We are to see freezing rain then lots of snow. Now I am not worried abut my ablitys on a bike it is the people in cars, that may end up hitting me. So I'll drive the car, the upside the car still has the same 10 dollars of gas that i put in two weeks ago. May the skis come out again? ,, it would be nice but until then I have stuff to keep me busy. Good intervals in the garage this morning, now espresso time then to work. Lots of stuff to put on shelves. Stay warm and dry.

Summer Babe

One of those rides, Have you had one, just a nice push of the pedals right tunes, good legs cool breeze? Great drive home ....things are picking up and showing up at work making the days more interesting. Days will be getting longer and warmer, and more and more cranks will be turning. Weather is moving in but not letting it get to me, going with the punches. I may rant from time to time esp,, with foul stench of certain Skin Suit Lance Lickers show up. But just keep the wheels turning. Right. I can't tell. Every time I find I'm Shot...

Evil rides a TT bike

A bit wet on the way in just slop from splashing off my fenders on the way down bliss. Got a bit cold but was able to survive. I'll get more work done when the PM comes. Get to work and a huge delivery from Scotty Don't is here so i run up to get some shoes, and there is the Fucking Anti Christ Him Self. A devil with angle wings Jeff The shit Head Shultz, even though he quit and walked out he is being giving a chance to sell to our corporate accounts....which we have none of. A pile of shit with eyes who likes collective soul so he has to be good. Ok sorry for all the swearing just struck by the moment, I wont be nice and wont interact I invision when nazis opened the arc of the convent, and he is going to have his head melt off.. this is the asshole that coined that I have a Dark Heart.... Snow chances have been down graded more outside time on the way.

Dropping

Overnight temps were higher so getting out this morning was a bit easier than yesterday. I don't know if was a subconscious thing or what but I was dreaming about my grandpa's work shop last night a place that i have not been for over 15 years. Very vivid down to the baby food jars that he stored all of his nutz and bolts. I had planed to get out and do some repeats on Grandad's Bluff, so I don't know if the Grey matter in head was just running with the notion of grandpa's or what. Good time on the hill this morning even had some guy in full super suit try to drop me on the first pitch. I assume that he saw the fenders one gear and backpack and thought that he would attack. That did not last long. Just what i needed. More on tap, The Kid is going to do some tempo work and watch PURE SWEET HELL!

Welcome to JamRock !

I have set the bar pretty high for the week and I gave it a good go right off the back. Early in the Garage to ramp things up right in to a great breakfast. Also a no excuse clause for commuting has to be done even if it is only straight to the shop. A K is K is a K . Something like that, with Steel Pulse in the back ground it need to be done. Now my toes just need to warm up. What strange curve ball will the universe throw this week? Not sure but bring it on!

Winter again

I was asked if I wanted to going skiing today up at Levis, and my wanted response was yes but after being gone all day yesterday that would have been a hard sell. Need and want to go ski there from what i hear it is the shit,,, and they have 25+ miles of cat groomed skiing. So After a chat with Matt i went out and got after it like a 4 year old and a snack pack pudding. We go 4 inches of snow yesterday but the main roads were dry enough to spin. 18 degrees out with a good wind made for natural resistance. I am fired up need more want more the wheels spinning help keep the voices in my head quite. With the work week starting up again outside time was great. What is next might be more snow,, Will I can I ski one more Time? I want to play with one of those power tap things but not will to put the $$ down. Head is a spin after seeing so much cool stuff yesterday. Life calls and now time to wind down the grommets.

Pandora's Box

Overwhelmed from a long day on the road and talking bike stuff. JMK and my self drove to the cities to check out QBP's frostbike. Shitty roads for the drive with 4 inches of snow that fell over night. Trying to digest everything that was seen, got to put some faces to names David from Thompson, was a great one to finaly meat face to face, he has been a big help over the years with their sexy seat post and stems, and soon to be seat collars. Jeff from Ergon was there pushing the green goodness, and had a huge line of folks wanting to see what the buzz was about. Got to see a bunch of stuff and eat some food, and stay warm in the qbp compound. When we split we headed over to Freewheel bike to check out their new store that is set up for commuter and bike path hero's. Amazing what they have going on full service self service showers lockers, all available so people ride more and drive less. Then it was off to dinner at Chino Latino in uptown. I am a small town guy so this was like being in some strange movie with all kinds of glitzy people running around trying their hardest to look good. Not me though as I drank my PBR from a can. We ate with the Bike Masters crew from Omaha. Good dinner and good conversation. Some funny stories about life in the bike world, and the food was good I think that i am still full. Now back to coffee and watching bike racing, need to think about getting some miles in today, felling soft after a short unwanted break.

Round and round

Look who came in to the garage and rode in place with me.. Impressed seeing as last time she rode on a trainer she was 6 and crashed it. No crashing just some intervals and pain. Much happier if out side but temps are what they are.. Good job kid.

1.....2.........3.........

yes rest repeat so on and so on. Song #1 is not a FU song, and neither is this one. Get the blood pumping and legs moving, Time is ticking away what do you bring to the table. As long as you can jump over the height and feed the big lizard in the back yard, it'll all come together. WHaT HapPeNs Next? You Tell me!

R&R

Rest is good my hole body will be happy to rest today, then back after it tomorrow. I have some carbon bits that I want to get rid of A Bontrager Race X lite riser bar and a Race xxx Lite stem, both in great condition and never crashed. 45 each or 80 for both. If any of you in internet land are interested give me a shout. Happy hump day!!

Sweet Blues Riffs MAN!

One last good loop in before the weather turns to winter again. It has been 10 day since the snow melted and riding bikes has been fun. I got just under 300 miles in and 95% of those miles were outside. I do have to say that the climb up FO today did work me could not get the momentum up. I think that the 44x18 may have been to steep for me but then again I could use more on the flats, I guess it all equals out. How about that climb by Levi yesterday, that boy had his engine running he flew past everyone. Can't wait to see how it plays out today. Time to get warm>> This next song goes out to little whiny BITCHES everywhere.

Craft is Warm

Simple loop on sunday, little climbing nothing to big, same loop that I took sophia on last sunday. I moved ok but kept felling wind wiped, not that breezy but enough and always in your face made it feel worse than it was. Lots of miles in the legs this week and I can feel it. So that is why this morning it will be just a simple commute and after supper I do some mild spinning on the rollers. I'll get back after it tomorrow before the snow comes, not enough to ski on just enough to make a mess of stuff. Could be worse I could be cold and wet in California yesterdays stage looked miserable. Crazy all the pro bike thefts, what are they doing with these bikes selling them and how are they not getting caught.? Time to get warm and put on some layers cold out and after three hours of trying to get warm yesterday not looking to be cold again.

Temporary Dreams

Some of the images form my ride in yesterday, cool and crisp but worth every pedal stroke. Not sure why picasa is making the color changes with out asking but makes me look artsy farty. Sophia's bike is done and home she and her brother rode around a bit looks good on it and she is very excited to have new wheels,,,,now just need to work on going fast. Funny to watch the TOC last night was like a who's who of doping. Great to see that you can always come back. Wounder who is clean and who is not... Cold today riding outside may take some motivation.

Pink Moon

I like this song a lot, both Seabadoh and Walt Mink did covers of it and they both did it justice. Another good spin in today I like the long way smooth and clean roads legs responded well even after the PBR onslaught. Cold though thought that I had dressed well, but the air temp was 21 and a pit bone chilling... But that is why they make Coffee. Sun is out Wheels are turning and racing is on TV.

Falling Down

It took me a minute or two to figure out why my right side was hurting. Then my cloudy foggy memory said hey dumb ass you fell trying to ride on ice. OH Yea! Och! The only nice thing about falling on ice is no Road Rash, just pain.

Wait a Minutemen more DU

So here is part three of what was going on as I was just a dumb kid in the suburbs. I have a mp3 of the Minutemen show and they rocked,I would like to find the husker du show in an audio file so i can take it with me. It was great to see all these guys on stage together. I was in 5-6th grade at this point of the 80's wish that I would have had an idea that just 15 minutes down highway 55 the music like this was going on.. Music used to be good what happened to our world?

Thin ICE

Another good morning out on the bike Except.... Well let me say stay off the state trails until they soften or melt totally. I thought it would be a good Idea to give them a try.. Well it was not, made it a bout 50 feet before i packed it in on the side of the trail. Lucky for me i found the soft snow on the shady part of the trail because it was some solid blue Ice,,, the bike must have slip another 20 feet when I went down. Picked my self up dusted my self off and pushed on, the rest of my ride was much more uneventful. Three times up granddads was my goal and it all worked out. I do have to say that the legs are a bit tired now, but as I put Coffee and food go in i am felling more rejuvenated.. Now More DU!!!

Pink turns Blue

Ok I know enough of the photo montages but the gray color of the sky and moist black don't always make for great back grounds. The ride on the other hand was perfect. Bike and body are moving well and it is making my tapeworm hungry just making sure that I feed it with the right stuff. More tomorrow then see what the weekend brings. Did get an offer for some wheels for the kids road bike but not sure if I can pull the plug. Those dam dollars always get in the way. The Husker Du this morning got me rocking would have been the shit to see those guys back in the day. Wheels are spinning !

Divide and Conqure

Who would have thought that the long way to work would be possible this time of the year, after all the snow we had. Great to see and smell the country side, on a quite morning. The only crux of the morning was climbing up FA on the single cross, gets a bit steep at the top but is very doable. I had idea of going up and down granddads a few times, but descending it was a bit sketchy could not tell what was frozen and what was h2o, so instead I went t0 the Hippy mart and got me a scone to go with my coffee. Very nice to be on the bike, although I do think that I miss the skiing already and it has only been a few days. Stay dry but most of all stay upright.