MCR Dirt Roubaix Video

Mad Cow Ramble Dirt Roubaix

 

What a night. It's been 3 years since we raced the out n back gravel loop in Farmersville. Awesome weather. Anthony road was perfect. Big Tim counted us down. Sean took off on his gravel bike. Zoom! Josh followed while I stayed with Big Tim on his E-MTB, We caught Josh on lap 1. The laps flew by as I cheered everyone coming at us. Josh, Big Tim & I finished together at 18.5 mph. We were delayed by two trucks and a tractor which cut our avg speed. Sean crushed it at 19.9 avg. Howard, Buz, & Tebow came in all smiles in 5th, 6th, & 7th places. 22 miles of dirt. Boy were we covered in it too, Mooohahaha Great warm up for Sunday's race. Good times!

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Tuesday

Another ride in Cow Country. This time on my 2010 Madone 5.9. Killer bike! Great weather once again. 25 miles at 19.3 avg. Steady tempo with a few intervals. Good stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Labor Day Weekend Wrap Up

Killer weather for a long weekend. Big Tim, Josh, & I hit Hueston Woods Friday night. 2 hours of fun including a KOM. What an interval that was. I had that fat bike Moooooovin'. haha On The TT bike Saturday working on marginal gains. Outdoor velodrome in front of Bethel. Fun stuff. Sunday was a blast. 3+ hours on the fat bikes from Urbana with Buz & Josh. We took the SKT up to West Liberty then hit TR 65 climb then looped to Zanesfield. Fun CR 10 climb up to Bellefontaine. SKT tailwind for 18 miles back. Buz did really well. Josh & I set a great tempo. Great having Buz back! I finished off the weekend with a nice 26 miler in Cow Country on the Madone including a KOM. Short week ahead with 2 races. September is  here. Wow!

Venga!

Egg

MCR Gravel TT

Well, more like thick chip n seal, but we had a blast. 15.3 miles. Love that race course. I felt great at 20.6 mph avg on the fat bike. Yeah! The Beast hammered the gravel bike with Bradley running a road bike. Both 23+ mph. I was 3rd / 1st Fat Bike. The rest were on fat bikes including Big Tim. Oh yeah! The guys killed it. Impressive speeds. Great job fellas!

Venga!

Egg

TT Recon

Another killer day. I recon'd tomorrow's MCR TT route. The gravel has been blown off my traffic, but the thick chip n seal is there. Perfect for a fat bike. We will see what's in the tank. 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Momba Monday

 2 hours at MoMBA. 72 degrees with perfect trails. Not many people either. Yeah! 

Venga!

Egg

Homer GG Race Vid

Homer Gravel Grinder - Fatty Style

What a day yesterday. 2nd year racing in Homer. The race is short but it's so much fun in those 30 miles. Zooooooom!  Another killer day with temps in mid 60's with no wind. I felt great. We started fast working our way up to the main group by halfway. Josh & I hammered the last 10 miles taking turns on the front. The pavement sections were so fast hitting 30 mph. Some strong racers. Josh took 1st place Fat Bike & 2nd place Fatty for me. Josh 2nd and myself 3rd overall at 20.2 avg. WOW! That's flying on a fat bike. Buz won the 21 mile Fat bike. Good stuff! We hit Alum Creek P2 trails on the way home. Fun stuff! Proud of Josh & Buz! 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Farmersville Wednesday

 Fun 32 miler / 1790 ft. of climbing with Josh, Buz, & Big Tim. The weather was amazing. Perfect conditions for that loop. Gravel race prep for Saturdat. Yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Tuesday

Stole one in Cow Country. Left Bethel School rolling North up SR 201 Rollers to Casstown - Clark. Nothing like those rollers. What great battles back in the day. Man were those fun times. haha I rode ahead of the rain. Had a few sprinkles heading West to Hufford. Good tempo ride at 19.2 avg. Always fun hitting The Cow Hill. I went up Pisgah Hill instead of Rudy. I had some good battles on that road too. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago. Time flies. I got back to the lot just in time. It poured as I pulled away. haha Good times!

Venga!

Egg

Recovery Monday

 

Easy spin 21 miler from Brookville. Nice being on the road bike. The legs were good. Rebuild for this weekend's race!

Venga!

Egg

JB 6 Hour Vid

JB 6 Hour - Victory

 I had no plans to race the JB 6 Hour. Then Josh agreed to a 2 man team. Well Josh wanted to go solo plus they added a fat bike class. Here we go again. lol Good having Buz & Tebow there. We lined up and it was go time. Lemans style run. Then came the tight winding tape in the grass. Lots of back up there. I settled in. Josh lead us around for lap 1 at a nice tempo. He stopped for a bottle and I spun ahead. I hit the single track rolling lap 2. I never saw Josh again. I ticked off another lap. I had the win locked up already. I did my 4th lap with a big lead. No need to keep going. 48 miles at 12.8 mph avg. Why not keep going? Well I didn't have to. lol I've done my share of 6-7 laps in the 6 hour. It gets boring.  I felt great tho. The bike worked like it should too. Yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Westwood Wednesday

 Awesome night in New Casrle with Buz, Josh, & Big Tim. No rain and trimmed trails. Zooom. The bike felt great finally. What a blast!

Venga!

Egg