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

Blue Streak TT - Fatty Style

Late night at work. Got home at 5:45. Took the fat bike since I wouldn't be getting a warm up in. Arrived 6:20. Short spin then raced. Working all Summer outside has been brutal. I still hammered a fast 20.7 mph avg. 2 days after Sunday's races. Glad I got to race. Racing the fat bike is one heck of a workout. Who knows if I'll race the tt bike again there this year.  haha Glad Howard and Tebow raced too!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Monday

Drove to John Bryan only to find it was the only place it rained. lol I turned around then headed for MoMBA. I spun the legs for 90 minutes. 90+ degrees. Argggg The legs were pretty good. Don't know if I'll race TT or fat bike tomorrow at Blue Streak. Hmmm.....

Venga!

Egg

OSO Sunday

 

I raced my first Ohio Senior Olympics. Yep. I could have done 2 other years starting at 50. Still feel weird, but hey a race is a race. Sean crushed both 5k & 10K TT's plus road race. I took 2nd place in both TT's. I had a gig Saturday night. I was whooped, but I showed up. 5k was first. Really happy with 28.8 mph avg. We waited a hour then did the 10k TT. My legs were meh after the break. I still did a good effort. 26.3 avg but that course was rough rolling. 25.3 at halfway. I did 28.7 avg on 2nd half of TT. Legs came around by then. Josh did a great job 3rd place for both TT's in our age group. Overall Sean was 1st on both TT's. I was 3rd Overall on both TT's. Josh was 6th & 7th overall. Road race was a bonus for me. I set the pace for first few miles then Josh took over setting Sean to attack and win. Josh 2nd place with me 3rd. Good stuff! 

Thursday Spin

 21 mile spin ride with a few efforts on my 2007 Madone 6.9 SSL. The legs recovered nicely after last night. Keeping it easy until Sunday's races. 

Venga!

Egg

MCR TT # 7 - Cowbooooom

 

It's been a while since I TT'd. I was excited to test out the new 54 x 11-28. Beautiful night. I designed a fast course. hehe 8.46 miles. Downhill on the profile with tailwind. I wasn't feeling fresh per say, but I got up to speed fast. I suffered veryet a very good effort. 28.4 mph avg. Yeah! Sean was 29.9 mph but he's pro level now. Amazing. Josh was still feeling Sunday's race, but did a great job at 26.8 mph. Everyone rode fast! I hopped on the fat bike for TT # 2. What an effort. 22.4 mph avg on pavement. I rode some anger after Sunday's race. LOL Very pleased. Great prep for Sunday's senior Olympics TT's. 

Venga!

Egg

BR4 Race Video

Fatty MoMBA Tuesday

 

Back on the fat bike after yesterday's examination at Big Tim's bike shop. I beat the rain. Well it rained as I rode, but it was light. Nothing got through the trees. I tested last night's adjustments out. The bike shifted superbly under load which was a huge relief. The legs felt good too. Huge difference in riding tonight when all is good with the drive chain. 1 hour 20 mins of fun. The training has begun for the MoMBA XC race in late September. 

Venga!

 Egg

BR4 8 Hour Race

Josh & I headed to Michigan for a 8 hour race. We went to race dry trail with no expectation of doing the entire 8 hours. Sunshine with temps in the low 60's at the start. Josh was on his badass 29er. That bike is fast. To top it off, Josh was on an amazing day. We rode the first 4 laps together. We were 3rd & 4th. Wow! On lap 5 my bike started to mis-shift. Broke 2 chains the same way. I backed off a bit with Josh a minute or so in front. I debated stopping, but I did 1 more lap for 52.2 miles / 4 Hours 13 minutes at 13 mph. Pretty darn fast on a fatty and with the issues. Josh kept going and found himself in 2nd. He had to keep going. Well, in the end, he won the race doing 12 laps at 104 miles. Wow! So proud of him. Josh has worked hard over the years. Good stuff! I ended up 11th. Despite the mechanical, I got my 4 hours in. I have other goals coming up this weekend on the TT bike anyhow. Turned out the chain / shifting issue was resolved tonight with Big Tim. After 2 chains breaking, my ptsd's in high gear. Luckily my chain had no signs of wear this time. The 1x setup is just temperamental. We adjusted it a bit, so it should be smoother shifting under load. Back on the tt bike this week with MCR TT # 7 & Sunday's Senior Olympics TT's. 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Saturday

 Back to MoMBA again. hehe Short spin to make sure everything is good for tomorrow. Beautiful day. Off to Michigan to race. Mooooo!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Friday

Back to MoMBA. What a difference from Wednesday. The trails were in great shape. Josh & I had a blast. Summer has been brutal. So far so good on the new chainring. We'll see what happens in Sunday's race. The heat will be back but these days will be enjoyed!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MomBA Wednesday

Back on the trails after a few weeks due to rain. Wow what a blast! No mud either, It was great riding with Buz again. Joshium was there too on his Fatty Dopamine. It was hot. 99 degrees at one point. haha 

Venga!

Egg

Monday Sunset

The heat was killer today. I waited until 7:30 to ride. 20 miler in Cow Country. I headed South through Carriage Hill Farm. It's been years since I've ridden those roads. Seems like yesterday when I did Fred's Ride there in the fall of 1988. I took Bellefontaine Rd. North to SR 235 then into New Carlisle. The bugs were getting me in the last few miles. I put in a few good efforts. Not bad for the heat. Temp was 85 when I finished at 8:45. haha Crazy!

Venga!

Egg 

Weekend Wrap Up

 

 It's hot. Enough said. LOL I've limited my rides to around a hour at a time during this heatwave. I'm still not recovered from the 12  hour earlier in the month. Easy 1 hour spin Saturday after a rest day Friday. Double ride on Sunday. TT race recon in the morning. Rain, heat, rain, heat, etc etc Ride # 2 on the Madone. Nice 11 mile spin before picking up dinner. The rain felt great with the humidity non existent. Oh the heat returns tomorrow, but it was a nice reprieve.

Venga!

Egg

Skinny Tire Thursday

 Hot hot hot! Heat index 102 degrees. Yikes! 20 miler spin with 1 KOM effort. Rolled through New Carlisle then NE to Walnut Grove. I was taking plenty of water bottle showers over the head to stay cool. Rudy in the wind is always fun. Every time I ride those roads I get nostalgic. I miss those days with Keith on Rudy. Looking back to see everyone in the hurt locker was so fun. haha Hard to believe that was 20 years ago.  Good times! 

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Wednesday

Fun 27 miler on old Ramble roads. It was a hot one for sure. Good avg tempo tho. Rode by Keith's house as I headed to the truck. Great memories. Shorter rides in the heat for sure. 

Venga!

Egg

Skinny Tire Tuesday

The heat & humidity come tomorrow, but today's ride was killer. I parked in Medway riding NE up near Thackery & back. 30.5 miles on the Madone SL6. I miss the days of working in Springfield when I parked at Northwestern H.S. Love them roads. Corn is off the hook. Third day in a row after a rest week. The legs are coming around. I'll do some efforts tomorrow for sure. This year has been the most road riding with all the trails closed. It's been fun. 

Venga!

Egg

Triple Ridin' Monday

Triple ride Monday. Commute to work on the Silver E. Then a quickie 16 miler on my Madone SL6 from West Milton before dinner at my Dad's. I went back out for a 10 mile night ride on Silver E. Turbo mode is so fun. haha The weather was nice. 73 degrees. I wish it would stay that way, but the heat is returning. 

Venga!

Egg 

Sunday Ramble Ranchero

Back on the bike after a few rest days since it was a rest week. Fun 46 miler with Josh. Many roads on the old Sunday route over to Terre Haute. Lots of great memories. We stole one before the storms. We came across this Trump sign in the middle of nowhere. haha 

Venga!

Egg

Sunset Thursday

Another long & busy day, but got out for a 21 mile sunset ride on my 5.9 Madone. I  rode from the same location as last night. I hit the Swanny Swan Strava segment that Howard & I did last night. I tied my KOM last night,  2 seconds faster for a new KOM with no tail wind. Yeah! 

Venga!

Egg

Wednesday Night Delight

Back at it after a rest day. The storms rolled though leaving sunshine & dry roads with Howard & Josh. The corn is crazy tall. It blocked the wind coming back. Howard & Josh put in a ton of intervals on Strava segments. I rode the 5.9 Madone again. Good stuff. 34 miles of fun in the sun! Mooooo!

Venga!

Egg

Sunday & Monday

Hot hot hot & rain these days. haha Easy 30 mile spin ride from P-hill with Josh Sunday. The corn is getting up there. Wow! I rode the 5.9 Madone. New tires & handlebar. Still a killer bike. New 2010 old stock I built up in 2020. Ride # 2 was a fun late night 10 miler on the e-bike in turbo mode. hehe TT Monday spin in Clayton up to West Milton & back. Always working on position. Have a month before the next race. Silver Bullet is an awesome bike. Happy to found that new old stock last year. Beautiful evening to ride. Yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Hoosier Hill Friday

87 mile ride to the highest point in Indiana aka Hoosier Hill with The Beast & Joshium. It was hot. haha Nice being back on the SL6 Madone. Good workout! Mooooo!