Sunday Recovery

 

36 mile recovery ride in Cow Country this afternoon. The legs weren't too bad which is a great sign the form is progressing. Hit some old Sunday Ranchero roads. Thought of many riding buddies from the old days. Some great Sunday rides back in the day. Crazy I'm still doing it. haha Another good week down. Hmmm recovery day tomorrow? Who knows. haha

Venga!

Egg

Ride # 2 - Mad Cow Ramble TT # 2

Ride # 2 Mad Cow Ramble TT # 2. Ouch! haha The wind picked up when I arrived in Casstown. 8.62 mile course. The legs were not fresh by design. The warm up was meh. After 5 miles I hit the TT. The First half was rolling but mainly tailwind. I started pretty fast. 2 KOM's. Peterson Road East always gets me. Today wasn't too bad. The bike felt much better than than last week, Moved some things around. I made the turn on to Alcony - Conover at halfway. The crosswind was strong. I made the right on to Troy- Urbana and whoosh. The wind was in full force. 3.5 miles to go. The legs were on empty, but I gave it my all to the finish. 25.7 mph avg. Pretty darn good in those winds. Making progress. 9 racers today. Awesome! Great job everyone!

Venga!

Egg

Ride # 1 - Farmersville Fatty Saturday

Fun 5 lap fatty ride in Farmersville today for Ride # 1. Winds 18+ mph SW. Partly sunny & 79. Nice. 32 miles with 1.800+ ft. of climbing. 1.5 miles out of the 6 mile loop is gravel with the rest rolling pavement with 1 wall. I kept up on the hydration, but it was a hot one. 

Venga!

Egg  

Road Ridin' Friday

 70's & sunshine after the morning rain. Nice! Got out for a 23 miler with The Beast & Joshium. Too nice not to ride. We hit a KOM segment with the guys killing it. Good times! Ready for some fun tomorrow.

Venga!

Egg

Wednesday & Thursday

 

Chilly Wednesday even though temps were in the 50's. Fun fatty hill ride. 2+ hours with 1300 feet of climbing. Thursday felt way warmer with temps in the upper 50's. I stole one at MoMBA. 18 miles of fun. New bike is breaking in nicely. The rain came down as i finished.  I also hit Zwift both mornings for 30 minute rides. Fun stuff!

Venga!

Egg

TT Tuesday

 Windy windy windy! Still got to ride though even if you're almost killed by wind & crazy drivers. haha

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Kentucky Sunday Video

Weekend Report!

1 hour Fatty spin Saturday in Fundalia. Did 2 efforts with 2 KOM's. Chilly though. It would have been real easy to not ride. haha Sunday Josh & I headed to Kentucky. 3 hours 15 minutes / 40 mile fatty ride on gravel & single track with 3,100 ft. of climbing. Beautiful roads and trails. It was miserable back home, so we stole one. haha Another good week in the saddle. Good times!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Friday

 

Back on the bike after a rest day. Wow Spring is here, but chilly. Typical Ohio weather. LOL Fun 2+ hour fatty ride with T.Bolt, Joshium, & Big Tim. 1389 feet of climbing along the Stillwater Valley with a few intervals. The guys rode strong. Josh was attacking the hills. Sunshine & 51. Winds at 15 mph kept it chilly. Beautiful day though. Nice riding with the guys. Good stuff! I'll do a fatty spin tomorrow then Sunday will be fun! 

Venga!

Egg

Skinny Tire Wednesday

 

Windy Wednesday. Solo 30 miler from Pleasant Hill. I rode South 15 miles in that wind then enjoyed tailwind back. Put in a few efforts. My legs were tired from yesterday, but efforts were good. 65 degrees in March is awesome even with 20+ mph winds. haha Rest day tomorrow!

Venga!

Egg

TT Tuesday

TT testing today. Did a few minor adjustments after last week's TT. Tested the aero bar angles. It's funny how after you test , you end up back where ya had things originally. haha Seat height has been an issue post 2020 back injury. I tried a little higher than last week. Ended up 1 mm higher. Hit some segments. Not too bad. I love this bike tho. I loved my old silver bullet. I still laugh I found a new one 14 years later. haha This bike steers so responsive & bulletproof compared to my four previously owned Speed Concept's. Good stuff. I will wait a week to hop back on to see how everything feels. Hip angle is pretty much only thing left to maybe improve on. We shall see. Always fun testing stuff out in March. 

Venga!

Egg

Double Ride Monday

 

The sun returned today. Chillier than last week, but normal for March. Fun 90+ minute fatty ride from Union. 1200 feet of climbing hitting hills in the park on both sides of the river. A few intervals in there as well. I even took a 6th place on a segment where everyone else used road bikes. haha I hit Zwift for a quick 5 miler before my St. Patty's gig. Another good one in the books!

Venga!

Egg

Rest Day Sunday

Busy afternoon of cleaning & maintaining all my Bicicletta’s. My other Madone not pictured is on the trainer. Worked more on the trailer too. Yep took awhile, but 2025 Cape Epic prologue live feed was on. Fun stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Saturday Recovery Spin

The winds were howling yesterday. I worked on bikes all day, but temps were still 70 degrees. I hopped on my Allant 7s for some fun around the plat. Turbo mode is a blast. I was going 25 mph into a 30 mph gusting headwind. haha 14 mile recovery ride. Oh I still get a workout running RPM's 95-100. I love this bike commuting to work. The rain poured just as I got home. haha Stole another one!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Hueston Woods Friday

Last Summerlike day. What a week huh? WOW! Sunshine & 78 degrees. Fun 3 hour ride with Joshium & T.Bolt. First real test on the new Farley. 90% dialed in now. The trails were excellent for March. Happy to get in the last two days on the trails. Howard's first ride at Hueston Woods. He killed it. Impressive on the tech sections. Josh had his new Supercaliber out. What a bike.  Badassery! Awesome 7 day block for me. I'm whooped. haha Back at it on Monday!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Thursday

Fun 90 minute recovery ride at MoMBA. The trails were killer. I hit Hawk's Lair three times. It's been a while. Not many people out either. Sunshine & 75. I'll miss this weather for sure. lol I got a little nostalgic. Never thought I'd find myself in 2025. haha Time has flown by considering I first road MoMBA back in 2011. The legs were feeling last night's TT & multiple days. By the end of the ride all was good! Beautiful day. Yeah!

Venga!

Egg

Mad Cow TT # 1- Mooooo!

 

Awesome weather kicking off Mad Cow TT # 1. Sunshine & 72 degrees. 10 racers. WOW! First real test on Silver Bullet. 9.7 mile route. We raced this back in June of 2016. Wow! The guys went off one by one then it was my turn. Troy - Urbana East has never been my favorite. 3.4 miles with some testing uphill grinders. Not a bad effort at 300 avg watts. I was 25.3 mph avg at that point. I made the right turn on to Alcony - Conover. I found my line over the bumps to SR 55. 27.3 avg on that section. Right turn on to SR 55 then Westward 3.96 miles to the finish in Casstown. 27.3 mph into the wind at 294 avg watts. I crossed the line with 21:55 at 26.6 mph. Great start to the season. 2nd Place. That was day 5 in a row, so the legs were not fresh. The sensations are there. The bike felt great. Some small fine tuning to do, but nothing major which hampered me the last few years. Great job everyone!

Venga!

Egg