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!

Fatty Thursday

I hit my old stomping grounds in West Carrollton before my gig yesterday. It was fun hitting the hills. Short & steep. For the most part the plat hasn't changed in 40 years. Wow! I revisited old friends houses & creeks. Fun stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Wednesday

Back on my new Farley at MoMBA tonight with Big Tim & Joshium. Trails were pretty dry minus a few sections. I'm almost recovered from Alabama. The legs felt good on the climbs. It was nice having gears that worked. hehe Good times!

Venga!

Egg

Blue Streak TT

 After riding in the morning & on the warm up, I was still feeling the 12 hour with the heat. I raced the fatty. Didn't expect much honestly, but Once Tebow started me off, the legs felt good. 21.3 mph avg is darn good on a fat bike. Good stuff!

Venga!

Egg

TT Spin Monday

 

Easy 22 miler spin on the TT bike. Legs are good, but not feeling that great. Could be the 105 degree heat  in Saturday's race. I may have to skip tomorrow's race. We will tomorrow after a good night's sleep. Beautiful evening for a ride tho. 

Venga!

Egg

12 Hour Race Video

12 Hours of Iron Maiden

What a road trip down south near Birmingham. I missed this race last year with my crash. Howard & Josh raced it doing a great job. We arrived on July 4th late afternoon. Fun stop at Buc-ee's. We did a recon lap. I rode the course in February on the way to Florida. Still good to check out conditions. After a few miles, skies grew dark. The wind picked up. The rain started. It was light at first but then whoosh. Torrential downpour. Next came the lightning. It was too close for comfort. The trail was like water water rafting. We all made it back, but it was scary. 1.5" of rain fell in a short time. Race day was muggy even at 9 am. The trails were wet. Josh was 1st, Howard 2nd, & I 3rd for the 3 man relay. Josh did a great first lap with traffic & slick corners. Howard looked good on his lap then I rolled out. 

Sunshine with a heat index of 105 degrees. No wind. haha One mile single track climb at the start let you know if your legs were good or not. Nice roller coaster downhill after that for a bit followed by flowy ups n downs the rest of the lap. 11.3 miles with 770 ft of climbing. I had to race my old Farley hardtail due to my new Farley having a bad cassette or chainring. Broke 2 chains last week. Weird. My new parts were lost in shipping on July 3rd. Argggg. My old Farley has shifting issues with internal routing. Stress on the cable inside the frame makes shifting late and not precise. I made the most of it with pretty fast lap times considering. I did lose a chain and stopped twice on Lap 2. I had to make an executive decision letting Howard & Josh do 4 laps. I went last for lap 3 in the dark rolling the dice for if the chain would hold. I got it done. I was only a few minutes slower, but conservative on the shifting. All smiles crossing the line putting us in 5th Place. Proud of Josh & Howard. Pretty sure the 4 teams in front of us were all in their 20's. haha Us old guys did well plus 2 of us were on fat bikes. Man that final lap was so muggy and hot even though it was dark. Crazy. Glad to get in a mtb race. Not many around here this Summer. The ones that are around are the same courses. Hard to get motivated after a decade of the same thing. hehe Good times!

Mad Cow Ramble TT 6A & 6B

 

Awesome weather with sunshine & upper 80's.  Ahhhh Summer! Not much wind. I did 2x 4 miles TT's. Both started the same on Alcony - Conover going South.  I started well on TT # 1. Halfway in my saddle seemed a little low on a grinder to Elm St.. Power numbers were still pretty good tho at 314 avg watts. 26.7 mph avg. I raised the saddle just a bit and attacked TT # 2. South on Alcony then a right on Troy Urbana to the school.  Much better at 27.9 mph avg. Pretty happy with those efforts being sick last week too. The guys rode great too. Good times!

TT Tuesday

TT Spin on Silver Bullet coming up with routes for Wednesday's MCR TT. Going to do 2 short TT's to mix it up. Great power builder. Beautiful afternoon. I'm still a bit congested with this sinus thing, but we will see what's in the tank for the TT. No flats on the ride tho which is good. lol Mooooo!

Venga!

Egg