Ramblin' Wednesday

 Stole another one. We rode around the rain. 30+ miles from P-Hill with The Beast, Joshium, & T.Bolt. Lots of sprints. The rain came down as we drove home. Mooohahaha!

Venga!

Egg

Blue Streak TT

 

Wow a race! haha It's been almost a month. My schedule is crazy this year and a ton of events are the same day ot a day after a gig. Other than Cow events  and Blue Streak's, I don't know if I'll do any races the rest of 2026. Time will tell.  The warm up was kind of  meh. I headed for the start. Tebow sent me off. The first few pedal strokes were not great, but but by the first mile, I started feeling good. Finished really well. Pretty happy with that effort setting a new PR for the year of 20.7 mph avg. Pretty darn good on a fat bike. What a workout. haha T.Bolt & Buz did great. Sean won the TT with 29.6 mph. WOW!

Venga!

Egg

Brookville Monday

The rain rolled through leaving sunshine in the afternoon. Fun 22 miler through Verona & Gordon. Set a new KOM too on rough chip n seal. Good 2 mile effort. New parts arrive tomorrow for a few road bikes.  Attack mode on a few segments I've been saving. Moooohahaha!

Venga!

Egg

Medway Sunday

Well earned sleep in Sunday. Rain was on & off. I worked on bikes in the garage. I had a window, so I got in a 20 miler from Medway late this afternoon. I could see the rain coming at me. I raced back to the truck. I hammered Three Pronunciation Road segment. Missed the KOM by 1 seciond. Seems to be my norm lately. haha 30 mph avg. Good watts. I didn't have much of a tailwind either. Started raining as I drove home. Stole another one! I'm happy to be getting in 20 milers with all the muggy weather. Argggg Halfway through August. 

Venga!

Egg
 

Twin Towers Saturday

 Busy Saturday, but I got ouyt after the rain for a 23 miler. Back to Twin Towers Park. Love those roads.  The roads have been chip n sealed, but still fun. The short hills are always good for the legs. I put in a few intervals missing both KOM's by 1 secon d each. haha No wind, so the watts were pretty darn good. It was muggy again. It got worse in the evening at my gig. No wind outside. haha 

Venga!

Egg

Farmland Friday

 

Back to Brookville for a 27 miler. Sunshine for a change. Lower humidity too. More rain coming which means no single track for a bit. Arggg. Lots of roads to ride tho. Moooohaha

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Thursday

 Another busy day, but I got out before the rain returned. 20 miler from Bethel in Cow Country. Another ride on the 5.9 Madone. This bike kicks ass. Rim brakes rule. I'll be back on my Emonda next week. Ordered new rotors. my 5,9 Madone is so light & responsive. If it were aero shaped it would be faster than today's bikes. Fun stuff! I worked my way West near old PECO then down Rudy. Up Jay's Climb NE to Walnut Grove. Tonight was a trip down memory lane. I don't look back too often. This year's had me contemplating life in many ways. When your parents are suffering it's tough. It's hard to believe I'm 54. It's crazy I'm still riding these roads. So many battles and characters. I miss the Ramble Days. Post Ramble racing got crazy. I was fortunate to win many TT's, gravel, & MTB events over the years. That era was special though. Every Wednesday was epic. Thanks to everyone who came out. I hope you are all doing well. I headed back to Bethel via The Cow Hill, Hamnmer Head Hill, & Pisgah Hill for a change. Seated tempo efforts. The legs felt good. I got back to the school then hopped on my TT bike for a 3 mile spin. It's been a few weeks. Just wanted to make sure position was still good. The rain started as I pulled away. Stole another one!

Venga!

Egg

Brookville Wednesday

 

2 days of rain, but it finally ended around 5 this afternoon. 23 miler from Brookville on the 5.9 Madone. 71 degrees felt great. So much flooding. Wow! 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Monday

Rain was projected at 4:45. I got to MoMBA around that time. Got in over a hour & 5 minutes. No rain. 93 degrees. Humidity was crazy. Only had that much time to ride, but good tempo ride on the trails. Air conditioning felt great after. haha

Venga!

Egg

Weekend Round Up

Hot & humid weekend. It was also a busy one, but I got ouyt both days. Short 15 miler from Twin Towers. It's been awhile. I did the north part of the Leg Breaker route. Hard to believe it's been 20 years since that epic race day. I cruised around in the heat. 92 degrees. I then headed straight to my gig. 3 hours of drumming in that heat on concrete. lol I got out late Sunday afternoon in Casstown for a 23 miler. Same thing. HOT HOT HOT! Summer is now off season now since I work in the heat all week long plus my gigs are on the races I wanted to do. arggg. Still got in a 10+ hour week on the bike.  Looking forward to Fall. 

Venga!

Egg

 

Fatty Momba Thursday

 Exhausting work day in the heat & humidity. Got in 70 minutes at MoMBA. Sweatty sweaty sweaty ride. haha Good 4 days block. 

Venga!

Egg

Wednesday Ramble

 38 miler in Pleasant Hill with The Beast, T.Bolt, & Joshium. Beautful day. 

Venga!

Egg

Fatty Westwood Tuesday

 

Big Tim & I headed to Nerw Castle for some Westwood action. Love this place! Real Mountain Biking. We got in 2 laps. Tim was flying on his E-MTB. My laps were pretty good with my 2nd lap a minute faster. Beautiful evening. We had the park to ourselves! Yeah! 

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Monday

Back on the bike after a rest weekend. Beautiful weather today. Howatd & I got in a fun 37 miler in Cow Country. We stopped by the same spot I was at Friday. We almost got eaten. lol We left from Bethel heading East through New Carlisle. Milton - Carlisle has just been resurfaced. It's been many years. Nice! We then headed North near North Hampton for our Squatch photo's. lol We continued NW to Christiansburg via Ballentine then Addison - Carlisle. We put in a few efforts on Casstown - Clark West. Tailwind South from Casstown. The bugs were massive. Miles of riding though them. lol Up the Cow Hill, Hammerhead Hill, then up Rudy. Old times goodness. I paced Howard up Rudy. I let out a big loud " Keith" at the top. Miss those days! Great ride!

Venga!

Egg

Medway Friday

 

Back on the road bike. 20 miler from Medway. Cloudy skies which was nice. Easy spin enjoying the evening. Ran into my squatch buddy again. LOL

Venga!

Egg

Fatty MoMBA Thursday

 Busy day, but got out to MoMBA for a 70 minute spin ride. Last ride without my Garmin. New one arrived today, but wasn't charged. I used my Strava app on my phone.  Looking forward to tomorrow's adventure!

Venga!

Egg

P-Hill Wednesday

37 miler with T.Bolt & Joshium from P-Hill. Sunshine & low 80's. Tailwind on the second half. Good times!

Venga!

Egg
 

Late Night Tuesday

 Another fun late night ride around Fundalia! Awesome out at 11:30. haha

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Monday

 

Howard & I stole one. Fun 28 miler in Cow Country. Humid with rain on the way. We rolled all the way to Christiansburg before light rain. Dayton - Brandt all the way back was light rain. We had a blast trading pulls. Like old times. The heavy rain & lightning hit as we drove off. Mooooohahaha!

Venga!

Egg

Weekend Wrap Up

Busy Saturday. Got out for a midnight 19 miler around Fundalia. Beautiful night. I headed back to Westwood after an amazing TDF finale. Westwood is my fav place now. Hayes is overgrown which is a bummer. HW is ok but really buggy this time of year. No one at Westwood. Solo Fatty fun! I started at a good tempo. The legs felt good on the hills, so I kept it going. New PR. I cruised Lap 2 taking photo's plus enjoying the scenery. Fun stuff!

Venga!'

Egg

Fatty Town Run & Westwood Thursday Video

Fatty Indiana Thursday

 Fun day going to Indianapolis with Big Tim, Joshium, & Buz. We rode the trail in reverse for the first time. We usually always do Sunday's.  I rode the first lap with Buz. He was peppy. Yeah! Big Tim & Josh took off. Lap 2 I rode with them. Josh led the way. He was going fast. 3rd lap back with Buz. Fun stuff! Ride # 2 at Westwood on the way home. Best it's been in years. Love that place. Fun day of riding!

Venga!

Egg

Mad Cow Ramble TT # 8

 MCR TT /# 8 in the books. 2 TT's. 4.8 miles & 2.93 miles. Downhill on the profile with a few uphill sections. Tailwind at 9-10 mph. The weather was great. 74 degrees with no humidity. WOW! This Summer has been brutal. I work all day in it. I'm exhausted. Tonight felt awesome. Both TT's were on the same road. No turns. Just go Fast! I got started fairly well. Felt pretty good. The last mile got bumpy. All of a sudden my Garmin screen flew off like a hood coming off a car. lol I had no idea my speed, ut I just pushed to the finish. 29.2 mph avg. 311 avg watts.

TT # 2 started a mile South. 2.9 miles. Downhill then a 3% grinder for a mile then down grade to the finish. I had no data. I eased a bit on the uphill, but finished well. 30.2 mph avg. 319 avg watts. The guys were on fire. Sean was flying as usual. Josh really impressed. Howard put in some of his best times in a while. Tebow attacked as usual. Proud of these guys.

Venga!

Egg

Fatty JB Tuesday

 Stoile one at JB with Big Tim. It rained a bit at the park, but not too bad. I cruised on the newer Farley. First ride of the year on it. It was humid & hot. Glad cooler weather is coming. TT tomorrow!

Venga!

Egg