Medway Monday

 I was taking a well earned rest day, but the clouds rolled in. Got out for a 20 miler. It was hot & humid with a small breeze blowing. The clouds helped. I almost got eaten again by that Sasquatch again. lol I put in one effort on Snider Rd. New pavement. I had a headwind, but took 3rd. I'll be back with a North tailwind. Mooohaha. Good ride!

Venga!

Egg

Fatty HW Sunday

Back on the trails yesterday at Hueston Woods with Josh. 2 hours of fun. The legs woke up after a hour. Nice recovery ride finishing off a good week in the saddle. 

Venga!

Egg
 

Dirty Shoe Gravel Race - Fatty Style

 

I headed to Illinois Friday. I recon'd some of race route for Saturday then hit the hotel. A ton of races I wanted to conflict with my gig schedule plus as I said before, my foot injury hasn't been fun. It's healing slowly. I met the race organizer Friday as I finished my ride. Nice guy. I love grasss roots events. Neat little town. The race started and finished on the horse track. Right in front is the world's largest Horseshoe. The race was fun. Chunky gravel with some fun hills. I rode with the lead guys early, but those gravel bikes pulled away. I was solo until the last 13 miles. Curt joined me. I had a blast on a narrow double track road. I was solo again. There was pavement for a few miles. I was going 21 mph, but Curt caught me again. He put in some nice pulls on the final gravel sections. I cheered him on to attack in the last half mile. We finished doing a lap on the track. Curt finished just in front in 5th with me 6th. It was nice doing a race. I drove straight to my gig. Just made it. haha Fun stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Cow Country Thursday

 Day 5 in a row. Short 20 miler in Cow Country. It was nice not having the bug invasion. haha 2nd ride on the Emonda. 19,1 avg tonight. Steady tempo. I put in an effort up Pisgah Hill. 1 mile climb. Not a lot of tailwind, but good effort. The last half is always fun. Many great battles when we'd hit that all out to Studebaker then full gas to the finish to PECO. I almost have this bike dialed in. Love that paint job. Having 5 road bikes is crazy. haha Fun stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Westward Wednesday

Busy day, but I got out around 5:30 in Brookville. Rolled West to Lewisburg then just kept on heading West. It's been awhile since I've been on those roads. Rough chip n seal. Went as far as I could until I saw the rain. I raced it back which was fun. 35 miles. It was nice riding my Emonda ALR. Big Tim did a great job. New rotors & pads. I got home just as the rain came down. Mooohahaha

Casstown Tuesday

Another awesome day with upper 70's & sunshine. I got in a few intervals. 1 KOM. Missed two others  by 2 seconds. No tailwind either. I'll be back as the KOM holder had a good tailwind. Ride # 1 was 21 miles. I  hopped on my 2005 5.5 Madone built up with 9 speed for ride # 2. I rode just a few seconds then my shifter locked up. Argggg. Parts fell out. Bummer. Those were mint used and in working order, but it is old. I got on Ebay later. I found a new old stock Ultegra 9 speed rear shifter. Yeah! This bike is mint for 21 years old. Fun stuff!

Venga!

Egg

Double Monday

Back on the trails after 2 weeks. Fun fatty ride at MoMBA with Big Tim. The weather was killer! Tim was fltying on that E-Bike. Ride # 2 on the TT bike. I've had a nagging foot injury which has hampered my race schedule the last few months. Simple riding is ok, but my foot hurts after all out intervals / efforts. It's better, but not much fun. I still set a new KOM on the 2 lap velodrome segment. It's technical at high speed on the TT bike. haha Good day of riding!

Venga!

Egg

Weekend Wrap Up

 Back on the bike Friday. Busy day, but got out to defend 1 KOM in Brookville. 2 more to go over that way. Good effort! I took another rest day Saturday. Sunday was on the fat bike in Liberty, Indiana for some gravel fun. 41 miles on my fav roads. Good tempo ride. 

Venga!

Egg

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