Critical Mass Video - 2008

Im not positive this is 2008 but its my best guess.

I see some familiar faces....

Lots of fond memories from this time period. Was this the peak of the single speed / hip cycling era? It feels like it. Or is that just because i'm old now and out of the loop and actually theres tons of cool stuff happening right now that i have no idea about?

(Sitting here clicking thru old photos and realizing i have enough material to keep this blog fresh for the next 17 years.)

*** Editors note: HAHA the video doesn't work! Classic. ***

Weak sauce bike ride

Saturday mornings are typically my time to ride. 

I have a wife and a kid and a cat so free time is minimal.

Ive been on and off again sick since early July but finally i felt like riding this morning. It did not go well. A healthy dose of quality coffee got things off to a good start...

But then i remembered i still needed to repair the rear flat on my cx bike...

(btw, anyone want to buy a Ethan Allen queen size bed frame? $200)

I could have taken the road bike but its on the trainer in the basement and getting it up to the main floor sounded exhausting so i set on about fixing the flat and quickly located the issue...

I found an old tire in the basement and got it on the rim only to find out that for whatever reason it wouldn't inflate. Pump problem, tube problem, user error, whatever the case by this point i was very frustrated and opted to ride my mountain bike instead. The singletrack is all closed so it would be a road ride, but ive always enjoyed riding my mountain bike on the road...

So i set off to do the Leawood North Loop. It's a route ive been into lately and i time myself. I add a bit to the route and it takes me about 45 minutes. I've done it on the road bike and the cross bike but never the mountain bike so i was interested to see how my time would stack up...

(I did not take this pic, fyi)

However the weak sauce express was only just warming up and my rear tire developed a slow lead so i called it quits 15 minutes into the loop. In hindsight i probably could have finished because it ended up sealing itself but i lost my nerve and headed home to make a high priced fancy pants weak sauce bike ride recovery drink...

Its pretty awesome how little i post yet the blog is still alive

Ok, alive is a stretch considering the lack of activity on said blog. I guess the blog is "alive" in the same way that guy in the movie Seven whose chained to a bed beneath 300 hanging air fresheners is "alive".

Everybody in the room thought he was dead but then that guy whose been in everything puts his face right up next to air freshener man to talk some sh*t and then all the sudden air freshener man starts coughing!

Boom!

Thats me. 

Thats this blog.

We're still coughing.

Got in a ride

Saturday morning are my time to get out. Wednesday evenings are as well but i have more time on Saturdays.

It was cold this morning so i opted for the mtb, which is ss, which ive been assuming was too slow to pedal on the road but im out of shape plus the gear is harder than i thought, so it worked out.

i rode to burp and back, ok technically i parked at Second Best Coffee because time was running out, but i still got in a little over 2 hrs.

Ive got races in mind for this year, some mtb then some cx, but not for a while.