TUC

what a great trip... a super ride/race and the awesome tallest and oldest things on this planet....Dyerville Giant

Mike Taylor rode away on Panther Gap and we smashed last years times, guess there wasn't as much wind.

Tour the Unkown Coast

this is the first 'century ride'( raced a lot of long stuff) ever done and I hear it is more like a race with 500 starters for the 100 miler.
some big names have done this in the past, Pigg, Armstrong and Juarez last year. raced this very route when it was a stage race back in 1990. that is a whole other story - off the front with the eventual winner as we descended to the coast and I flew off the road.

am looking forward to taking a hike in the 'oldest living things' on our planet. won't have a chance to climb any, but have been eying some old growth around Skegg's.... saddle up and don't forget how to tie a bowline, I mean figure 8.

headed up there with friend and legend Clark Natwick some how we both got a pass for mother's day morning as we will be celebrating in Ferndale Saturday night.

see then , when....

Cool conditions caulk causual cyclists

Yes, unseasonable cold for this time of year and you could hear the grumbling... was that frosty breath at the top of 9 and that kid had shirt sleeves and shorts getting ready for Mt Hambone,... but by the time we reach Ben Lomond, it was warm but windy or maybe that was just Jojo flying up the hill past us, ....and we got home it 6:30 hours, man... no, dolomiten man.

Sunday was just as good with old slide road out of Pacifica, ... it warmer there, and then a climb through the Perissima woods, then weaved through three San Jose juniors doing a full road descent on skyline to 92, ....and who do I see, (his eyes are better than mine) super Hutch cutting through an uphill headwind like a hot knife through butter... then home through the neon yellow soloist on Canada.

WOW, did see all those unicyclist criusing!!!

weekend is almost here and what a great week

super ride yesterday to Pacifica, then the jungled 'old slid road'(member doing an'88 mtb race here with Tomac), there was some nasty sandy turns on the way down and an awesome tailwind into HMB,...then a quick turn up Perissima dirt.... oh yeh!! 35 to 92 and back to the bakery pk lot.... a cool 4:30, Wednesday, too, might tighty... this is the life. it could only be better if there were a few less people trying to run me over.

Ran into Bruce Hildebrand at the Robert's water fountain, he was bird dogging LJ... man has he's been busy with the cycling powers... goin sea wadder? $$$, no way... have fun.

....So, am looking down at that beautiful Sworks SL frame... oh no, there is a crack? ...can't be, I never ride this doll... need some expert advice, what does Dave P think?.. oh yeh, it's cracked... "hello GoRide, Bob, can you help out a team-rat, ...sure he is the greatest, thanks Bob..

ready for some big hours this weekend... am crazed with this weather and tis the season to be a roady... that mtb can wait...

thanks for listening

WOW, what a week

Someone asked about a mtb ride.... this time of year?.., with the greatest 2 races in the season back to back. so I did tons of road riding to feel like part of it, reaching a blissful self respecting peace of clairvoyant understanding and vision..... man I think I need glasses.
So the Blegie's rocked and ruled the continent, showing how and why their cycling dominated culture can race their major mode of transportation... ever seen one of them throw a ball, like a girl, as we say... but someone once yelled at me that I ride like a girl... guess they haven't ridden with some of THE girls... anyway, he almost got a black eye.

no one reads this crap anyway, so why bother reading or racing anyway....

good day

Ever Heard of this Event

The Dolomite Man, dolomitenmann...
ran into a high school buddy of mine last august just after returning from mtb racing in france and he said, "don't you carry your bike when you race,... ya, in cross,... well, I want to do this relay in the dolomites and we need a cyclist, but I think you have to carry your bike,.... ok, sign me up."
so, then we talk last month and he says we're registered for the september event. him being a collegiate cross country runner, mentioned we only need a kayaker and paraglider to complete the squad.... well, everyone I know who glided, quit years ago.
So we are on, but we need some help.
check it out, http://www.redbulldolomitenmann.com/en/

Belgiums made the start, but not much else as Boom-erages