Bring your "A" Game for the descending mmmmmmbrah, that aint no shit either. Today's pre-ride sniffed out the super muddy spots and almost produced a couple of big time endos. The sphincter factor is way high on Onza, just let it run and hang on.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
TEVA HILLCLIMB TT COURSE WILL CRUSH YOU...
TT's are kind of funny I find, you can train train train for em, and no matter what your strategy is, start slow, finish strong, ride steady, start fast and then hang on, well, you are just going to plain and simply SUFFER for the duration. I tried to ride th TT course kind of mellow last night, and it was just downright painful. The last KM is a crusher as you well know if you have done this race. Last year Benjamin Day (Toyota United) smashed the old Coors Classic record held by Andy Hampsten to win the overall Men's open title and the $2000 first place prize, not bad for 25 minutes of riding.
Remember this guy last year?
Ned Overend CRUSHIN it in his 50's, finished 5th overall
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
TEVA MOUNTAIN GAMES VENUE IS HEATING UP
This week is showtime for one of the Vail Valley's signature events of the summer season. The Vail Valley Foundation presents the Teva Mountain Games this week, June4-7. If you have not been, this is a tremendous event and venue at the base of Vail Mountain and a celebration of all mountain sport. Here is the frightening part of the entire weekend. Ja-No-Brah Ridler and myself will be co-announcing the cycling events. This is an unprecedented move by the Teva Staff as they may not know what they are getting themselves into...live and learn, and come out and race. The MTB course is a crusher as usual.Who thought it was a good idea to put these two clowns on microphones at a major sporting event? We did.
Monday, June 1, 2009
I'LL APOLOGIZE BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS...THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS EVERYDAY AND I DONT GET TO RIDE.
On second thought, no I won't, because you will laugh
thanks to bryan bill
more more more
and dare I say this is the best...I thought my life was a bit screwed up, all I have to worry about is a little possible rain at the TEVA games.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I JUST HEARD THE WORD "SNOW" IN OUR FORECAST. FUCK!
This weather map might have me excited in February, but not the first week of June, Will the person responsible for this weather pattern please baaalow me.
SOCIAL NETWORKING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AT IT'S FINEST
There can be some beautiful things about social networking, especially when you mix it with killer customer service. Here is today's story boys and girls. I'm basically screwing the pooch getting caught up on "networking" on Facebook, when I notice a post from Kinetic Cycles in Elk Grove, California. See, we hung out with these blokes on our California Squirt Lube tour in April and got hooked up with some Kinetic Koffee at Kinetic Cycles. Well, the koffee was in my home for a short time before I popped er open and brewed me up a pot...uh, the koffee rocked it. Anyway, the post from Kinetic said something about riding 40 miles both ways uphill in a blizzard with a burlap sack cycling kit on and how they needed a cup of Kinetic Koffee, to which I replied, "I'm out of Kinetic Koffee". Not five minutes later I get a response AND a call from Mark Ritz, THE Kinetic Jo guy and I've got a couple of pounds en route to my home in Colorado just like that. Now don't get me wrong folks. Yeti's Grind in Eagle still can't be beat, but as I've said all along in life, variety is the spice of a good cup of Jo. Kinetic Cycles and Koffee get today's "rock it" award.
IT'S DOWN RIGHT TORRENTIABLE IN EAGLE
Is this Portland or Eagle? WTF?
There is something a little depressing about having to turn the lights on in my condo at one oclock in the afternoon so it is not too dark to work on the computer, on June 1st.
Ever since Uma K visited the Eagle Valley, it's been raining, everyday, some days more than others, today it's crushing rain, thundering, the whole bag of shit is dropping. The singletrack is saying buff, this may turn out to be the greatest wildflower year in the history of Colorado's high country as well. And incredibly the Mexican jumping beans have move on. Life is now somewhat quiet in the condo again, except for the fucking bird across the street....
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