THE LATEST CHOICE IN WET LUBE FOR A2B...CHAIN-L FOR ZERO FRICTION.

If you follow the A2B blog at all, you clearly know, or do not know, that I have had a chain lube preference for the past few years on the MTB. The road has been another story, and a couple of years ago I picked up a bottle of Chain-L chain lube from Frances himself at Interbike which I never used. Now I live in Boulder County, where there is not only fantastic dirt to ride, but ridiculous numbers of miles on the road which consists of pave, dirt, dust and sand depending on your route choice for the day, and you can ride hundreds of miles on any given day. It's demanding road riding. This of course requires the proper lubrication of your drive train. Prior to applying Chain-L, which is actually mineral oil, I to the best of my conditional ability, cleaned my drive train of the old stuff, this took a while, and was a bit of a task, but we got er done (Chain soon to be replaced with a Wipperman/Connex Gold).

Once the cleaning process was completed, at least as well as I could get er done without my full onslaught of cleaning tools which are still up the hill, I applied Chain-L as recommended, one drop to each roller.

As I said, one drop to each roller...notice how filthy my "clean" chain is. That is another story......

The first thing I noticed was worthy of reporting once I had the chain lubed with Chain-L. When I spun my drive train by hand, it spun free and clear of any resistance, and I'm talking ZERO resistance for several rotations. With the "previous lube", my drive cranks might turn twice before slowing to a stop. This had me wondering just how much that previous "grabby" resistance had taken out of my legs on the long road rides I prefer. I guess time will tell and stay posted for the update. I'll bring you an update was I get my Wipperman Connex Chains rolling on all of my rigs. I've got three road rides in on one application of Chain-L, and I'm running smooth and clean

I'M GONNA GO OUT ON A LINE....

And say this guy is one of the top ten morons of all time....maybe top five

Just Sayin...

Motoneige 0 - Montagne 1

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER IN WESTERN KANSAS...

On this day we were looking for corn fields, did'nt find any.

WITH ANY LUCK AT ALL......

PHOTO FROM CYCLING NEWS

You had the opportunity to watch this moment live on the web today. It was moving, and spoke deeply of the brotherhood amongst men that race bicycles.

Please follow the rest of the Giro D'Italia at the Cycling Fan website over the next two and a half weeks, it's gonna be special. 

MORE IN BUFFALO CREEK, AND MORE, AND MORE

PHOTOS POACHED FROM "GOAT IN A TURTLE SHELL" BLOG

A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to ride the Buffalo Creek area of Colorado while working at a race. It was awesome. It appears that there is a strong contingent of riders who continue to work and expand this area and the expansion continues with the addition of two new rides, Raspberry Ridge and Blackjack. When I was fortunate enough to ride there I had no idea where the hell I was riding, or would end up, other than having a trail marked for the race that was taking place, but it was fast and fun, and technical, pretty much stellar mountain biking. So it's time to get back over there now that it is a stone's throw away....check out some really good photos at the 

Goat in a Turtle Shell blog site

RIP WOUTER WEYLANDT, BELGIAN LEOPARD-TREK RIDER DIES AFTER GIRO CRASH

Belgian great Wouter Weylandt passed away this morning from injuries received during a harrowing crash during a very fast descent in the Giro d"Italia Stage 3 Today. A2B and all of it's fans send all the best thoughts to all the appropriate people and places....

A GREAT WAY TO FIND OUT YOUR NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK YOU ARE...

Here's one for ya. Think you are a good technical descender? Well, I've never considered myself anything other than quite ordinary going down hill on a mountain bike unless there is something BIG on the line, and since that no longer happens, I refuse to push it to that point at my age anymore, especially on a first gnarly descent like the south side of Hall Ranch. This descent is super fun, but will crush your skull if you are not on your "Mega A" game. This makes Endo Alley look like a flat road ride...I'd have filmed more of the gnarliest but I was too busy WALKING those sections. So if you think you are good, here's the challenge in front of you. Ride this trail clean on your first shot at it, and Elgee will buy you a Ten Fidy at the bottom of the hill in Lyons at OBB. Cheers. Good Luck. Bring it.

And when all the old homies up on the hill get their senses about themselves while it thaws up there, come down and ride, this stuff will blow your socks off....

A NEW FISHIN HOLE, A NEW MTB RIDE....

Just seven miles from the town of Longmont lies the gateway to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, Lyons, Colorado. This is also the spot where the fabled St. Vrain river (as documented by famous trout chaser and author John Geirich) leaves the eastern side of the the Park and tumbles to the front range, and it's full of trout, and I fish, so this is a cool spot. Making it even cooler is the Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons, where you can take a break, and then head out for some truly in your face mountain biking, with shit as technical as I have "attempted" to ride anywhere. The "Rock Garden" in Hall Ranch will have you either on your "A" game or smashing your head swan diving in full endo, it's the real deal, and I had to walk more than one section for sure, next time it will be a bit cleaner, maybe.