I DIDN'T Ride My Bike Today, Cuzz....

RATS!

Best wishes for today.

 

Cuzz... Rode the last two days, so we climbed at Turkey Rocks. Very physical climbing...this pitch was a battle the whole way. And rated 5.8



The weazl didn't tape hands, so I think I got chicked. Everybody tapes at Turkey. Even the badasses...

 

Omaha Steaks that's why... See last night Nick and I were Jones'n for some ice cream so we decided to raid the freezer. Low & behold I found a pretty box with a bow on it and 4 steaks in it that were given to me as a Xmas gift but got buried. Since I nearly died riding in the wind yesterday I figured I'd drive and get home earlier to fire up the grill. Dang they were good. So good I may not be able to ride tomorrow.Wifey and the kido shared one while I inhaled the other three. Rusty was behaving so he got some scraps...

 

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As I eluded to in the Wrightwood thread, no Thursday Blackstar Social last night. It was clean up day at the barn. The owners brought in a rolloff, and @horsebikerider assembled an army to knock out the work.

Removed all the burned structures(chicken coup, green house, goat pen, small guess house, and a utility shed). We filled the dumpster and then some.

Thanks to @H2oChick , @cajun , @Faust29 , @horsebikerider , Hugh & Kym for helping with the cleanup.

No ride again today....saving legs for Wrightwood 50 tomorrow. Plus there is still a little more cleanup to be done at the barn.

 

Spent my day working on other peoples bike who wanted to ride today or this weekend. Got a few minutes to install some parts on my new HT.

 

Spent the first half of the week getting ready for a critical design review, 2 days on the CDR, yesterday recovering from said review and today catching up on all the stuff that needed to happen while presenting to the non participants
Happy holy cr@p Batman trails.

Sunset is at 6:15, I got home at 6:14 again argh

 

Because I walked outside this morning and wussed. No excuses, just was a wuss.

 

Saving my legs for Whiting tomorrow
Well, that and stripping another do along w/ rebuilding my son's CX bike. Got him a nine speed Shimano road drivetrain, which I'm using to replace the mountain drivetrain using bar-ends he had. Reproduction decal ordered to make up for the missing head badge.
This is a cool resource if anyone needs re-pro decals for their vintage bikes: http://www.wanit.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d56.html
I think I like fiddilin' with bikes almost as much as riding them...

 

I took the extension off the bike rack, removed a pound of dirt from the chain, lubed it, and wiped all the spilled Tailwind off the frame. I'm done for the day.

 

Slacker

 

Still in Prescit, feeling good after yesterday's race. No time today. Helping the boy buy his 1st new truck. Then a quick 6hr drive home. Maybe sneak one in tomorrow.

 

Domestic duties take priority today.

 

'Cuzz I'm kind of busy at the farm.... Greetings from Sinaloa my friends !!

 

You brought a bike with you, right!

 

I wish but I was told by my cousin that some bad guys patrol (sinaloa cartel) the area and if I go alone they might think I'm from another group and will have problems and everywhere is flatland.

 

Yeah, noticed the flatness. That plus the cartels... well yeah, stay home!

 

Because lazy...didn't get up early enough. But tomorrow, maybe. Wednesday for sure, because I have to have the 10K mile service on the car. Drop off the car in Cerritos, ride to Long Beach, ride back to Cerritos in the afternoon to pick it up. Win win!!

 

Are you growing Tailwind down there?

 

Come to think of it, I didn't ride my bike today either. Wimpiosity set in.

 

Well, it's a weekday so....

 

Can't ride because I am currently sitting in the LA convention center. I am here to watch my 80 year old Chinese mother in law become a US citizen.
Patriotic music plays to a backdrop of a huge American flag. Right now it's a rousing rendition of Anchors Away!
Our new citizens are streaming in to drop off the last bits of paperwork. Then it is swearing in time.
Go Mom!

 

Better late than never? Congrats!

 

Congrats, @rossage Ma-in-Law!


Cuz...Monday distraction, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs:



Montezuma North Ridge gets called the best 5.7 in CO. Good and heady! The weez walks it, between my buddy Jeff's contemplative lead and me coming up last. Oh, not last...Jimmie showed up and scrambled it up to the belay ledge when we were already up there. The weaz is like "should I toss you down a rope?" He's like, Yea, that looks better. LOL (Free soloing not allowed.) I digress, how can you climb rocks and not want to top out on this thing?????


Photo stolen from the www.

At Red Tower we got some cool doods from Houston up the rock. One didn't even want to walk the trail that day, haha, we got them boys reaching down for the powah!!!!!! Epic fun with tailgate coldies to boot.

So bummed I didn't ride my bike!

 

Ha! Nice "distraction!"

 

They need to play this for her (and everyone else):

 

She is an American Girl/Mama

 

Great artist, good song and lots of pretty women, but thankfully American girls are a lot more diverse than that. Including our latest one. ^^