Balmy outside

and overdressed for the weekend for sure. Beats frigid and frozen anyday, though. Hung out in Amherst for the weekend and it didn't suck at all. I provided Saturday night's entertainment by showing everyone how not to put their bikes together. Why put something together once when you can do it 3 or 4 times??? After it was all put together (Much to Chris' amazement) we put it on the scale and it was 21 lbs 2 oz. Not to shabby for a full suspension 29'r. That's a mere .72 lbs per inch!

Sunday turned into a deathmarch. It was an awful quiet last 30 minutes or so. Out of water for what seemed like 6 hours and dreaming of the pizza awaiting us made time stand still. And I was feeling good compared to Myles. Not sure how he managed to make it through both rides smiling but he did. Must be all the excercise his thumbs get from texting.....

I guess

   Mother Nature thought it was time for me to wash my bike. I would have rather she did it while I wasn't on it although I think the bike was ok with it. Even with the rain it was the most comfortable temperature I've ridden in so far this year. I'll take the rain over snow for sure.
   The interior is almost complete in the car. Waiting on a few little pieces and it will be ready for seats. The warm weather is feeding the I wanna' drive my cars bug!

Tough to Top this!

What a weekend! Started it out right Friday night when I stopped by the shop. I was discussing suspension stuff with Jim and next thing I know we're doing full throttle beat laps down the road behind the shop in This Car!!!! 3 days later and I still grin remembering the repeatedsessions of  full throttle wheel spin in third gear in a car that cost more to build than I make in about 5 years! I think that's my one time of getting to ride in a car like that,thanks Jim and Mike! It won best of show at the biggest car show in North America as well as in Pomona just recently. The car needs to be seen to be truly appreciated. Followed that up later with a spectacular fish fry at St. Lukes in Plain. Mmmm.
   Saturday had me dropping The Girls off at The Fraziers and then riding home from Cottage Grove. Bryan got me to Lodi and then I meandered home from there. Then it was off to the annual Wild Game Feed one of the Doctor's at St. Clare Hospital puts on every year. That's always a good night and it kicks off the silly season of food events in our area every year. The chili suppers and smelt feeds are starting this coming weekend and we can hit one every weekend in Feb until early March. I'm pretty sure if I stop riding I will rapidly become RK+.
   Sunday had us in Waukesha at The Braun's crib for Darrin's last big ride before the Life Changer shows up. We had almost the whole 212 carnival act in attendance and it was a good performance today fo sho. Mrs. Braun was in full life creation mode yet and had quite the arm rest going. I know she's going to miss that feature. Thanks to The Braun's for hosting and feeding us up! We'll be back after the neighborhood recovers from the shock and awe that was in effect today. Maybe Chris will let Michelle ride her new road bike next time...

Payback?

   Last week Nariz (Bryan) was not having a good day when we rode together and I was having an exceptional sort of day. My feeling of how great a day it was was offset by Nariz's tunnel vision and focus on the road surface 3 ft in front of his wheel. I'm pretty sure that if you look at his calendar there is a red circle around today's date. He spent countless hours honing his fitness, plotting how he was going to come and destroy me today. Well, nice job. It worked. Thanks for that.
   It's February this next week. Almost time for silly season. The Smelt Feed in North Freedom on the 25th, Chili in Leland on the next week, chili in Blackhawk somewhere in there and I heard a rumor of a Smelt Feed in Sauk soon too. I should be racing at D+'s weight this year.

Watch that step!

The most treacherous part of the weekend turned out to be the basement steps. First time I've fallen in a while and I don't like it much. The cold air was as good as any ice pack on Sunday, and by the end of the ride my jacket was pretty much a sheet of ice anyway. It helped me keep from thinking about how much my arm hurt from falling down the steps, I suppose.
     Been spending most nights working on the car lately. I ripped all the wiring out and started over again. It looks much nicer, at least to me. It's almost February already! Hopefully be driving it soon.

OK then

They, who in this case are Google, decided to make changes to blogger so I wasn't able to post using internet explorer 7 anymore. I finally tried it on Lisa's machine and it apparently works. Thankfully this will bring me off the bottom of the blog roll for little while.
   Went to the bike swap yesterday to sell and not buy anything. Accomplished both objectives. The first thing that I sold was a used 9 spd cassette. The most interesting item I sold was my number 69 bib number from Chequamegon 2 years ago!!!! Enjoy that, funny guy that bought it.

Well Hello again!

     Where you been? The "Off" time was wild around here. Finished, I say Finished up quite a few jobs that have been needin' doin' for quite a while. We cut down a huge tree in front of our house (with minimal damage done!), cut a lot of firewood, tore the pantry apart and put it almost all back together. I put a new master cylinder in the plow truck today and now I'm ready for the impending snow. Somewhere in there we started riding bicycles again, too. Today was so nice on the bike. No reason to not be riding, sun was shining and it was just me and the fast girl I live with. We both were really happy with our newest bicycle related purchases, the Louis Garneau 0 degree winter cycling shoes. Scott recommended them and they do not dissapoint!! Thanks a bunch, Scott! Those shoes are going to make winter riding much, much more gooder.
   There's talk of riding The Kettles tomorrow if they're open. Not having house projects is a wonderful thing.