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race of the Dust Devil Series out at Estrella. My race as going good until I entered the parking lot to begin my second lap. First I had a rear flat, changed the tube. Then to add insult to injury my rear shock blew, it spewed oil all over my legs. So needless to say that ended my race. The positives are I did my second best lap ever at the Estrella course and this was only my first DNF (racing for 3yrs). All in all it was a good day, out riding my bike with friends sporting my E-wear. Next race is Nov 21st at White Tanks mt. hopefully I get my bike back before then.
Think About it.... Why do people say they "slept like a baby", when babies normally wake up every two hours?
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(Manu) is doing well after his rattlesnake bit. Unforntunatly this was only his second time Mt Biking with me (the first time ended with a couple of broken fingers). So not sure if he will go biking with me again.
Things are going well, the temps are cooling off so I am able to ride more. The Dust Devil series is almost upon us, because of a volunteer commitment I will have to miss the first DD race at McDowell. But I will be at the other 2 (Estrella & White Tanks). If you are in the Phoenix area this Saturday make sure you head down to Tempe Town Lake for the annual Tour de Fat New Belgium festival. This is a great festival/party, all proceeds go to MBAA and TBAG. Hope to see you there.
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met a friend from Canada in Las Vegas to do a ride before he had to work. Well we did a couple of the trails out at Bootleg Canyon. All was going well until Manu decided to ride in front of me and stop to take some pictures. When he did, he was bitten by a rattlesnake, thanks to the snake we lost our pictures. (Camera went flying and smashed into a LOT of pieces and the memory card was lost). So that kind of ended our good time. and because of that we missed time going to Inter Bike. Manu is doing well, thanks to his hairy legs the snake bit wasn't to deep.
Other than this hairraising adventure not much else going on. Since the temps are cooling down here in AZ, I have been putting in more miles.
Think about it:
If you are a vegetarian, can you still eat animal cookies?
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Well if you are not already aware the Kenda Cup race that was scheduled for Las Vegas has been cancelled. Those close to the source say it was because the Interbike group didn't want to share the spotlight at the Boot when they were having the demo day. Either way this SUCKS!!!!
Well Since it is summer here in Hell (or Arizona) I have only been about to get out a couple of times in the wee hours of the morning when it was only 90degreees (at 5am). So I have about 30miles on my new I9 wheelset and already I am in love with there performance. These things kick ass.... And the look of them are bad ass as well.... So now that I dress like a rockstar with the awesome closing line from Evomo. I have sweet wheels. Man this might mean next year people are going to think I can ride..... :-) Guess I better train a bit harder in the off season so i don't get the "poser" tagged on me..
Think About it.....
Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?
 Enjoying a spot of Captain in Mexico with some friends.. Oui it was a Gggrrreat time...... Plenty of Pirate jokes and captain went around.
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Well it is official I will be going up to the Kenda Cup finals in Las Vegas at the end of Sept. I will be driving up a few days before with some friends. We will be checking out all of cool products at Interbike and pre-riding the Bootleg Canyon race loop. Hopefully some of my online friends can make it to Vegas, if so. Hit me up and we can see about meeting up. Check back for updates on my training and other fun facts prior to this National race.
Think about it....
How would we measure hail without golf balls?
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 Well I am the luckiest guy around, my wife was proud of me for my accomplishments this season (and doing my husband duties very well) she went to Focus Cyclerly and hooked me up with a spankin' new Industry9 Wheelset. Dropped my bike off today at Focus to get the installed, along with a new set of Kenda tires, some of the best tires around especially for desert riding.
Other than the new bling, I have just been taking it easy and doing a lot of camping with the family. Training begins next week (7/13). Bought a spin bike for the house so i can still get some miles in and work on my cardio. My goal is to make it up to the Las Vegas Kenda Cup National race at the end of Sept. And not only make it but be competitive.
Think about it...
When day breaks who fixes it?
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 Well another end to a long spring race season here in the valley. The temperature is rising well above the 100 mark so time to take a break from the bike for a bit. This year’s season has had some ups and downs. One of my major accomplishments was being part of the Evomo Factory Team. This has been a great experience and a great team to ride with. Here is a summary of my season: - 2 personal bests set (McDowell Meltdown and Hedgehog Hustle) - 3 Flats in 1 race - 4th place Podium
The last race of the season was this past weekend. Due to some unforeseen business and personal travel I wasn’t able to put in the amount of training I should have the past month. So this last race was a little brutal, 25miles with the first 7miles straight up. We might have well have rode up the side of the Washington monument. And the ride down was very interesting to say the least. Let’s just say I should have worn my hiking boots for this bike race. I placed 8th (out of 9) so not the best placing but I finished without any technical issues.
Thank you to all of my sponsors for the excellent support you have provided to me this season. Without you this season wouldn’t have been. I look forward to racing for your company next season.
2009 Sponsors
Evomo
Titec
Kenda
Intense
Crankskins.com
Next steps will be to take a break for a couple of months and begin training the end of August beginning of September. I will be racing in the Winter Dust Devil series. Think about it: Isn’t every room always room temperature?
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Thanks to my new sponsor Crankskins.com I have pimped out my bike with thier Urban Camo crank and fork wraps. Now the competition won't see me coming.. These are great, not only can you get them in almost every imaginable style and color but the fit is like it came from the factory. They are super easy to install and they look great. Check them out when you have time.
Summer is here in AZ, which means that the Spring racing season is almost over. And the temps are starting to get above 100 degrees. We have 1 final race for the MBAA series, this race is in Flagstaff on June 13th. I am currently in 4th place within my division. Hopefully with a good race on Saturday I will be able to move up to 3rd in my Division.
Think About it:
Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your ass?
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I want to welcome and thank my new sponsor CrankSkins (http://www.crankskins.com/). They have some amazing products that allow you to personalize/customize your ride along with pertect it from the wear and tear of the trail. Check them out you will be amazed at the designs for your Crank, don't forget to wrap your Fork as well.
Think about it....
Why do we wait until a pig is dead to "cure" it?
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This past weekend we had the 6th MBAA race in Payson. Which for those of you that do not know Arizona, the Flatland (Phoenix) is at 1,100 elevation and Payson/Mogollon Rim is at 8,000,000 (ok added a couple extra zeros but it might as well be that high, oxygen please.....).
This is the first race this year my wife and I decided to camp at. So we went up Friday night found a great camp site. During the wee hours of the morning our dogs decided to wake us up because a herd of Elk came through our camp site (this area is a very remote/unimproved camping area). Oh well up and out of bed and time to get ready for the day’s race.
Got to the registration area early and handed out the rest of the Evomo stickers and post cards. Talking to all about the great casual wear that Evomo designs, sporting all of my E-ware (Hat, Shirt, Sherpa). Once all of the stickers and cards were gone I went back to the truck and caught up with my racing buddies. I was telling them about the sweet Titec equipment I pimped my ride out with. Along with the very comfortable Ergon grips, have really improved my handling of the bike over all kind of terrain.
On to the race the weather was cold (about 57 at race time) and windy (us flatlanders have been riding in 80+ weather now for at least the last 3 months so this 57 is REALLY cold). We had to complete 2 long and 1 short lap approx 26miles. Because of work I wasn't able to pre-ride the course, in talking with my buddies there are some large mud areas and a couple of water crossings to go through. At the start of the race I got off to a bad start, I had
a rock stuck on my cleat so I couldn’t clip in right away. Got going finally and I am in 8th
pot in my group. Had a tough time getting heat into my legs so for most of the race it was like pushing large tree stumps. Made a couple of good passes and went through a couple of huge mud bogs. Coming up on a ridge and getting ready to make another pass and I got a flat. After the repair I was back in 8th spot, not back to grinding the gears again. Things were going good; I have gotten back to 6th position. On the last lap, which was a short lap got another flat right at the beginning of the lap. Got it fixed (luckily I always carry 2 tubes with me). Up and going again, then with about 4 miles left in the race going down a hill into a mud bog, I heard a shot gun sound. It was my rear tire that blew out (big hole in the side wall) and I came to a rolling stop in a mud bog. Luckily I was able to unclip before I fell into the mud. However at this point I was already so muddy I don’t think it would have matter much. Good thing this happened on the last lap so I can at least finish the race. So I hiked-a-bike to the finish line, one of the other guys in my group had technical difficulties after the first lap so the didn’t finish so that put me into 7th place. After the race I weight my bike, typically it weighs 28.5 (after installing the light Titec equipment). But with all of the mud on the bike it weighted just over 36 pounds, I looked like the monster from the deep.
Well even though I had a rough race with several technical difficulties, I forged through and finished the race. Think about it: If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that Acme crap, why didn’t he just buy dinner?
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