All work and no play

Been working on the house...".polishing a turd" as it's known to a few.  We have a bathroom and now the promise of another room downstairs.  I've exposed myself to a shit ton of silica dust these days so I'm just wondering what is in the works for my lungs, etc.  Guess you gotta die of something...

Anyway...the good news is...is that my daughter, Caroline, has a new 12" bike and is crushing it!  She's all about riding it (for now, at least) and I'm psyched.  Hopefully, we'll get to ride together soon.  We've been hittin' the pool too.  She trotted up to the top of the big slide at Murray Park all by herself about 10 times yesterday...she's gettin' too big.

That's about it.  Pretty boring, I know...but that's what my life has been like lately.

Ciao

On the bike again

Spiro Trail + out of shape me + SS = me.stopping.alot.

Good ride...71 deg at the start, 83 at the end.  Saw a couple of people along the way...no one on the climb, group of 5 drillin' it on the 8000 ft trail, no one on John's.  All in all...not a bad way to spend 2 hrs...except it hurt real bad.

Till next time....

Old Friends

I just spent some QT with some really old friends who live in Asheville....  We used to race bikes together and when we get around each other all the old stories start flying.

Like the time a few of 'em where sitting around the Thonotosassa store after a hugh mile day eatin' and drinkin' when one of 'em chucks a banana peel into an adjacent lot overgrown with grass and weeds.  The old woman living in the house comes out, picks up the peel and chucks it back at Billy sayin', "...this place might look like a dump, but it ain't!".....just cracked everyone up.

Anyway....it was a great visit and made me miss them and the old days even more.

RIP Guru

Tour of the Basque Country

Live feed here:

http://www.eitb.com/deportes/en-directo/

Back to Work

Helping out at a small LBS...psyched to get my hands dirty again.  Been a long time since I've wrenched...a bit nervous that it'll all work out ok.

Wish me luck.

Later...

oh yeah....this is tomorrow.

"Selling out is the new keepin' it real"

Saw that little gem on another blog and thought it worth posting....

Had an interesting run-in with a fellow cyclist the other day...  went out for a spin 'cause the timing was right.  nice day, sunny and warm-ish (wool and knees).  Rode up to Wasatch via backroads and ran into a guy headed the same way.

Now I'm not one to judge but he was kitted out in REIs's finest + a sunglass rearview.  It was about 55 deg and he had on booties.  Some people get cold so I wasn't sayin' a thing.  As I eased past him, I made a pleasant comment about us being able to ride on a weekday at 1-ish...the guy gave me a wide berth and look like I shit on his cookie so I kinda went up the road.  I missed a turn and backtracked a block only to see my friend again...this time I said, "...shoulda followed you 'cause you look like you knew the way"...same look as last time and he replied.."...yeah and you should learn how to ride a bike".

Those of you who know me know that I'm no pro but I've ridden a couple of times....and yeah, I could still learn a couple of things about riding but I'm not gonna learn them from that fuckstick.  My buddy Brian said, "..that's what you get for bein' nice, shoulda told the guy to get the fuck outta the way...".  Words to live by.

Later...