Danger Boy - Part 1

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Ever notice how your hoppity-hop is 4 times the fun when you place it on an unstable surface at a height equal to or greater than your own?

Good Advice from Mad Alchemy

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Good tip - if you put warming ointment on children, make sure it's out of reach on them, or they might rub it off. Also good advice about not swallowing it - make sure you spit it out when rinsing.

Seriously, this is great embrocation - hard to top a day involving generous amounts of cross racing, Mad Alchemy, and mud.

Top Three Things About Riding the Trainer in the Winter

1. A Fist Full of Dollars
2. For a Few Dollars More
3. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Autograph Time with Louie Vito

Stumbled into this completely at random...

Lunch Ride

With temps above freezing for the first day in ages it was time to bust out of the office at lunch time...

In Praise of the Winter Bike

Presenting the hereto unsung hero the winter bike. The amount of abuse wet winter streets can disk out is astonishing. The mechanical havoc, the inescapable grit.










I will need to have a word with my bike mechanic about keeping the bike pro clean.

Belgian Badass in a Box

Winter Wonderland

This Friday was almost like spring, what with the temperatures soaring into the low 30s. Giving in to spring fever it was time for a ride in the sun. With a minimal amount of gear (long sleeve base layer, long sleeve jersey, winter jacket, bibs a,d short sleeved jersey, winter tights over embrocation, wool socks, overshoes, glove liners, winter gloves, lobster over gloves, fleece hat)...



It was time to grab the bike and ride.



After, it was time to BBQ.

Take Down, or Toddler One Boy Zero

2010 Commute #1

10 degrees in the am, a murky 26 during the training ride at lunch, and dark on the ride home. At least the roads were clear, and it still beats the trainer.

Last Chance CX

Started the new year off right with a cross race in the snow, the perfect chance to mix together low skills and low fitness into a potpourri of hurt.

I did manage to finish third, and not to be outdone, the boy ended up second in his race, which featured as much running as riding by the participants.

Happy New Year

First a plug for the new project...

With the new year, it's time to get with the program again... time to shape up. No more of this:


And time to cut back on this...