Two Wheel Blogs

I took advantage of a rare day - sunny and warm - yesterday to catch up on yard work and to get in a quick ride. While I was out riding (You really don't want to hear about the yard work, do you?) I ran into a guy, Bert, from the ICCC team, whose conversation helped the time go by. Five tough climbs come and gone in a flash.

Looks like more rain today. Good thing I'm planning to take it easy, relatively speaking. 50 or 60 TSS is a walk in the park on the trainer.

I've seen alot of crazy BMXr's in the day, and here's a prime example. I've got alot of respect for what these guys can do on these tiny bikes. I can say tiny because if you've ever seen me on one you'd understand. I swallow these bikes, but I know there are some big boys that do it. One thing I don't understand is why alot of them choose to ride sans helmet. One fall on the stuff they're doing could mean a nasty trip to the hospital...

A twist of the ever so popular polo that those crazy cats play across sea. I guess bike polo started back in the early 1900's. The ride fixed gear bikes, that are slightly shorter than the normal bike for quicker steering. I bet this would be quite the workout, and would do great for helping your handling skills.

Old school and always a classic. A little before my time, but I've seen this clip a few times over the years. Enjoy!

OK

I really, really, appreciate the advice yesterday. So here's a still-not-great but (hopefully) improved video.

Probably my drunken wobbling is a sign of no core strength so maybe there is a training benefit to silly videos.

I'll work on better footage, and a CRASH or two in the sake of being more interesting.

Perhaps interesting to you, in the second PHOTO still at the end, the sign above my head refers to a "velodateur".

Basically, a thing that stamps a time card - available at the tourist office 10 miles below - to make your time and achievement official.

PS - much of the route was the last climb of stage 17 of the 2004 Tour de France won by Armstrong

I headed out to the local trail of choice (Binder) today for a little fun ride with friends. I found myself near tears at several points today.

First, This was the first ride since revisiting the Ouachita Trail. Binder is great, but it just was not in as good of condition as Ouachita, and the technical difficulty is simply lacking at Binder when compared directly to the gardens of Arkansas. That is fine though, because there are a few gems at Binder that I have been restraining myself on lately (did not want to risk injury prior to the Challenge).