Day Off! Yahoo!!!

Happy Tuesday to all!

I have the day off today. That means no "wrenching" on dept. store bike or garage rot bikes. Those aren't the only bike that we get at the shop, but it's about 50% of them. I am happy to see that people are starting to realize that dept. store are not worth the money. So, they come to us and by a $190 Trek mountain bike instead of buying 5 dept. store bike within the month.

How many of you have been keeping tabs on the Great Divide Race? It was awesome to read and see Mike Curiak beat the tar out of the old record. I can't imagine how hard that is on the body. The longgest I have riden has been in my 24 Hour races. Eventhough the pace is higher, I am still toast afterwords for like a week. I am sure that Mike and the other riders will be in recovery mode for atleast a month. Congrats to Mike and the other riders just for trying this!

Check out the race recap with photos at the link below:
http://www.mtbr.com/gdr/

As for me, I plan to get some good bike time in today. I plan on hitting up the local road group ride. Tonights wepon of choice will once again be my Giant XTC hardtail. As for tires, I have gone to a bigger tire for more resistance. I was running a 26 x 1 Ritchey Tom Slick, this time I will be trying to rage on a 26 x 1.95 semi-slick. This will be my first group ride since my win at the Montana 24 Hour race. I hope that I can re-adapt to the intensity. As I like to say....I will bleed out my eyes. Bring the Pain!

Two weeks and counting until the 12 Hour National Championships in Duluth, Minnesota. This is the first 12 Hour Nationals that I am aware of. A lot of people have been posting on the race website asking what classifies this as a "National" race. As long as its USA Cycling sanctioned, I believe that is it. I hope they give out a Stars and Stripe jersy to the winner. That would be nice to put next to my 7 Iowa State NORBA Expert XC Titles.

Well, I am going to chug down the rest of this rich amd creamy pot of French Vanilla coffee, surf the net, and then hit up the bike for some high quality saddle time.

RAGE ON!

Jeff Kerkove said at 5:01 AM :: ::