No Clif Bar update today...no pics. That is thanks to a lost camera cord. EXPO Rider and Clif Bar connection Jeff Frings dropped off the 2007 Goodie bag!!! Mojo, Shot Bloks, Shots n BarsOh My. Along with some stickers. I love stickers!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Camera cord is lost
Wednesday Nitght Ra...errr...photo shoot?
Is EXPO Racing really becoming that popular?
I got a quick call from Mr. Jeff Frings to do some riding out at Lapham Peak instead of some $5 Wednesday Night Racing (WNR). I am pretty sure this shot is worth more than $5 bucks. I would like to give thanks to all my sponsors, Lazer, ERGON, CLIF, TREK and Oakley who have allowed me to be-in-the-right-place-at-the-right-time.
The greatest benefit from no WNR is my legs are absolutely primed for a big one today! I AM BACK ON SCHEDULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOHOOOOO!
More to come later...CLIF update...more Gears shots....
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
EXPO, Please expand beyond your wildest dreams!
Well, Shelley finally gave me the go to fix Brandon's bike 4 days before WORS #3. Brandon is running a rigid singlespeed this year. It is a converted geared bike with vertical drops. He has DNF'd the first two races with busted singulators.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Legs felt sluggish today
Legs felt very sluggish today. I planned on doing 70miles, but ended up with under 40 in 2 hours. That Century must have taken alot out of me. With a light day today I should be roaring to go for Wednesday Night Racing! Getting pumped for that. Remind me to throw a rant down about Wheel n Sprocket...They did not make me happy today.
Hey Chris...Sometime this week ya wanna practice with some Co2's? lol, JK dude!!!!!
Monday, May 28, 2007
What a weekend!
Here is how the story goes. I am unable to attend the first WEMS race of the year due to a family wedding. So while EXPO riders Chris, Jeff and John along with fellow ERGON athlete Lee Unwin are hucking hard at 12 Hours of Gears I am owning the dance floor getting down to Hanson's "mmmmbop". Ok, ok ok. If I had to give up a race, it would have to be Family based. I had a absolute blast at my cousin Beth's wedding. I only had a half a beer too!
So I send out a "good luck" to the team and asked if any of them would be willing to write up a race report from GEARS. Well, what can I say? I was not let down one bit! Great write-ups guys.
Thanks Chris and Jeff!!!!!!
Along comes Sunday. I was already hearing talks Sat night of Bro Aris bailing out on the ride home from Mad Town. I was to do the ride home solo which was fine. I woke up around 10:30ish. Rode the bike to State St. for a Mocha n Muffin. Ate. Gave Aris some crap. Changed. I was on the road 10minutes to Noon. I took the exact same route across the state. I had the gift of a really NICE tail wind almost all the way home. Before I left made the statement "I'm just going to ride home". Well, 60miles in to it I was feeling really good. I made it twords my parents house and started to head south. The south side of Milwaukee. I knew it was going to be over 90miles total. I was feeling so so so good! I was on a high. I sprinted the last 100 blocks home. Rode up to the house to see Christie and Buckwheat out on the lawn. I plopped right down on the freshly cut lawn(thanks Trixie) and took a Buckwheat shower. He loves the salt.
After 30minutes on Yahoo maps trying to make the route exact to the one I rode. I had about 15 or so checkpoints listed. 105.1 MILES!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 Hours even. I completed my first ever Century Ride! FIXED baby! I feel so good today. It is so much fun feeling good to be sore. So, next time anybody wants to do a 100 you can meet at my house. I'll treat to Ian's za on State St. afterwards.
EXPO Represents at 12 Hours of Gears
12 hrs. of Gears
Left to go to the course early to pre-ride a lap and see who was all there. Pulled in under cloudy skies with cool temps and a slight chance of rain –perfect conditions. Got there just in time to see Jeff Frings get off to a good start on hit the trails around 7th or so in the 6 hr. solo race. Jeff seemed to ride a smooth consistent race with his later laps getting quicker to roll in for 7th overall. John Gregorski and myself lined up for the 3 hr. solo event and at 3:00 pm sharp we hit the trails. John too had a good clean race from the looks of it and finished off in tenth.
I had an interesting day. Got an awesome start getting underway in second behind Carlos and then getting caught by Ron Stawicki early on, which I expected. Followed those two for a couple of laps when Ronsta got around Carlos and decided to up the pace. That was the last I saw of them. I could see John Miller slowly gaining on me and after a couple more laps he caught me and we rode together for a while. John started to pull away and I settled in to 4th just trying to hold out till the end and stay strong. About half way through I hit a small rock in a fast sweeping corner and hit the ground hard. Got back up with a few bumps and bruises and carried on. About 15 minutes later I felt the squirming squishy feeling of a flat rear tire. Crap. Pulled over to fix it and watched a bunch of guys stream by and wondered how many were in my group. Got going pretty quick and started to repass all the guys who just got by me. Felt good from then on and stayed on the gas all the way to the finish to hold on to 4th overall. Pretty happy considering everything.
Expo Racing had a good showing with all 3 riders out on the course together for a while, no dnf’s and everyone made it to the finish of their races. The Kenda’s stuck like glue, the Lazers and the Ergons were cool and comfy and the Clif bars kept everyone fueled till the end.
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Legs feel great
ok. Y'all. Suweeet ride to mad town yesturday. We got off to a very late start. But our legs made up for it real quick. Aris and I are running the identical gear 48 x 16 which made the chit chat real easy. Which is nice. We easily pushed 20+mph. No lie!Those grips are sooo cool looking.Hey. Look at me. No feet!CLIF Shot Bloks kept us going strongA big shout out to the TREKies! Yeah baby!!!!!!!
Finish strong with some Ian's pizza by the slice before making it to the hotel.
I can smell it. Some cog hardware should be coming our way real soon. Good Luck @ Gears! Stay dry.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Good luck EXPO Racing @ Gears!!!!!
Off to Mad Town with the bro Aris. I am stoked. I can't wait to "cool down" in downtown Madison. The route looks very close to 70miles. Lets see how long we can push 20mph?
A big GOOD LUCK to EXPO Racing at the 12 Hours of Gears in New Fane. Chris T. is a forsure GO! John G. and Jeff are still up in the air.
If all goes well we might see a race report from the "3hr Man to Beat"
Good luck Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Represent
Thursday, May 24, 2007
A Wednesday Night Wrong Turn
The first time at a race pace felt really really really great! With that said, it was a not-so-good night. JW and I headed out on the 6mile warm up ride southwest to Crystal Ridge. Ride was easy going. Showed up to the race site...They don't take check card! An IOU was given with 10minutes till race time. JW was to do two 4mile laps with two really nice climbs per lap. Each lap is also littered with ultra twisty single track. I (one of the big boys) had to do three laps.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Wednesday Night Racing
Mid week race pace! I will do the 6mile warm up ride there with the 69er. I am geared a little low, so keeping up with Chris will be tough. 3 laps @ 20+ minutes per lap. Then the 6mile ride back home. This is actually my very first "race" of the year!
I'm still working on the photo gallery.
I also have the Medici preped for the Mad Town ride on Friday. Aris! I hope your ready!!!!!!!!!
Monday, May 21, 2007
EXPO Racing
Closer to 60miles on Saturday
I had a great ride down to Delavan on Saturday. Very close to 60miles in 3.5hours(SAFG).
WORS #2 Turned out wet n very good on Sunday.
Aristotle Peters 1st (Thanks Rusty)
Chris Tamborino 1st
Jordan Watkins 2nd
Thoedore Peters 4th
Brandon Watkins DNF (3rd singulator to go bad in as many weeks)
I was able to take tons of pics.
Tried to ride home after all the pics were taken. Well, no water all morning and no lunch led to a very large BONK. A "I could barely turn the cranks" kind of BONK. 2hours 15minutes and I was done.
I have decided to debut my mad skills at WORS #3(Marathon #1)....look out!
Thanks so much to Sarah and Johnathon. The BEST hosts!
Friday, May 18, 2007
Gettin ready for a 50plus one way on Saturday. I got 1 maybe 2 tours. Then I'm off (on the bike) (4PMish) to Lake Geneva for WORS #2. We will see how my legs feel for Sunday. I might not race, but ride back home (50plus) instead. I will be taking tons of pics no matter what. You know we will be sporting the new kit!
I still can't decide what bike to take??? SAFG or Medici?
See yall Sunday night or something like that.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
3hours 35minutes (10minutes faster thanks to ERGON)
I got to sleep in for the first time in long long while. 9:45 I had Buckwheat licking on my face. Hit the bathroom. Ate one large bowl of Craklin' Oat Bran, my bestest cereal, finishing the box. Took the dog out to do his business. Took the ERGON's off the 69er to put them on the SAFG. What a difference! On my way home the past few rides I have noticed my shoulders shrugging. Almost to the point that they can almost touch my ears. I have been taking that as my core isn't where I want it to be. My arms give up and no longer can support my upper body. All this stress gets taken out on my wrists. SEE LEFT. Those Pedro's Lock-on grips, all be it good, just didn't aid in my lacking core strength. I would get back from a 3ish hour ride and have to slowly force my hand back (inwards) bending at the wrist. Ooooh! the pain. Well today was another story. Either these grips should be forced on to all bikes Nation wide via federal mandate, or USA Cycling can offer $5.00 credit to all registered races pulling up to start lines w/ERGON. I was 10 minutes Faster than Tuesday's ride! I was flicking my wrist like Derik on Orange Mocha Frapp DAY!!! I just felt so spunky. light on the pedals.
What you see is the first half. The FIRST HALF!!
Half way to the top. That drive way is about where my arms begin to give up. I DO not let them. I used to, not any more. That is what I love about MY climb. It is my meter.
YES! I made it. Half way = the top when riding FIXED w/out brakes. Now the hard part. Switchback all the way down to do it one more time. I absolutely love riding my bike. I really do.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
What allows me to enjoy "training". FIXED
38mph Head first
I strolled over to Mr. 24's "BLOG" this morning and saw this. I have now tightened my straps.
EXAM 3 of 3 is just over an hour away.
I just opened a bag of M&m's and counted 55 pieces. 1.65oz size. Thanks to my "BLOG" I finally have a place to keep track of these kinds of things.
Jerseys are prepping for their photo shoot tonight. I bet you can't wait.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
3hrs 45minutes
Monday, May 14, 2007
Since my mom doesn't read this
We already gots our jerseys. I thought I would creat a little suspense by just showing you the art today. Designed by yours truely. Months a months of art changes and color choices. I finally came up with ERGON green and black (and a little purrrrrrr)
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Boys, Girls and former pets.
I have had it. I am sick and tired of reading and looking and reading everyone elses "blogs". Now I get to read my blog. In the next week, you will have caught up to me. I will do my absolute best to post as much as possible. Unlike. I will not be as popular as or .. I do not look as good as your mother nor do I eat after 10:00pm. I am a student, a tutor, a worker, a lover and a bicycle rider.
Student: I attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Two more year till I'm teachin.
Tutor: I tutor soon-to-be teachers how to teach kids MATH at my former Milwaukee Area Teah College.
Worker: Other than getting paid to ride my bike. I think my current job ranks quite high. I am a Segway tour guide.
Lover: As of yesterday, my girlfriend and I have been doin it right for 10 years! I will have been with my wife for 2 years this summer. I love my dog too, he respects me.
Bicycle Rider: I ride as much as possible. I race as often as I can. The team is EXPO Racing.
You will be informed...