TUESDAY NIGHT RIDE AND FALLEN SOMBRERO REPORT

Wonderful ride last night. Great riding conditions with milder temperatures, practically no ice, and great traction. Seven of us - Big Kahuna, Steve B, Jeff Z (Redline Bastard), Bob S, Specialized Steve, and Travis, the guy who wore the shorts in last weekend's Versluis Snowcross (see the last post video) a "swell time" if by swell time you mean none of us fell down or got lost.

Before I get into the ride report, in news from the world of cyclocross word has it that for various reasons one of our favorite riders, Ryan 'Tree Farm' Trebon won't be making it to the World Championship this coming weekend. While some reports have it that he's sick, my inside information has it that he's taken a job as a personal "cycling coach."

And you'll never guess (well now you will) know who it is. Yeah, it's our own Killer Kubiak. She's a hard training Killer, and now she's got the Killer coach she's dreamed of - some one to take her to the next level of killer-kick-ass performance. Seems though they have trouble seeing eye to eye, though.

Back to last night's ride. Steve, on his new Specialized was back for more abuse, and fun. He's rocking that thing now. This, like all the photos today are old file photos. There weren't many foggy glasses last night.

Matty Ice-Ice-Baby worked late and couldn't make it to the ride on time, but he did make the Honey Creek for a few Guiness', My Goodness. I wonder why he made the trip? Yeah you guessed it. You're so smart, aren't you ...

Bob S, our famous car-crotch flasher was also back and rockin' the roads last night. Nice to see you Bob, and what's that you've got down there? Don't bother showing us, that's okay. we've seen it before.

Steve B was rolling the Redline, all super studded up. And that was just the tires. Steve had a good ride, though he was fighting a chest cold that made it a little tough on him. But brave man, he made it all the way back to the Honey Creek. Way to tough it out Steve!

Also on the ride last night was Jazzy Jeff Z, or Redline Bastard, or JZ Jeff, or just Jeff to his friend, partially seen in the file photo above. I think this photo was taken in 1986. He's tough to get a snap of, let me tell you.

Here's a little better photo of Redline Bastard. One of the few. Last night he rode to the ride, did the ride, came back to the parking lot and then rode home, alone. He said it was for extra credit, but by the way he was driving the pace all night I don't know how much more credit he needs. Anyway, after riding off into the dark, while we prepared for the HC, we talked about how tough he was, riding to and from the ride, to which Steve now famously commented, "Yeah he's an animal," which sparked further discussion about just what kind of an animal Jeff is ...

Is JZ Jeff aka Redline Bastard a snarling killer wolf?

Is he like the big dog that took Kahuna out this fall?

Nope, this was the consensus. Leave your comments and congratulations in the comment box.

Yeah, gerbil. He's so damn cute isn't he. Well not everybody thought so, and some of the group started laughing pretty hard ...

Kind of like this, above. If you had read yesterday's post, you'll know that Big Kahuna nailed the question about LSHMSFOTFAIDMT, which, here's a clue starts with LAUGHING SO HARD ...

... LAUGHING SO HARD, and you are wearing a sombrero, like this ...

Or this ... your SOMBRERO FELL ON THE FLOOR AND I DROPPED MY ...

TACO ... yeah, that's it, good guess, you TEXTING guessers. And if you or I LAUGHED SO HARD MY SOMBRERO FELL ON THE FLOOR AND I DROPPED MY TACO (LSHMYSFOTFAIDMYT) the whole thing could end up like this ...

Actually I think this damn cat just ate the gerbil. Hey, give Jeff back you big fat cat in the sombrero on on the floor before I drop my taco again ...

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