Thursday, January 6, 2011

Booting Up - Ride Tonight - 01.06.10

Wish I had a new pair of these for tromping and pedaling through the snow tonight. Sorry I haven't posted up photos of last Tuesday's ride, but I'll get to it - yeah I will. JZ, could you post a comment on road conditions out in BASTARDVILLE, if you get a chance? It will help me determine what kind of tires, snowmobile suit color, helmet, de-icers, snow shovels and so on I should bring with me tonight.

Thanks,

Surly

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Rich Rod's Goodbye Ride

It's hard saying goodbye. And sometimes it's hard to say hello. And sometimes it's hard saying anything at all. And sometimes it's hard to say you're fired or you're not fired.

Great ride last night with Bob H, Aimee, Flying Bats Craig, JZ Jeff (the pathfinder) Steve B, Matt ICE ICE Baby, and myself. The roads were in good condition with some nice fresh covering up the depleted ice. Nice riding most of the night - and long, we almost hit 2 hours.

It was our memorial Rich Rod ride, (back when we thought he was fired early on the evening of January 4) a one time memorial that I'm sure we'll all forget soon enough. Strangely some of us were really sad about RR getting the axe. But those were MSU Fans. The UM people had extra beers and seemed happy. Go figure!

I'll update with actual photos and videos of the ride last night later today.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Grattan Road Report

Conditions look great for a ride tonight, checkout this video from earlier in the day.

Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman Ride Tonight

Join Frosty and some Crazy Bastards tonight for the first snowy ride of the year. Looks like fun out there, doesn't it? Don't know whether I need studs on the old cross mule or not - maybe fluffy and snowy enough to just roll regular tires. We'll see! That is if I see you tonight. Enjoy Frosty the inappropriate snowman clip below.




Monday, January 3, 2011

Muddy Ride Before New Year's

Before the snow and the cold of 2011 arrived I had one last "warm" ride around usual Bastard route. Here's a boring little video of what is what like during our little respite from winter.


Saturday, January 1, 2011

Ride to Founders 12.30.10

One of my first attempts at using some new bike technology, just days before the snow fell. Hope this doesn't make you ill. If you start feeling vertigo, just look away. Hopefully I'll get better with this and put it to some good use, somehow, in the coming year.

Cyclocross Classic Race

This race took place just this past weekend, but it looks like a classic already. By far the best racing of the year. Want to see two guys go at each other like made dogs? It's only the last two laps, but it is well worth the time to watch it. Better than watching today's Big Ten effort. Let's hope Wisconsin does better tonight.