heh, ken block and one of the top gear guys...

From nencycling.org Looks like norfolk has been rescheduled...

The calendar has been searched. The trail is being groomed. Now the racers need to mark their calendars for August 29 for the rescheduled Maskenthine XC Classic.

Last summer at Maskenthine means hard pack trails and fast racing. Be prapared for extra laps making the easy drive to the Norfolk area even more worthwhile. The day will feature a full slate of XC classes and the popular marathon category.

Details of the Nebraska Lottery Psycowpath series can be found at www.psycowpath.com

It's time for the Wed Night Worlds!

Bring your A game out to Tranq tomorrow night and have some fun. Actually depending on who shows up, you could probably bring your D game and a bag a chips. Either way, come on out and play. Ride rolls from the fort street trail head at 6.

Rolled tranq last night with my future jr champ daughter. Got in a lap and she is getting back into the flow again. I'm just happy she is riding and still having fun with it...

That's aboot it. Got a lil more trailwork to do before the ride tomorrow...


oh yeah, on the tdf side. Anyone but Contador win plez. He seems to be a bit too cocky. This is going to be the tdf that is talked aboot forever... epic? kthxbi...

tour de france live streams:
http://soccer-live.webs.com/broadcasting.htm
http://www.justin.tv/golden_dragon
http://www.justin.tv/golden_dragon1

or live us coverage on versus tv. More links on steephill.tv man, i love July...Go Contador!

Screaming fast wnr at Manawa. Got to chase the fast kids and managed pretty well, i think. Spun out 36/11 most the ride. Man, that was soooo much fun. The trail is very badly overgrown and a tree is down on the east center section as well. Nothing like blasting thru branches over the trail with your buddies.... Still have to say that is the most smile inducing place i have ever ridden.

Looks like the commuting is paying off. I sat in the saddle 90% of the time and just let it fly. First time i've ever been comfortable doing that for an extended period. Guess the desire to gear up is gone. Need to keep working on pedaling circles and raising my cadence till i can spin that gear out up hill too....


bacon ride sunday!!!!! bacon bacon bacon very chill pace, very newb friendly. Come out, ride a lap then lapse into a food coma. so goood....

**edit** Wnr is at manawa due to some newbs wanting to play on logs. Hope to see ya there!

Woohoo! The commuter has breached the 100 mile mark with ease. Nice tail wind home has me rolling at 22mph spinning my brains out. Keep thinking about gearing it up to a 45t in the front but those pesky headwinds make me wonder if i can roll the pedals over or not....

Got out to mow a bit tonight. Tons of people out riding on a beautiful evening. Everyone was in a great mood for sure. Rolling high fives and lots of positive comments on our trail. Good work guys! I think that sucker is about done with the exception of trimming a few trees.

WNR is @ tranq tomorrow. Come on out and join in the fun!

Ramble, ramble, ramble...

More of the usual... Mowed wed, thurs, sat and sunday. Got a nice surprise when i found out that the city had removed a section of the trail and left a large, blind drop off in it's place. Ran out Sat morning and made a quick fix. Talked to people Sun and all seemed to like it. Best quote of the day..."I hope the city keeps messing with the trail. Everytime you guys fix it, it gets more fun!" I got to ride it tonight with the kiddo. Very rollercoastery, i like it. As long as the rest of the crew agrees, it will stay for the race.

Rode Sun @ Platte for the bacon ride with Paul. He did great for a first run at a challenging trail. He did have a little altercation with a tree but remained in good shape minus a little skin. Ran into Mod and Martin on the trail and the usual crew rolled in from Lincoln. Weather was perfect...

Got to ride a lap with K tonight @ Tranq. She hasn't seen dirt all season and she thought she better get out before the race. She did great for not riding the trail sense the race last year.

South climb and ice loop need to be trimmed yet. Still need to burn the bypass down to dirt, as well as the south creek re-route and the ice climb re-route. Maybe this weekend...

Got to play roadie again fri night for the boys show @ rebels. They did much better and the show was alot more fun with everyone loosened up a bit. Another show next weekend. Same place, same time...

happy Fathers Day to all. I was supposed to hit the bacon ride at platte with some others but we got rained out...

busy, busy as of late. Big D had his first gig at Rebels this weekend. They had some first show glitches but things went very well i thought. Had a crowd of around 30, hope they can pull in more next weekend. Between the music, the hardcore dancers and one very metal gramma in a wheelchair...it was a load of fun. Next show is this Friday. It will be nice when he can drive and i don't have to play roadie anymore...

I've almost rolled 70 miles on the commuter. No dirt in 2 weeks. Kinda sucks but at least i'm getting more mileage than i have in years. Weird observation on the trails. I give a morning/hi or a wave to everyone i pass. I rarely get any response. The young girls/guys all have their ipods cranked and seem to ignore everyone. The middle aged guys give a nod sometimes. The older gals respond almost always. Weird. Passed this gal on a tri bike all kitted out and in aero position on papio. Pretty funny to get smoked by an old fat guy on an ss bike in shorts/tshirt just riding home from work...

the heat wave has finally hit and i'm not sure if i'm going to ride in or not this week. Supposed to be a heat index of 105 mon/tues. After working in the heat all day, the ride home might be a bit much till i get used to it.

That's aboot it. Time to go fix a tire on one of the ex's kids bike and work on her dad's gto for a bit. fun, fun, fun...

got a bit of commuting in this week. Hope more if the rain holds off. Got around 14 hours of mowing in the last 3 days. I'm done, no more mowing for me for a while...

norfolk cancelled/postponed due to muddy conditions...

Mtbomaha.blogspot.com or necyclingnews.com for more info..

sweet, i had a crappy week and couldn't really afford to go anyway. This will give me some more time to get ready...

man, makes me miss the old days on abbott. 1K buy in, winner takes all. Of course we were running mostly 12 sec cars. there a few wicked fast ones but not a field of 8 sec cars like these guys. First vid is from the finish line, second from the starting line. No way i'd be standing at the finish watching how squirrely some of these cars get...




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Well, i gotta a couple days of commuting in this week. Got a whole 30 miles on the bike and i'm kinda liking it. The bars are a little funky and i'm just a tad under geared for the flats. It is a pretty easy spin at 16mph on the flats. I need to either start wearing my contacts or get different glasses. I have to crank my neck up to see thru my glasses and i get a sore neck pretty quick. Also climbing with the bars feels weird. I have to climb with my butt way back or my shoulder starts to ache. Then again, i haven't spent any time on a roadie in several years and maybe i should shut the heck up and just let my body get used to it. Definetly not ready for fixie mode yet...

Norfolk race is coming up this Sunday and i'm hoping the rain holds off so the kiddo and i can go play. We were going to roll out with another group so she can pre-ride the course before the race. Start time isn't till noon, so it should be all good. My race isn't till 2, going to be a long drive home...

Tranq trail day is Tues. Even with mowing every weekish, the trail is still overgrown and will need alot of work. Seems like it rains for a week then a day or two of sun to make everythinh grow like crazy.

Kids are doing well with their driving practices. No one has scared me yet and they are getting better. It is getting hard to find an unpopulated place to let them practice. I found an area where the streets are in but they are still building houses. It is working out pretty good. If both can get their licenses this fall, i can continue riding to work when school time starts....

so cool....

Fun weekend. Almost 7 hrs of mowing in muddy conditions. Trail is looking decent tho. Still plenty to do for the trail day, especially with all this rain. Gave the new bushwacker a good workout. 4 tanks of gas later, i called it a day.

My ebay commuter showed up today. Got it all built up and going to give it a shot in the morning. Redline 925 single speed/fixed. Didn't notice in the auction. It is a black fade to grey. Not too shabby. Geared 42/16 free and 42/15 fixed. Not sure i'm ready for the fixie part yet...



Now i have something to do when it rains....

wnr tonight at Platte. man that place is tough but sooo much fun. Definitely riding out there more often. Just 4 of us tonight. Had a gent on a rigid ss on his first ride with us and he kicked ass. Dude was wearing skate shoes and just rocking the place.


Bacon ride anyone? I'd like to get a decent group of non-fast peeps out to ride a couple laps and then go grub our brains out on the buffet.

Other than that, not much going on. Tranq needs some more trimming. Need to continue with our driver training and summer school schedules. Fumbled on the quiting smoking already. Tonight was good motivation to get back on the wagon. My lungs still hurt....

Next week wnr is at Schram state park. Short, sweet and a great place for beginners. Come on out!

ugh, rain go away!

No mnr for me this week. Sicker than a dog all day. No wnr this week, too muddy. No race Sat, gotta work... I see a pattern forming here...

Went out tonight and mowed sense i couldn't ride. I have to return the monster weed eater sat, so i figured i'd make a go of it. Someone was shooting off fireworks on the south hill so i headed up there to check it. Someone pulled all the flags off the dirt hill re-routes. Found them tossed off the trail, so i put them back up. Headed over to check out the mega berm. It was trashed. My guess is someone tried to use it backwards as a jump and ended up rolling over the top and messing it all up. Got it all back in order in time to hear some more fireworks go off and a group of kids running towards the apartment. Let them be and headed home to mow my own yard.

Pretty exciting week so far...

Had some fun today playing in the blue section. Got it all trimmed up and happy...


Finished phase 2 of super berm. Hopefully we get some rain to get it packed in. Phase 3 will have to wait till i can get our friend with the skid loader out on the hill. Dummy me used dirt from behind the berm area and i have reached the point where i can't back build anymore without going into the holes i dug. The hopeful plan is to get a few loads of dirt from the loader to fill the holes and then continue building from there. Dunno, it may be big enough now...




So, i'm surfing craigslist last night and see an ad for 2 hardrock kids bikes. Hmmm, my ex's twins need bikes, I have a lil bit of commuter fund left. I can either go blow money at the bike shop or get 2 little girls some new wheels... Ya, they got new bikes today. They are stoked. Thanks craigslist dude! You made some lil girls happy campers today. They spent the whole afternoon learning how to use the brakes and how to ride big kid bikes. They said they are going to practice so they can race @ tranq with thier big sister.... Sweeet...

Out of smokes, 1 lb of nuts almost gone. Ugh, this sucks. Need another project tomorrow.....

Went out for stage 2 of the big berm on the techie section. Yapped with Joe for a bit about things. He said he was just out with the skidloader a bit ago...doh! That would have helped alot. Needs to rain to get the new top rideable. The weather radar got me again. It rained all around tranq but not on the trail...

Funny of the day...Joe's kid is learning to drive a stick using the roads at tranq. Someone called the cops on him for being out there after hours and "tearing up the place". Of course, opd was there in minutes with lights flashing to take care of these reckless villains. After a short chat, all was good and the police headed off. You know as well as i do, if it had been anything real, opd would have showed up hours later if at all.

The grassy area between parking lots is going to get mowed this week. If the lots are full, please park there before using the hill by the farm.

Depending on weather, i may go finish the berm tomorrow. Then again, i might head to L&C. Do a lil' trimming and try and bag a lap or 2. Anyone wanna go tomorrow afternoon, leave a comment or give me a call and we can set something up...

3 smokes so far today. 3 left in the pack. 2lbs of pistachios waiting for me to get the urge....

This weekend is my official smoke out. I'll not be around the mass that smokes at work and should have plenty to do to keep me busy. If i can go 3 days without, i should be good for the long haul. Hope i can do this time. Tried patches, gum, hypnosis and acupuncture in the past. Getting poked with needles worked the best but i still fell off the wagon after a couple days. I think i am ready. I wanna get faster, feel better, not get dirty looks at stoplights and on the trail. Also looking into moving and a few places i talked to add $400+ non-refundable deposit on smokers. Yup, time to give it up...

So, if ya see me puffing on the trail...gimmie some crap about it. It always helps to get some back up from others. Man, i am gonna be a crabby mofo for awhile...