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...

gigo = garbage in/garbage out. One of those lovely programmer sayings that is true in many ways. As much as i'd like to blame my pre-ride meal of a little debbie cake for my stellar performance at l&c, it was probably a bit more of too much tranq, not enough hills.

Rolled out the first lap learning the race loop. It was pretty funky. Rode with Dale and Dave? Crap. i am so bad with names. He did really well for his first time there and i hope he comes out to ride it again with us. It is a tough place unless you know it pretty well. I don't anymore, so it takes a bit before you can dive into the turns. It was also pretty overgrown. Might head out Sunday for some trimming. Also ran into the bike way guys, the tailgater crew and several others out trying to learn the race loop. It was pretty fun. Lap number 2 started with exploring the unused section of trail then jumping back in to ride the lap. Started to unravel about 1/2 way through but still made it up neverrest. i've never cleared it on an SS, got it twice last night. I am happy...

Headed out to tranq to finish the trim. 3ft tall sticker bushes make for a long mow. Used the push weedeater and got the inner loop climb to the gravel road all done. 2 tanks of gas and 3 stops to re-string got me out of there in an hour n a 1/2. Not too shabby.

Have the weekend off, kids are out of school. The big kids are going job hunting tomorrow, hope they find something close to home. It is nice for them to have their own spending money. Helps me out quite a bit. Also have one wanting to practice driving more so he can his license. The other is wanting her permit so she can do the same. Teaching 2 at once is going to be interesting. So weird, i don't remember anyone teaching me how to drive. With all the motorcycles, bikes, odessey, etc we rode as kids, it just came naturally...

Bacon ride starts Sunday. Not sure if i'll make the first one or not. I'd kinda like to sleep in for once. I do realize now that i need to ride hills atleast once a week if i'm going to get stronger. The spread out there would definetly make it worth the ride...

Pic stolen from Dale. Thanks! People always ask why i'm never in the pics. This is why...

MNR was sweet! Good group for the ride. Lots of people out enjoying the trails last night. I played the silly big gear game again last night and came apart on the last time up the inner loop climb. 2 laps 36/13 for the majority of the lap isn't too bad. Only popped it into the 15 for the inner loop and rode most of the time in the 12. I've been riding with out the sportlegs/heed/endurox that i usually use to fight cramps. So far, so good. Maybe there is something to this drinking water stuff. Last 2 rides have been powered by strawberry kool-aid! Woohooo!!

WNR is at manawa this week but i think i will probably head to l&c for some recon laps. All are welcome that want to come along. Meet at the monument at 6 and roll on out. Good time to ride before the hammerheads start doing hot laps to prep for the race. I'll be a good boy, my legs are shelled from last night...

Tranq haircut is complete! Thanks to Dale, Paul and Marc for all the hard work today. Trail will be super sweet for the MNR. Hoping to make it out myself. Gotta get some rides in while the weather is good and the legs are feeling good.

School ends this week, i guess it is time to go sweet talk my way into a commuter. All the money i had saved went to bills, so i will have to try and talk my way into payments i guess... Not sure if it is worth it. Got 4 weeks of summer school to haul kiddies to, along with back and forth to their jobs, etc. Gonna be another long summer...

MNR was a blast, going to have to make this more often. I missed the main group and headed out with a few folks. Stopped part way in to close a section off that someone had re-opened on their own. Really wish people would stop doing that...

Caught up with the BM crew at the end of lap one. Rode with them for another lap. Felt really strong last night. Good snap in the legs and the body was liking rolling a big gear. First time i've been able to ride and climb in 36/12. Rocked that from the top of the south hill all the way to the inner loop. Might actually get to put the 38 on the front like was originally planned.

Trail day tonight, wnr tomorrow. I'm liking all this riding...

Little riding but fun stuff today. Built some moto inspired stuff up on the blue section. That's aboot all i'm saying till i get some pics of it. that or someone destroys it...

Got to chat with many people today. Had a nice couple that had just bought bikes at Bike Masters trying out the trail. There were really gung ho and having fun. Had a group of guys out for a hot lap. Must have been 10 in the group. Even got to chat with OPD bike cops out on the trail. they were doing some training in full gear. Wild to see them packing heat on the trail. Might scare off the vandals tho...

Got a half lap in before the rain started. I was pooped anyway. Gonna save it up for the MNR tomorrow if i can get the kiddo to go for the Chica Ride.

Ever have one of those days where you just know you should have gone back to bed? I think today might qualify as 2 of those days....

Woke up to someone smearing a burrito or something from taco hell all over the front storm door. Gotta love having teens in the house, right? Got that all cleaned up and breezed into work a few minutes late. Work actually went ok. A little slow but not too bad.

Head for home and as soon as i walk in the door get greeted with "the laundry room door fell off." Ummm, no. Door don't fall off by themselves. Especially when the screws are pulled out of the door jamb.

Screw it, gotta meet Franco in a few to get some equipment for the trail day on Tues. Bail out, pick up the monster weedkiller and signpost installer and roll over to petco for birdy food. Not really a bad thing but i used to pay $40 for a 25lb bag of parrot food from a feed dealer. I could get 3 macaws, a conure and 2 meyers parrots fed for a month on that. They closed down and now it is that much for 8lbs of food and barely lasts a week for 2 birds. Ugh, i need wholesale macaw chow.

Swing by to get my haircut on the way home. Gal butchered it so bad, i just told her to grab the clippers. Ya, i'll be wearing the hat alot so my dome doesn't get burnt. Go ahead and laugh, i still am. Shoulda known better...

Get home, feed the kids and fire up the dishwasher. 30 sec later i hear "dad, it's raining in the downstairs bathroom". Greeeat. Look in the upstairs bathroom, toilet is clogged and backing up into the tub. Pull the toilet, grab the snake. Whatever it is, i can't reach it. Call Mr Rooter. I am number 60 in line. Mention that i have a contract, he will see me in an hour. Well, things are looking up. He rolls up 20 min later and is happy he doesn't have to pull the stool. This is only going to cost me $270 sense he doesn't have to do it. Less than a minute later, he is done. Damn, i wanna make 300 bucks a minute. Grumble grumble, write the check...

The bad luck seems to have left along with most of my paycheck. Easy come, easy go. I was gonna go for a ride tonight but i think i knew better. At least all the bathrooms are clean now. Just need the landlord to come fix the pipe that leaks into the lower bathroom everytime the plumbing backs up...

Sounds like Platte was fun. Wonder if the bro went. Think i will play a bit with some things tomorrow then ride in the afternoon. Anyone wanna ride with the timebomb?