The weekends are getting more and more consumed by the biking. Saturday was the crazy fast ride for me, Amber did the slower ride with Jessi. Then today was the long ride... 51 miles out and back to Northwest River Park.
The weather was great for a ride with the exception of the UGLY head wind. All in all a good ride though.
September 2007 Archives
The new in home beer cooler! Woo Hooo!
Draft Includer: Asko's Home Pub Fridge is a Fridge for Real Men - Gizmodo
So I added another bike to the "collection" thanks to the opinions of none other than Gilbert. It's a fixed gear no brakes track bike built up by Carytown Bike Company on an EAI Brass Knuckles frame.
What a blast it is to ride... no gears and no coasting makes for a very fun ride.
Here's a pic of a bike like mine.....
A criterium race in Virginia Beach... who would have ever thought that would happen?
September 23rd was the first crit race to be held at the new track setup around the Soccer Stadium. The course was great, plenty wide, smooth, and in a nice location. This will be an asset to the cycling community in the area. It also means the criterium training series may actually be a possibility again. Woo hooo!
As for the actual race, I rode the first of two races. My race was made up of the Juniors, my category (Cat 5), Womens, and Masters. There was a pretty strong head wind on the back side of the course that made the race quite interesting. I finished 6th over all and 4th in my Category. The 2 finishers ahead of me that were not in my category were fellow team mates, Lucas and Elliot. They are some crazy fast Cat 3 Juniors, great job guys!
Things I learned in this, my 3rd criterium race:
Don't try to bridge up to AJ, Lucas, and Elliot when you are 1/2 a lap behind them and you still have 12 laps to go.
Riding criteriums can get pretty monotonous by the 10th or 11th time around the same loop.
All in all it was great time and I am looking forward to next season now that I am getting closer to being in shape enough to hang on to the Peleton in these races.
I added some cycling links on the side bar. Blogs I have come across and some other stuff.
Google has introduced a FREE 411 service that is pretty sweet! Call 1-800-GOOG411 to try it out. We used it this weekend to find a bike shop in Richmond, VA.
Google 411
