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coffee & rain
Espresso consumed, newspaper perused, food eaten, heading to camp.
Dogs told me that I was a winner in the not getting to sleep-in sweepstakes this morning
oh well making coffee, taking the truck to the coin op car wash then putting the camper back on it. Freaking $1300 to replace the leaking turbo base plate gasket and two oil fittings plus some oil soaked/shorted pigtails connection the turbo sensors. But better to have it fixed now than have it blow the seal in the middle of Nevada on the way to Grand Teton in 3 weeks.
Might get in a ride this afternoon
oh well making coffee, taking the truck to the coin op car wash then putting the camper back on it. Freaking $1300 to replace the leaking turbo base plate gasket and two oil fittings plus some oil soaked/shorted pigtails connection the turbo sensors. But better to have it fixed now than have it blow the seal in the middle of Nevada on the way to Grand Teton in 3 weeks.
Might get in a ride this afternoon
70 degrees, sunny with no wind today. Mt Bike ride after work!
Had a 6 pack of these last night.
Just barley dragged my self out of bed. Late night with friends, perhaps one or three too many beers consumed. Called the hangar at midnight to say I wouldn't be in. Pulled pork and potato salad for breakfast. Still waiting for coffee to kick in. Taking wife-bot to "Farm and Art Market", then perhaps a bicycle ride.
Woke up this morning, still feeling like crap. I attempted to ride the road into town here, but my body just gave up and said NOPE halfway there. I blame the wind coming off the bay. Found a quiet cemetery on the coast and sat there for a while.
My emo pic of the day..
It's not sunny or warm here today.
My emo pic of the day..
It's not sunny or warm here today.
Beautiful morning after last night's rain here. Trails were 
, hero dirt with just a little slippy roots for some rear end fun. Steaks & beer have been procured, I am ready for the next 3 days.
, hero dirt with just a little slippy roots for some rear end fun. Steaks & beer have been procured, I am ready for the next 3 days.
I didn't get it, had to google...
Turns out I will be free of social obligation between 1PM and 4 PM today. Looks like a bike ride down by the river. 
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Pissing rain from Eagle to Georgetown. Not a great day to be trying to do outdoor schtuff in the mts.
'Morning. I rode today, sort of. Tri bike, if that counts. Now I'm tired, hungry, and I have to poop but am too lazy to get up.
My gut still hurts from watching Jim Jeffries' Freedumb on Netflix last night. Dude nailed it.
I find it helps in some spots, hinders others, and is neutral everywhere else. Only tried it on bass.The verdict is out: fanned fretboard is pretty comfy, I've adjusted in no time.
Hit 52.3 mph on the road bike it was brilliant. Also did a partial dirt road climb. Road it back down bumpy and some fast gravel fill turns. Borrowed a lake house all weekend. I really can't complain.
1 beer per hour since noon. casting net in the sound returned shrimp, small fish, crabs, baby flounder. burgers eaten. kids in bed. here are two mad libs completed by 10, 8, 7 and 6 year old boys today.
^ looks like they got talents from their father 
Let me know if you are up this way and get thirsty for beer.
Apples don't fall from the tree.1 beer per hour since noon. casting net in the sound returned shrimp, small fish, crabs, baby flounder. burgers eaten. kids in bed. here are two mad libs completed by 10, 8, 7 and 6 year old boys today.
Rode my arse off today, and it was good.
Chilling in Bozo. Little heathen only melted down once in 9 hours of driving. It seems like I am seeing more California plates than Montana. Yikes
We had diner tonight with some local landed gentry in Fort Shaw, Montana which may or may not be on the map. Of the dozen or so people there only 2 were actually born in Montana, most make there money elsewhere and the move on up. One couple lives at 7,000 feet in the mountains outside of Bozeman, they made their bank in Michigan.
Managed to make a set of Maxxis Minion DHFs two wheel drift through a berm and heard that sound of tires breaking loose and a dirt being flung like in HD "sick edit" riding videos.
The fastest I have been on a road bike was 56 MPH during the Ski to Ski race in Bellingham, Wa. I was on a regular steel road bike and those speeds through mild curves were pretty hairy. I spun out in 52/13 somewhere in the mid 40s. I was passed by a guy in full aero kit so fast that I felt his wake. That was a race I'll never forget.
@Serial Midget I hit 45 on loose gravel while riding an early 90's hardtail. Doesn't sound fast, but back then bikes were not nearly as stable as they are now.
Crossed a finish line in a DH race in the mid 40s as well, but that was not nearly as scary as a hardtail on loose gravel.
Crossed a finish line in a DH race in the mid 40s as well, but that was not nearly as scary as a hardtail on loose gravel.
I love it when you are going so fast you just sit up a little to slow down by the wind. Teton pass rages for this, have gone over 60 before.
Took one for the team today and rode Phillips Ridge with wifey. Normally takes around two hours, took three.
All for marital harmony...
At least she rides!
Took one for the team today and rode Phillips Ridge with wifey. Normally takes around two hours, took three.
All for marital harmony...
At least she rides!
My road bike then is the same one I have now, a 1989 Serotta made with Columbus SLX, it was about 15 years old for that race. In the 90s I had a Trek Y22 that could hit sustained fire read speeds in the high 30s, mid 40s only for a short time, stability wasn't the issue on that bike but stopping was... the fire roads in Washington are typically packed by log trucks so loose was seldom an issue.