Archive for the ‘Mennos’ Category
Did someone say butter?
If you don’t know what this is, don’t worry, it doesn’t apply to you. Those that do know, the battle is ON.
Winners!
Congrats to our two Early Bird Draw winners.
80 Category Draw Winner (for one FREE entry to XC8) – Gord Buhr
32-16km Category Draw Winner (for one FREE entry to the Falcon Ridge 24 Hour Race) Pat Siemens
Coincidence that both guys are Body Driven Sports riders? Yanseed luck I guess.
Thanks to all the racers who registered early for the Back 40, it really helps organizers when you pre-register early.
Spring ritual – PUNISHMENT
So, not sure why, but every spring I manage to find my self on an “easy” ride with a friend or two. Sunday afternoon I went for one of these “easy” spring rides with a good friend JP. Last March it was DJ, the year prior Hal and Chris H. Now, the term “easy” seems straight forward, but obviously I need to learn to use the SAME tire/bike setup as my riding companions.
Stating the obvious
Apparently there is a HUGE difference in rolling resistance between road bike tires and low quality cross tires. Last year DJ was polite enough to allow me to keep my HR around 160, while his was much, much lower. On Sunday, I didn’t wear my HRM, but could barely talk most of the ride while JP was just cruising along at 120 BPM, unclipped, on a SS road bike… Just glad he didn’t start pulling wheelies. It was just about ALL my early season lack of fitness could handle. I was really glad the sun still sets early. But don’t get me wrong, I still had a great time (time trialing).
Mennos & bikes
You know winter’s too long when you dig up stuff like this article recently published in some Mennonite historical rag.
I don’t get the part about bikes allowing young men the ability to deepen the gene pool by going farther afield. I do most of my riding locally…
