BIKIN' AND BAR-BE-QUEIN'.............

How do you like my kitchen decor??

My Memorial Day weekend was really nice....

I did the WEMS race at New Fane on Saturday along with a bunch of other fine folks on a perfect day. I was right around mid-pack in the 6 hour solo race. I think if I do a few more 6 hr races, I might even be capable of a bit higher placing. The course was super-fun and the whole event was very well organized.
Props to Brittany and the Pedal Moraine crew.

I did a bunch of stuff on Sunday that was completely non-related to pedal-biking....or fun for that matter, but it had to be done....or so I was told.

The Memorial Day ride from my house was well attended. About 25 of us headed out on the Tosa trails for a few hours on another perfect day. The trails were a little greasy in spots from some rain the night prior, but all in all, they were pretty good. The Goat, however, was not in attendance. I heard from a reliable source he had a good excuse so I'll give him a pass. I think we missed him, even though I didn't hear anyone actually say so.

After the ride we cooked out and had a few drinks in my backyard. I think I will have another ride/cookout from my house a bit later this summer. I'm not sure of the day, so just mark your calenders every Saturday from now until mid October "ride from Bubbas in Tosa..with a question mark....I'll be in touch.


Now...on a technical note...

A friend of mine who shall remain nameless told me that if you need to use a "set back" seatpost, then you have too small of a frame.... basically calling me a dumbass...

to which I immediately called "BULLSHIT."...I'm no dumbass.

Another friend of mine who shall also remain nameless told me that the decision to use a setback seatpost has little or nothing to do with frame size and everything to do with the size of ones femurs, seat tube angle, and the proximity of ones hind parts over the bottom bracket. He went on to say, and I quote...." Listen you dumbass...You have been professionally fitted on your road bike.....measure the seat height and the distance from the tip of your saddle to the center of your bottom bracket. Set up all your bikes just like your road bike and you are golden"





So I did......(check out my high tech plumb-bob) and now the tip of my saddles are exactly 3 inches behind the center of the bottom bracket and they all measure exactly 31 inches from the center of the bottom bracket to the top of the saddle for consistent seat height. So...depending on the seat tube angle...NOT the frame size....some of my bikes will use a straight post and some will use a set back post.....SO THERE!!

If this is common knowledge and you are reading this...I apologize and I owe you 41 seconds of your life back.....or in Randy's case...about an hour and a half.
If it is all a bunch of hogwash....then I guess I'm just a dumbass.

TOP 9............................

MEMORIAL DAY RIDE..........................

How 'bout a Memorial Day MTB ride on the fine trails of Wauwatosa???

The ride shall depart from Casa de Bubba at 11:00am and hit the woods for a few hour tour of all the places I've been hurting myself lately. We can lap past my place a few times in case anyone needs to knock off early. Fast folks, slow folks....We can break into 2 groups if necessary or the fast guys can wait for me at intersections and other strategic points. As you can see, I'm as flexible as a Russian gymnast.

If you are reading this, you are invited. ( you also need to find better things to do with your time)...

I understand the ride will also be the 3rd stage of The Tour de Goat IIII. I"m not quite sure what that means, but I've got the stones to find out.....Do you??

After the ride, I will be firing up the grill for some backyard grilling and bullshitting. So load up a cooler with your favorite dead animal parts and a few drinks and we'll have at it.

Casa de Bubba is located at 3215 N Menomonee River Parkway

QUICK.............

Hide my bear costume.

JACK-SHIT............

Chillin' after supervising a few hours of trail work.

One of these days........

Hittin' the road.........

My apologies......................

Megatron.................


My.........

handy-work....................

ROUGH BUSINESS..........

So......Sunday afternoon, I hit the same section of trail that was responsible for my face looking like I had just gone the distance with Muhammad Ali.
Just riding along with DaSug and I bounce of a tree hard enough to send me across the trail. Now my shoulder is all bruised and has been bothering me for a few days.....I'M A WRECK!!!!

Probably injuries equivelant to those that would keep Randy off his bike for 10 weeks or so.

But, I'm a man......So much of a man am I that next time I decide to hit up that particular trail, I will leave my bike at home and take my chainsaw.

HILLBILLY HAVEN.......

This is what happens at Casa de Bubba when you serve Julie her pot pie cold in the middle...

Oh...I could make up a story about taking a harmless bike ride, hooking my handlebar on a tree, falling awkwardly right into a cutoff sapling and coming dangerously close to poking my eye out.....but I'll spare you the drama and stick to the pot pie story.

Scared the crap out of me, but the good news is I will be just fine..........YEEEEE-HAW!!!!!!!....GIT-R-DONE!!!!!

IOLA.....WORS#1.......


My wife was wandering around aimlessly taking random photos on a perfect day. She's very good at it.


Meg decided that Sunday would be a good day to start riding her bike again after taking most of the last 5 months off. She says it's still really fun.
This bike used to go fast and Damnit....it will go fast again....some day....maybe.

Then I took a few pics. Click here
I will try to throw a few more up there when I sort out all the duds. Not my best day behind the lens. I should have tagged along with Rusty.

WELCOME TO MY WORLD..................

Frickin' chaos.


If anyone has any interest in this Yakima stuff, let me know....If I like ya'....... I'll give ya' a good deal.