I'M PRETTY LAME..............

This baby sat, hanging in the basement all weekend while I painted.

MORE TATER PICS...................................

GRASSHOPPER.....................

I got a few photography tips from Rusty today.

GROW UP...........................

What's with the training wheels, cupcake??

CHEQUAMEGON 2007.....A NICE WEEKEND

Great weather and great company(all the usual suspects plus got a chance to meet and hang out with Sam Kuehnel and Mike Curtes...great guys). Spent a bunch of time with the Hayes guys riding, drinking, eating, drinkng, talking stupid and drinking. Those"stuffed shirts"really need to learn how to have a good time.

As for my race.....I was able to shave 21 minutes off last years time and moved me up 315 spots. I think having gears may have helped me a bit this year, but I would never admit that in public. As I told Mike Phillips....he's lucky that the race wasn't 5 miles longer because I was feeling pretty good out there. I also told him I was going to be gunnin' for him in his defense of the night race championship. (21 is the magic number of beers it takes to get me talking that kind of smack.) You know he's scared now...I mean..DANG..I look pretty fresh up there for just finishing a 40 mile race.

Like all the big shots, I should thank all the folks that make me look good out there........ Superfly for the nice photo, Big Dale for the Spotted Cow recovery drink, Mt Borah sausage casings for making me look like I mean business, and who wouldn't look like Clint Eastwood when your horse is a nice bike from Gunnar?

The above is entirely true except for the part about Sam and Mike...They're really not all that nice of guys.

MOVIN' ON UP ?????..........................

I'm looking to move up about 350 spots or so this year at Chequamegon, however I will be handicapped this time around by having multiple gears at my disposal to really confuse me.

Wish me luck.

TAKE THAT..........

I flickered....... Check them out. If you like em'...take em..

I'll post a ton more later....

HEY...............

A little less hamming it up for the camera and a little more pedaling the bicycle!!

SHE'S A BEAUTY...................

My brother called me and said," I was reading your blog"... I said "yeah ?" ....... He said " It's nothin' but a bunch of guys in tights"

So there you have it.

AROUND....WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN ?......................


Here and there.....This and that.
A few things happenin'.
The Surly sold to the first guy that came and looked at it. Now, with the wife's new "bike in- bike-out" policy, that means Bubba is officially shopping. With the ass pounding I took at the Smokin' Spoke and 6 hrs in the seat at Stump Farm I'm kinda thinking this would be nice, but I'm gonna go SS.
I'm staining a house for some ex-neighbors of mine and I figure by the time these three get done bleeding me of cash, I should still have enough left over along with the dough from the Surly to fund a bike purchase.

That 6 hr solo at Stump Farm was fun. After about 4.5hrs of riding every muscle I have was barkin' at me. Surprisingly, I recovered really well and was feeling fine the next day.
Murphykate and Meg rolled pretty well and won the 6hr duo. Of course they had this guy riding with them acting like this guy.
Looking forward to Chequamegon and am going to shift gears for the first time.......maybe. Not really looking forward to Sunburst, but I'll probably go if the kids want to race. That Palos race sounds pretty cool, but I can't eat up that kind of time right now or I'll still be painting in January. Either way I will get down there and ride soon.

Bummer about Marko..........They run that race 10 times and he's right in the thick of it 9 of em'. Something tells me he'll have his day.

I'm thinking about trying to trying to host some of our photos on a public internet thingy so you can see how silly you all look, but lucky for you I'm a complete dumbass when it comes to computers.

CLYDES.......................

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That raindrop on the lens kinda sucks.......................................

I'VE GOT SOME JUNK TO GET RID OF........

I'm sure Russell can identify the above bike by manufacturer and give a pretty close guess as to the production year. The car should be even easier.....he's probably owned 4 of them.

I think I have to sell my Surly 1x1. It is a 20 inch (large). It's original owner was a really fast guy. I won't charge extra for the mojo though 'cause I think I wore most of it off.

If you're interested....let me know.

GRASSY-ASS.........................

O2S......... A NICE WEEKEND

What better way to start a long weekend road trip than spending a few hours riding a fairy. This was a first for the Bubbster. Coop said it was for him too, but he was sure actin' like he had been on one before.

The ferry dumped us in Muskegon and we were off to the races.....so to speak.

Drove up the other side of Lake Michigan through all the nifty resort/tourist towns . Spent Thursday night in Traverse City and took nice MTB ride on the VASA trail.

And then up to Mackinaw City.......

And the Mackinac Bridge. Seeing and driving over the bridge was also a first for me....I guess about 150 million people beat me to it.

Got a nice photo of the newlyweds..When you're married for 13 weeks you take nice pictures at famous places so you can remember them for years to come...

When you've been married 13 years, I guess you pretend you're a canine and your wife is a fire hydrant.
Well, maybe not you.....but I'm a complete moron. DON'T ARGUE WITH ME...I am.



Once in da UP der hey we stopped at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and the Grand Sable Dunes for some sightseeing before heading over to Marquette and the Ore to Shore.

Got well-wishes from my friend Ron, so I stopped in for a triple thick shake.

The race was pretty fun...pretty hard...and really sandy. I guess that's my time over my left shoulder. I did not light the world on fire, but there were plenty of people behind me.


Coooop was not behind me however. He had a real nice race.

Coop and I were the finalists in the Alice Cooper look alike contest. They gave him the win.....I got robbed....the common last name thing and all.