Headquarters for the Slender Fungus Cycling Association

Headquarters for the Slender Fungus Cycling Association
Brewers of Hardy Rides.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Saturday and Sunday Riding

B-Road coming off Afton forest preserve


Good dirt trail and out of the wind

Hard grass trails in Afton

Wetlands off Crego Rd. A great place to ride trails in the cold weather

Private Property, too bad

Sunday's machines: Crosscheck Single and Gunnar Ruffian single

Enjoying the heck out of my Ham and Cheese Sandwich


Hellmut and his rather large piece of chicken



Gravel, lots of gravel on Saturday and Sunday



Saturdays ride started on pavement and then varied



Saturday was a good group ride we started going south on Rte 23 and then split up since we were going to do some gravel. Got in a solid 2 hours before work and it felt just right.
Sunday saw the members of the Slender Fungus ride out to find new roads of the Vitamin G type. We were arranged a route by fast becoming rider Arik. We rode, got lost, rode, got lost and had many adventures on Sunday. Ended up on private property to be chased by a disgruntled farmer on his Moto-cross bike. We admitted all the guilt of trespassing and were on our way without any gunshots being fired. We hit pavement, Gravel, grass trails, dirt trails, and even did some corn wacking along the powerline road off of Afton forest preserve. We rode for 6 hours on Sunday and were pretty beat up by the end.
We feasted on Pomegranates @ the Ari house and had toast, and tons of coffee. This ride did not qualify as a DBD but it sure put the pain in our legs. In the evening we went to the inlaws and ate a very long dinner, italian style. It was great to have Hellmut over.
Tomorrow more riding and more suffering and I will keep my eyes open to see my name on that roster for Trans Iowa.

best,

Ari

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE the cornfield photo. Happy DBD training!

Ari said...

Hey Jason,
Are we going to have the honor of riding with you at Trans Iowa??
ari