Monday Ride

Set off today with the intention to do a steady 2 hour ride on the 29er singlespeed. I took the GWT to the I.C Trail rd, crossed rte 47 to empire and then to Hanson and then took the trail back. It was cold, with a bit of snow on the Gravel. Feet were a little cold, hands fine. Did 2:30 hrs on the bike and then bonked spectacularly. I had no food and no drink with me. I sucked on some random snowflakes as they fell.

out,
Ari

What a sweet treat!

My good friend Radio Freddy has come back and you all should check out his blog

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When it comes to style, racing, road, there is only one place to spend your valuable riding time!!

Ari

Sunday's Attempt

Hellmut and the new Carboner OCLV

Rivendell Heron Chilling the overheated michelins

The very cold day to go for a ride

Geneva, IL artwork

Stoic Man

Hellmut and I planned out this Sunday to go do a real hard ride and it really happened. I woke up at 5 am on a Sunday, in december and found myself doing loops in front of Hellmuts house around 5:45. We left the Hellmut residence at 5:52 allowing the ride to clasify as a DBD ride. It was frigid cold at that point and we instantly froze. We took the GWT to shelter against the wind that was already blowing from the SE giving us a good headwind all the way to Naperville, IL.

We went through Fermi Lab, where there was no shelter. We often got off our bikes and walked and ran to get circulation back into our feet. We alternately went from freezing hands to freezing feet. We could not figure out how this worked.

IT was nice to make it to Naperville and take the well deserved break at the Starbucks. We finished coffee and headed back to a cuasi sidewind that then shifted to a headwind as winds shifted from Se to S to Sw.

We climbed up Townhall rd then took Beith to Macbeth to 64 to old state to home. Our legs were pretty cooked and we were satisfied with the hard effort.

Only Charlie can tell us if this classifies as a DBD ride.

Total miles 91.79 miles

Max 34.5 mph

time riding 6.23.13 hrs

Av. 14.4 mph



Todays snow will have me doing more base miles on the Great Western Trail. Lots of wool , extra socks and a comfy MP3 player in me ears.

be well and ride them bikes,,

Ari

An announcement to Y'all

Welcome Gunnar Cycles and Waterford

We are proud to announce our dealership with the incredible Waterford Precision Cycles company. They are located up in Waterford Wisconsin and run by no other than Mr. Richard Schwinn. They offer a wide array of amazing frames. Their tig welded bicycles are labeled Gunnar while the lugged frames come under the Waterford name.

Check them out! At the shop we have available for viewing A Gunnar Fastlane, Gunnar Ruffian, Gunnar Crosshairs and a Gunnar Roadie.

WE will be receiving a Gunnar Crosshairs in Quetzal Green right before Christmas.

http://gunnarbikes.com/

Frigid Sat Ride

Jay-B Heading south into the wind

Crew on Waterman Rd

Had a good ride on Saturday morning. We met up at the shop and rode south to waterman. Hit some gravel goodness, stopped at the Caseys for Donuts and then rode home on 23, duffy, Crego then hit the grass trail in Afton, some dirt, some corn and then made it back. The temps were very low but warmed up on the way back.

Good times,

Ari

Wednesday night ride and the funny white stuff

Wednesday was a tough ride with an unusually strong wind out of the N.w. We rode with Arik out past rte 47 and then headed north to empire rd , then to the I.C. Trail rd and then back home. It was really cold and we were happy to not have been enticed by the tailwind that we had at the start. That combined with the daily commute still gave me around 45 miles and I will take that . Thanks to Arik for showing up and sharing in the pain.

Today was my first official commute with snow on the ground. Just a dusting but enough to be cautious out there. The winds have shifted and the nice southern winds that were giving us temps in the 40's are gone. I think Sunday is going to be a tough one.

out,

Ari

Day off riding

Go there for large amounts of pain

The torture track

Campton Hills Rd heading east

So after the singlespeed masochism suffered on Sunday I decided to cheat and get the road bike out. I thought the 700x23 michelins at 110 lbs of pressure would be a good change of pace. I rode down towards campton hills area to do the Brian C. loop which is a 4.2 mile loop with two really good hills. The loop starts at anderson and campton hills rd goes east to town hall then right to Beith rd to anderson and so forth. I would grind up the hills in a 42x25 my lowest gear. Then I went to the forest preserve and did the horse track that also has a couple of steep hills. All this on my road tires. Towards the end of the loop I did not make the steep hill since my heart rate was maxed out. good day of riding

45 miles total with Tar, Gravel, Grass and Hills

Ari