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Fight Club Tuesdays Announced.

We will be starting night rides at the Erie Canal on Tuesday nights in an effort to stay away from indoor exercising as long as possible. Bring your Mountain Bike, Cross Bike, County Bike or whatever you have and join in on the fun. We will ride for as long as we want and the pace will be slow to medium slow. As the ride develops we will go further and make more frequent stops.Bring something to eat and drink and dress warm and dry. Call SB with any questions. It is not a race and You are responsible for yourself. Our departure time will be after we get done with work. Around 730 or so. We can meet at the Butternut Trailhead (Intersection of Butternut and Kinne roads.



Ari and D.B.

Trans Iowa V8 update

Cookie's postcard entry was chosen on the "best of " list on Guitar Ted's Website.
The Slender Fungus continues to linger under people's toes.

Cookie, Dr. Giggles and Meself have made the roster to the Trans Iowa V8. The event will take place on April 28-29th, 2012. Gumby and T.J. have showed interest in coming with us. There will be long months of training through the winter to maintain and gain fitness. More to come about all the usual craziness. For the time being I am putting in about 150 miles a week. I have been riding every day of the week in my new program of Slow Daily Riding.

Couple more shots from the Mountains

Service Department At Syracuse Bicycle (SB)

Nice view when I take the south route to work. This gives me an 11 mile commute one way with 600' of climbing.

Hello everyone. Things starting to settle here. Yesterday I sent out my postcard with UPS and today it arrived in Iowa. I hope to see my name on the roster tomorrow and to make the trek out to Iowa in April. The shop has been going awesome and I truly love my co-workers. They are helping us out a ton with getting to know the area, where to go food shopping, where to find firewood, and a bunch of other stuff. The wife is having some luck with getting some callbacks from job searches. The younger kids are getting used to school and liking their peers. I have been commuting to work every day and getting in about 150 miles a week solid. We look foward to riding all winter with Dr. Giggles, getting some snow shoeing in, riding the Pugsley, maybe try some cross country skiing.
So far, so good,

best,

Ari

I just remembered Jan Raas

Jan Raas, Team Raleigh

Here is a cycling hero from the eigthies that just won a ton of races and had the coolest glasses ever. Oakley Jawbones have nothing on the RAAS special specs.

Up in the mountains.

the garage still needs work

Rollers and an eliptical in the downstairs

Commuting on the brown crosscheck with new SKS longboards in beige

Living room with our books out.

Living room sans carpet , with fireplace.

Turkey ride on Apulia rd. Just fantastic.

Took a few moments to take in the scenery

Mancave coming together.

So almost 4 weeks without a post. Have been busy settling into work and getting the household straight. It was quite the adventure to get here. The wife drove the 26' truck all the way here and at some point we got separated. They took the wrong turn, ended up coming in about 4 hours later. We unpacked and worked hard for about a week to get the beds built and to situate all the bike crap that we brought over. Almost 4 weeks later and the house is almost there, the kids are in school, I am working and the wife is waiting on an interview soon. The shop I work at is amazing. This area has pristine roads which are glass free since they have a 5 cent deposit on cans and beer bottles. Despite almost 300" of snow a year there are no potholes and the road come complete with respectable shoulders. My round trip commute to work and back is 22 miles. It includes 1200' of climbing. To say the least my body has been in shock since I moved here. I rountinely use the cannondale in a 34 x26 gearing. That allows me to climb some of the bigger hills at 4mph. I also use the triple on the BMC. I have lost 10 lbs since I moved here. Our house is situated in the woods and the little ones school is less than 2 blocks away. So far, so good. We are awaiting the long promised big snows. Turbo Tuesdays, east coast edition will begin soon.
best,
Ari

One Fantastic Turbo Tuesday

Official winter hat modeled by Jakey La Cruz

Taking a break before heading to Genoa

Deserted town. Kirkland, IL.

Putting Jackets, warmers, and gloves for drop in temps

Byers rd, my favorite.

Flying down the road with NO traffic.

Met up with B.B, Jakey La Cruz, and Uncle Velos for a fantastic night of riding. Rode out to Kirkland via pavement and plenty of gravel, then rode straight north into a nasty headwind to drop Uncle Velos off to the Mrs. At Belvedere we were looking at a 30 mile ride home. The Winds were at our tails for the remainder of the night and we just blasted down Genoa road past midnight riding three breasts side by side. We got kind of Bonky from all the riding and were happy to See Kelley's Market open in Genoa. Some Bear Claws, drinks and we were perked for the rest of the ride. Out of Genoa we took Rte 23 south and had a massive tailwind at the point.

Our steel animals whistled in the air at over 2omph. We were enjoying the complete quietness and the amazing darkness that encompassed us, we were all alone, the three of us. We talked about the Slender Fungus song and how befitting it was to the type of riding that we most loved. We talked about the comfort of night, the missing traffic, the ease to the eyes and how we enjoyed each others company. A quick pang reminded me of this being my last Turbo Tuesday and how we had reached such a high point, a pinnacle of riding. This can only continue and grow.

The Slender Fungus is stronger than ever and will continue to lurk while you sleep.


Ari