06 May 2012

Well, that was better...

Thankfully, the drama was kept to a minimum around here over the weekend.  Although, the single dramatic event was, in fact, quite large.  The 100+ year old Hickory tree that shades the entire house decided to jettison one of it's large branches...directly onto my roof.  Fortunately, upon inspection, it fell lightly, if there is such a thing when talking about a 50 foot section of tree falling on your house.
I spent Friday morning cutting what I could off the roof in an effort to lighten the load, as the meaty part of the is still connected to the tree about 20 feet above.  The damage, thus far, is minimal, and easily repaired.  Hopefully the tree service will be here before lunch to remove the remainder.

 I did get a decent ride in on Saturday.  2 hours on the CX bike including the singletrack.  I got out early, before the heat came up.  It was quite nice in the woods @ 0800. 

The legs and back were crispy from climbing around on the ladder and roof the day before, but Rule #5 ...

After the ride, my cross-training was dragging out the pile of limbs that #2 son and I assembled Friday morning.  That was fun...
Then Ken brought his new whip over for me to build.
 Scott Foil 20 w/the new Black Ultegra.  Pretty damn nice for an off the peg bike.  It's nice to see that Scott didn't go the route of most other manufacturers and cheap out on certain components.  The entire group is Ultegra!  No crappy Tektro brakes, or FSA cranks.  Hell, if it was mine, the only things I'd change would be the bar/stem and the saddle.

Sunday broke with cloudy skies, and the want to roll the new Kenda Happy Mediums on some dirt, so that's what happened.  Given the fact that I was on my feet most of the previous day, I didn't feel too bad.  I even made the effort to, well...make a couple of efforts. 
There was also a Toby Porter sighting!  What the WHAAA?
2 hours later...back at Service Course.

Now to enjoy the few remaining moments of relative peace and quiet before Junior Management returns from their Corporate Retreat.

Namaste.

(look for a review of the Happy Mediums in the coming days)


3 comments:

Junk said...

Toby doesn't ride anymore. He runs. It had to be one of those dopplegangers or an alien that ate his body.

MM said...

It did take me a moment to put two and two together. It was like a bigfoot sighting. You know you saw something, but it takes a while to register...

Toby Porter said...

Calm down everyone. What you think you may have seen,was just a test flare blazing down Old State Rd.

Ok, yes it was in fact me. Now I know it's been a long time since anyone has seen me on a bike. Truth is I was trying out my new friction shifter on my old Raleigh. Yep You guessed right it shifted just like you would think.