Happy Winter...it's 70!

Whooooo-Hoooooo...

Man, 70 degrees that last two days.  Now granted, it was in the 50s when the rides rolled out, but temps jumped quickly, and the gift of riding in bibs and short sleeves is not lost on any of us.
Please Portland, Minneapolis, wherever, tell me again about your bitchin' bike culture! 
And while here in Columbia, we don't have giant group rides anymore, if you want to get involved in such a thing, just point your vehicle North, and go to Charlotte on Saturday morning.
The Charlotte WBL had 115 +/- in attendance yesterday.  The ride leaves TotalCyclist @ 0930 on Saturday mornings thru the Winter.

That being said, we had a pretty damn good group Saturday morning from Rosewood.  Everyone did their work, everyone rode well, and everyone ended with a tick over 80km in 2:25. 

No drama, no whinging...A good time was had by all. 

This morning, the group rolled out into Lex/Cal, and ended up in Swansea.  We turned down Tickle Weed Rd., for no other reason than Il Prof wanted to ride down a road called "Tickle Weed", which, on a bike ride in December, is a good enough reason. 

1) The road isn't very long, and it's rough as shit.
2) We got chased by a short-legged Jack Russell who was a stealthy little bastard, very quick, and was completely undeterred in his pursuit when Il Prof swerved at him.

We rolled home together and I ended up with 97.88km.  The answer to your next question is "Yes", as I DID loop the block until the Cateye read 100.03! 

See...Tickle Weed Rd.!!

On the way thru the 'hood to get home, Corndog and I ran into Dr. LP and his cute-as-a-bug kiddo.  He thought the group rides had ended b/c certain people had moved away.  We explained that the fact they were gone was actually the reason the group rides had started back up!  Now, everyone shows up with some degree of punctuality, and we roll out pretty damn close to on time.  How novel....

And now, for your viewing pleasure...

Roubaix CX from Sunday morning...



Kind of an odd, short loop, but plenty of action...

I'll post the entire race when it hits the intarwebs...

Why does Schleck splitting wood look like someone gave a Make-A-Wish kid an axe?  Someone SURELY had to have remarked that this was a terribly bad idea.

The Boss caught a photo of me sitting down to eat when I got home today.  After last week's 6 straight, I was going to just lay low, and ride a little this week.  Well, it was 4 days in a row, and 280km.  I was hungry...!

Old School never goes out of style!

We procured a Christmas tree today.  It's 9 feet tall, and measures nearly 9 feet around.  He's not fat, he's big branched! 
I felt like the prototypical SUV driving Suburban dad bringing it home...strapped to the roof of the YukonXL.  Only thing that was missing was the pre-lit wreath attached to the grille. 

And on that note...I hope everyone turned pedals, and had a good weekend! 

Peace...