Collingwood Centurion

      I have registered a team in this event (Collingwood Centurion) for the weekend of September 17,18th.  I rode up there this week and all I can say is it is some of the most enjoyable road riding I have ever done.  Here is the ride.  Quiet roads, lots of challenging hills and some great 70 km/hr descents.  So far, Rob, Ali, Rudy (not a CRC member but he rode with us on the road) and I are participating.  To participate as a "team" we need one more person.  It is set up like a Gran Fondo.  It is fully supported , with rest stops every 25 km. It can be raced, or just ridden.  They are closing the roads and anticipating 3,000 people.  There are 3 days worth of events, but we only plan on doing the last day, but will likely head up Saturday morning and believe we have a place to stay right at the mountain.  Here is the video from last year's ride.  We plan on riding this together.  If you are interested, let me know.  If you want to join, the team is Chain Reaction Cycling.  Go to the website and click register and select our team from the dropdown menu.

Where's the beer ???

Attendance is updated after 7 guys took to the trails this week..... A fairly uneventful ride that ended at Jacques place for a quick dip in the pool and sausage from the grill. We barely got the ride in before the rain came..... was that the tornado they were calling for all day? A very very hot and humid night for a ride where we did 24K, map from my iPhone above.. click the picture for full screen.

Mark gets credit for his beer night as he supplied beverages and food. Jim is still up next for beer then Smitty. Can you guys please let us know so we can actually have beer next week? Again, thanks for hosting Mark on zero notice.

Mark was also out for the first ride on his new Rocky Mountain hardtail. Someone remind me to get a picture next week....

24 Wheels, 24 Beers and 2 Queers

You can always tell when summer is starting to wind down. It starts getting darker earlier. The CornFest is just around the corner. Back to school adds all over the place.... and of course, attendance on Wednesday nights starts to improve! We had 12 riders this week for a change after a few pathetic weeks of poor attendance.

The CRC gang did the usual ride through dryer trails this week at Morton then on to Malden for a few laps. The night was relatively average until the gang decided to do one last ride through the bottom singletrack of Malden. After gathering some data here's what I put together: Jay went one way, Ali went the other way..... the trail joined back up. (Who would have thought? LOL)

Apparently there was a collision where the bikes rubbed, one guys tire got stuck in the other guys crank... the tube poppped... after which there was some yelling and a near slap-fest. Wow does that sound gay! Guys, if I wanted to see 2 queers grappling in spandex I'll just stick to UFC.

Thanks to Jason Lamb for returning to provide a lovely selection of beer. Jim is next for beers, then Smitty.

Bye bye Gary Fisher. Hello new Trek!

Well, after 5 or 6 weeks of waiting, hopefully my new frame...or should I say bike...will come next week. Yep, that's right. I have spoken to the warranty gurus and after repeated backorders of the frame they were going to send me, they have decided to ship me out a new bike. Hopefully all goes better than the last time I heard they were sending me something.

Wednesday in Vegas

Sounds like you had a good ride Wednesday just thought I would throw out a couple pics of my Wednesday night.

My wait staff, about the same service as at Ali's.

A lovely cool summer night!

The weather was perfect this week for a ride, a nice cool dry night. 7 guys got out for a ride and barely broke a sweat through the greasy Morton singletrack then on to Malden for a few laps. Thanks to Mark for hosting again on short notice, and Craig provided beer.

Next up for beer is Jim, if you can't attend please let us know, it would then skip to Jay Lamb, then Smitty.

FYI, Michigan / San Diego State is only 6 weeks away... I can already hear the fight song and see the lovely students through my foggy drunken vision! What did Jay say again? Oh yeah, "Hot girls go to shitty schools."

Just a little something

To my CRC mates.........a little picture of a Spanish lolita. Forgot to post it earlier, and Ali keep it on your spank bank file.

Good ride.... Better Beer!

Summer is here and everyone is on vacation. Only 6 riders tonight, 4 rode Malden, the other 2 did road rides.

Too bad for those that didn't show as they missed out on the Heineken!

Next up for beers is Craig then it goes back to the top of the list: Jim then Jay Lamb. If you are able to attend next week Craig, please let us know if possible...

Also note Ali said he is unavailable to host next week.

Can anyone else host?