a little something

friday afternoon ride


saturday afternoon ride with jessica


i passed this couple as they were approaching a fairly technical downhill, much respect


peruvian purples from the garden


currently listening to my talented cousin, Mike Melito, ripping drums on his new CD In The Tradition. Hard Bop Jazz in the tradition of the greats!
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cycling in the news

Great to see legend Davis Phinney riding again!

and i may be out of town for this one but it looks like a swell time

Oct.

The mystery ailment that sets in for a few weeks every autumn, is beginning to lift. Mired in the residual effects that come from a summer of riding and the weather change, I ease up on the consistent riding and take up other activities for a short while. It feels good around now to wait for the cycling fire to start back up on it's own. I have learned that this perennial change in motivation is best ridden like a wave rather than wrestled with. For this reason, riding has been a bit spotty and less than adventurous the past few weeks.

Like Ace Ventura pseudo birthing out of the mechanical rhino in pet detective 2, I have inevitably begun to push through this precipitous frame of mind and have started to savor the feeling of spinning into winter. I now find myself excited for the coming of cold snowy evenings that see me pulling on the layers and mounting my light before heading out into the quiet white nights. This will be the two wheeled meditation that helps fuel the soul during the winter.

Ironically, I had plans for a nice MTB ride this afternoon but the rain beat me to the trail so the mtb waits another day. This coming weekend looks nice for getting outside and Fruita is in the plans for this weekend or next. Another motivator for me, is the fact that our surf trip plans have been shored up and we will be ringing in the new year on the beach, Mexico this time around! I am really excited to hit the water for a couple weeks and the timing will be perfect.

A late congratulations out to Josh Tostado from the Bach team for scoring big at 24 hrs of Moab. Josh won the men's solo class and is making a name for himself on the endurance mtb scene. I am guessing we will not wearing the same jersey next year. After 2nd at the 24hr nationals and another crushing win at the brek 100 this year, Josh deserves something more substantial in terms of sponsorship and I am sure some bike company is thinking the same thing. We only met once at Firecracker 50 but he was super easygoing and rode up the trail and cheered us on even though he wasn't racing, nice guy for sure and clearly a devout endurance racer. We just ned to get him on an singlespeed!

Just one, is it not crazy that OPEC wants to cut crude production in order to drive, excuse me, "prop" oil prices back up?! Like we are going to stop burning oil.

in the spirit of others...in my audio player right now, Hint - portakabin fever (note, not THE hint, just hint)

peace

cross training

Just a couple of pics from an after work hike.









The rainy weekend forced me to break out the running shoes. Not as bad as it sounds actually and the hike that Jessica and I did from the house this evening was rather nice. Looks like a pleasant week in store for us, happy trails!

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It must be tough to be Sarah Palin. This election may be a layup for the dems if this keeps up. Didn't anyone do their homework before giving her the nod?
Maybe the red team wants to pull a fast one and handoff this train wreck to the blue team for a term. When you think about it, who on capital hill has not used their power for personal gain at some point?
here is a funny vp remix, worth watching

credit to curtis for sending me this one

Rides have been tight this week, mostly road and fixed gear riding. The garden is fading away into fall and the perennial chill is creeping in.
grow your food

just because bball season is upon us
edit:justin, turn the volume off before you watch this or your mother will be upset with me

woe is us(a)

We are trying to bail out the Titanic with a coffee can. Sorry no interesting bike post this time but our economic problems are going to change our way of life for a long time and it keeps me up at night. Listen to Peter Schiff nail this thing in 2006, a must see.


Art Laffer needs a follow up interview. I guess economic models from the 60's will not always translate.

Peter Schiff last week

When will we learn


And everyone thought I was crazy touting my support for Ron Paul when he first threw his name in. He made short work of many in the republican debates, yet he gets no credit. Dr.Paul tells it like it is but unfortunately, americans need to have everything sugar coated.

Listen to Ron Paul question federal reserve chairman Bernanke, this one is good

One of the last true patriots left in congress


here is what he said on the floor about the bailout plan

I am not saying he would have been perfect as president but he would have been better than McSame or Obama given our current situation. I promise cycling only next time!

fall

I'm sure this pamphlet is still blowing in the wind down by prl st if anyone is interested.

The riding has been mixed and almost infrequent as of late. My fixed gear commuter has been the bike I try to find an excuse to ride whenever possible, sometimes spinning around town running errands for a couple hrs at a time and always taking the longest way possible.

My designated driver. I got this frame in 87 while I was in high school. This was my first bike that was not a BMX bike.


The JV game is on tonight and what a great debate it will be!... I am wondering which will be more humorous, the debates or the The Office? I anticipate that listening to these two squawk like the Aflac duck, will be about as much fun as chewing glass but I will tune in and get involved. The reason we are here in the first place is because most americans never cared to get involved.


Did you know you can legally bet on the election? The odds on Palin dropping out before the race are now 8:1 compared to 20:1 when they first announced she was the gop vp nom. They actually have odds on her trying to marry her daughter off before the election as well. The real shocker was odds that I move out of the US, 2:1 now. We are living in strange times indeed.