Gearing Up For Summer.

Yep, I bailed on the Tuesday Night Ride I had planned in my head.  Lots of excuses but lately Monday and Tuesday have been family time with the rest of the week being chaos.  Riding or not riding 3 hours won't make or break my race.  Fire in the pot belly stove and family time won out...every time.

I did get out yesterday for 3+ hours.  Again on the studded Pugs.  I bad mouthed studs on fat bikes in the past...I take it all back, and some.  Absolutely awesome and necessary.  The cost is up there but they should last several season.  The snowmobile trails are actually a lot of fun.  Some rough spots but overall they are very fast...just lots of ice to watch out for.  Even with studs I'd be leery of ripping through the woods at night.  Hitting the deck hard could really hamper my season, (getting old)!

Getting excited for the looming sub zero high days next week.  It's short lived so I'm cool with it.  I will be getting out on the bike to redial in my cold weather gear...bring it!


My summer is started to shape up and fill up with races.  Thus far....

• April: Trans Iowa V9, 320+ miles of gravel
• May: Nellie, 400 miles of gravel
• June: WestSide Dirty Benjamin, 100 miles of gravel
• June: Chequamegon 100, 100 miles of single track

Most excited for the the Nellie.  It's far enough that I won't ride straight on through.  Plan on doing a night of camping.  It's more a test of endurance than a race.  Just hoping for nice weather!

Later.