The Biking Fools

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Last week's MNR

I happened to miss tonight's ride. Got out of work late, it start raining on the drive home...excuses excuses. Ended up taking a four hour nap instead! Needed it after this weekends partying! Anyway, here are some pics that I took from last week's MNR.

The wildlife was up close and personal last week!

Sometimes you just have to stop and smell the flowers.

Happy Birthday to Paul!

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

And then sometimes this happens

And you're miles away from home. And you have no tools or cell phone on you. Just your two feet and a hand. The hand because you need to lift the rear of the 35 lb bike all the way home because the rear wheel is now decentered and rubbing against the frame. Grrr...the great stories of riding a vintage SS!

I should probably get some locktite and put some on to prevent the rear hub from slipping again.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Uh oh, things just got real.

Real for salsa that is because now they have competition for my money! Salsa bucksaw, full suspended fat. 9zero7, fat bike full suspension in prototype stage. Get some....

http://www.bikerumor.com/2014/09/10/ib14-9zero7-teases-full-suspension-fat-changes-up-aluminum-frames-with-new-standards-colors/

Photo from www.fat-bike.com

hmm...the Niner 29+. This bike could be fun!

photo from fat-bike.com

This is brilliant!

How many times have you lost your commuter light at the bottom of your bag, car, work bench, etc etc? Well, why not a magnetic light! Seriously I can never find my rear taillight especially before running out the door for a taco ride or pavement ride. This would solve all that!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K0L3F56/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00K0L3F56&linkCode=as2&tag=acquirenewsletteronly-20&linkId=PHJT7J4FZLAVLC2I

Friday, September 5, 2014

Kites!

Not the dollar crap you buy from Hy-Vee. But the massive ones that cost big bucks and require a decent amount of breeze to get up in the air. These were out in Elkhorn the other weekend. I recently bought a kite (small enough to fit in my suitcase!) and had it going on the beach at Myrtle Beach. Fun and great time although I need to modify it just a little bit.

Kites!

My sister being lazy and flying her stunt kite while laying down under the beach umbrella

There's some new fat in town!

I'm not jealous yet...yet I say. But getting close. New colors, wheel sizes and brands, and lighter carbon fatbikes are slowly surrounding me on the trail. So many choices! But that's a good thing! I hope it's a while before someone brings around the Bluto suspension fork on their fatbike. I say this because I just might have to jump on THAT bandwagon!

There's some new fat in town!

Yeah sometimes we ride other nights!

Mondays...A long weekend often equates to a crappy day at work on Monday. The day is long and nobody really wants to be there. A good ride with friends afterwards always helps to set the mood for the rest of the week. But what happens when an impromptu ride gets set up for any other day other than Monday? Well...you just ride of course!

Wow. I guess deer do have to pee.

And then they rode off into the sunset...

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Ernest bikes off the pounds

Pretty cool story that came across my FB account. Guy weighing 500 lbs bikes off 240 lbs and eventually tries a cyclocross race. How cool is that? Even I have never tried a cyclocross race. Congrats to him for having the courage and the willpower to forego the bypass surgery and do something about his weight instead.

Instead-of-surgery-man-pedals-off-the-pounds

Friday, August 8, 2014

Time to mow and I see this...

Bam. Next thing I know I have 103 pictures that I took. Still need to mow. I could sit there watching that thing all night. A couple nights ago there were about 5 hummingbirds on this same plant. Couldn't figure out my big flash on the camera. Ha.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Another good MNR

It rained the day before...the dust on the trail has been tamed. Elise and I made it out to this week's MNR where there was a very good turnout. Pizza showed up afterwards as did good times. I might have pushed Elise a little too hard, as was evident on the Camelhumps. Whoops.

Salsa...Buck...Saw!!!

Image from Salsacycles.com

More reviews and good stuff about the full suspension fatbike by Salsa. The Bucksaw. Maybe they should send me one to review for all you readers. While they're at it, they should send me an El Mariachi Ti just to try out. I would be a very happy boy!

26 x 4.0 tires only. No 29+ and no super fat clown riding stuff. I'm good with all of that.
http://salsacycles.com/culture/2015_digging_deeper_into_bucksaw

Polaris Slingshot

Image is from Askmen.com

Hmmm...open top feel. 173hp with vehicle only weighing 1700 lbs. Like a Can-am but probably more fun. This might be a really fun vehicle to own!

http://www.polaris.com/en-us/slingshot#ride

Review by motorcycle.com

http://youtu.be/LGtB3B-Gikc

My five days of biking

Somehow with the weather being nice and having a new old bike to ride, I managed to squeeze in a straight five days of riding. Not sure that I've ever had the chance to do that before. They weren't epic rides or anything technical or difficult. I was just proud of myself for getting on the bike five nights in a row after work.

Day 1 started off with a MNR with the gang. Gorgeous weather made for a good ride and good times.

Day two consisted of a spin around the block. And by that I mean riding to Standing Bear Lake and back. I must be doing okay on the single speed Schwinn because a rider behind me commented that he couldn't keep up with me and was wondering how I was able to do so well on the bike. I said lots of trail riding my friend!