Another race this weekend

I guess if I am going to try this racing thing, I will have to go to the race this weekend. It looks like it will be a little wet and probably muddy. Not that it will make that much difference, but it is something to think about. One thing that might be in my favor, is my decision to ride the Surly again. I know I was going to take the Giant after the last race, but I think I might give this one a little more time. Besides, the Giant is not shifting that well right now and if you add mud to that, it can only get worse.

I started working on putting the commuter back together. I need to save some money somewhere.
I am trying to decide if I want to make it a SS or not. I could see where a few more gears would make the ride easier, but if I had to spin one gear, it might be better for me. And I will not have to do much to change this into a ss to let other people try it.

Well, that is it. I guess I better figure out what gear I want to run. See ya.

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Well, it has been a few weeks of bowling since I posted last. I think I will like this summer league. It will give me some time to have some fun and learn a few things.

I got a good ride in Sunday. The weather was good and not raining. After the rain we got on Friday and Saturday, I thought it would be a little wet, but the trail was in great shape!!

I took my geared bike out to do an extended ride. That is exactly what I got. I put in two laps insted of my usual one lap. I also did the backside of the lake and I have been staying away from that. Now I remember why! I did have a lot of trouble with my shifting again. I have worked on it since then and I hope it is fixed. I will try to get out this week and test it before this weekends race. I am leaning toward taking the SS again, but I guess I will wait and see.

More bowling

Well, against my better judgment, I am bowling in a summer league. The wife wanted to, so it will not be too bad. I was just hoping to not be tied down one day a week for awhile. The league will be good to keep me in form for the tournaments this summer. I guess we will see how I do tonight!

Tons of trees must have fell from the last storm. The night ride did not go as smooth as normal, but was not all a failure. I did get a good ride in, but had to move too many trees. I plan on getting a saw out there tomorrow if I can work it in.

Have a good weekend!!

Dino series kick off

Well, last weekend was the first race of the Dino series. It was also my first race on my singlespeed. There were no complaints about the weather. It was supposed to be raining all weekend after raining all week. Fortunately for the racers there was no rain for the race. We were also thankful that there was no mud either. It was hard to believe, but no mud!!
I did not do as well as I would have liked to do or thought I would do. I finished 22 overall and 13 for my age group. Not too bad when I look at how many people that were in my class. I hate to admit, but I feel like I could have finished better on the geared bike. It was not that I can't ride the SS there, but the fact that I was not in as good of shape that I thought I was. The gears would have just helped me limp through some stuff better.

So, my goal before the next race is to do some harder training to see if I can ride better at the next race. I guess we will see in 3 weeks!! When we get closer I guess I will decide what bike I feel like taking.