Just Stuff

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Nothing much new has happened since yesterday. I was trying to get ready for this weekend. I changed the cables on my bike, checked my wheels/tires and changed the cleats on my shoes. I still feel pretty energyless off the bike, but don’t feel that bad riding. I’ve been watching as much Olympics as I can. Why not? I think it is strange that many of the snowboarders put on music before they do their runs. And how many of the women half pipe participates can’t make it down without falling. It’s pretty cool that the Danish Curling women speak better English than I do. Their coach is Canadian and obviously doesn’t speak Danish as well as her players. I took Maureen’s car for a spin to check her tire pressure. And, I nearly got picked up at Starbucks by two women on the patio. It is a very nice car. Gonna rest tomorrow and suffer like crazy this weekend.

I was going down this hill yesterday at 60 something mph, but by the time I could get my phone out and ready to take the photo, I was down to 53mph.

I kind of fell apart at the end of the ride yesterday and then-The note says something like, please eat these chocolate covered strawberries and cookies. Why can't every ride end like this?

The cables on the new Madones are kind of hard to thread through the frame.

But, the end result looks super clean.

BMW hardtop....

Transforming to....

A BMW convertible. Super fun.

I always put new cleats on at the start of the season. Remember to grease the bolts.

Racing Tomorrow

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Way too early. The race start is 8am. I don’t know what that is all about. I have the luxury to not have to wake up to an alarm clock but for a few times during the year. This is not one of those days. 4 more Kansans made the journey down here, so we’ll be well represented. The race tomorrow is the Walburg Classic. They divided the field to Pro-1 only then 2’s, so there aren’t going to be even 60 guys in our race. That is a problem because historically it has been very windy. No where to hide. We’ll see. A bunch of New Zealand guys are here straight from their summer. Heath Blackgrove and company, plus Kristian House (British National Road Champion) from Austin is also around. Should be interesting. I hope I have enough form to at least enjoy the fireworks.

Kristian House winning the 2009 British Nationals.

A plane crashed into a building 4 miles from where I was in Austin and I had to learn about it from a Skype call from Oman. Modern communication is unreal.

Nice view of the 360 bridge from 2222.