trap door 30/30

So, I'm gonna challenge myself. 30 blog entries in thirty days, one every day for you. Can I do it! I'll give it a shot. Chad and I drove down to GA to do some racing, and then we are headed up the road to ride some in Greenville, SC for a couple of days. Some how the two places we've stayed have made it hard, no Internet connections, so I'm sitting in Sippi's cafe, enjoying coffee. The front door is open and the sun warms it up nice.

The first night we stayed in what must of been a meth/rehab hotel. The beds were great and I slept well, once we bolted the door.

Chad had a bag of "rehab" stuff for his cold it knocked him out.

Me I drank Shiner Black Lager till past midnight and awoke to stand in the sun sipping coffee.

see ya all later, stop by tomorrow for another posting, I hope. cheers, dlowe 30

tasty dip

Say Hello to my friend Gus. Just another one of the odd balls in my life, that I fit in with. Been doing all sorts of riding, cross, mt. road. did a brewery ride, and the "Classic". I've had a great time riding with so many different dodos. Frikin' nice to have good legs, and some pep. Can't wait to get racing, and racing should start next weekend with a trip down south to do some of the real nice Georgia Cup racing series. Then a quick trip up the road and a few days of riding in Greensville SC. and then philly racing for me. more seltzer, popcorn and black licorice nibs to keep the weight down you all. Got the drives, greentree and greater valley to attend to. Maybe some derby? Time to break out the grill and up with the EZ ups, stop by for a PBR if you smell the tofu grilling at your next local race. Time for tan lines. cheers, dlowe

The "chaser" and more on tubeless tires

OK, I ride/race with JK from Revolution Wheel Works, and he roast coffee for me, that's my slant. He knows that I've been riding... trying the tubeless cross setup for a year or so. I had them set up on some Bontrager Race X lite rims. Love training on 'em, but been burpin' when I've tried to race them. JK gave me a set of his rim to try the Hutchinson Piranha tires on. I've got the tricks down, so I took it for a spin. The Rev-30 clincher rim is narrower than the bontragers, so the tire stood taller, meaning that tread flexed more, the shape of the tire distorted and bent to ground. Which is a good thing. I tried to burp them with my thumb to the bead, no burping. Which is a good thing. I took it for a ride. Tubeless ride great, no bounce buoyancy characteristic of a tubed clincher, plus no chance of pinch flatting. Did the Big Loop, which includes a nice amount of rocks, and of course since this is a test, I took the rough lines. Nice set-up, despite the lack of tread I had no gripping problems. No worries that I would have if I went for a fun ride on tubulars, like the cost of a tubular tire, or flatting it. Very good first impressions.

Did one of those group training rides Saturday morning, got a flat and got dropped by the group. Chad and Rick K. from our team stuck with me and we proceeded to bee line it. ah the group was up the road a bit, we came close to getting on, but just needed a bit more. So I got some suffering in, the type of snot hanging out of your nose and you can't/won't wipe it cause, your going to hard, suffering. Its a funny place where your brain lives when your in that state.

I've been listening to Talk Talk's "Spirit of Eden". I can't find it, but there is a great story about the band recording this album somewhere (ok its in Tape Op spring '99). I think it drove the eng. batty. Took a year or so to complete, recording at night, dark, strange. Its on my list, I'll find the recording session info for you. Here's a song for you. Perfect for you today, especially if you try to get out to do your snow ride, cause I think the snows just too deep. Take some Talk Talk and enjoy the great outdoors.

cheers, dlowe

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cheers! dlowe.