DON'T SHOW UP FOR THE SUNDAY RIDE WITH THAT SCHWINN JUST YET

In Redlands there are many cycling teams. Each of them has there equal compliment"s of poser's, guys who actually race , Fred's and weekend warriors. If you spend enough time on a bike in Redlands you will eventually end up on one of these teams.

On Team Redlands we are lucky enough to have " the four horseman ". These are the four guys who dictate where we go. how fast we go there , how many miles we go , so on and so forth.

The Sunday ride has been well, very lame for a while now. None of the horseman show up. The Sunday ride is pretty predictable with a bunch of irregular surges , half Wheeling and a sprint for a mailbox near the Mormon church. Nothing to blog about.

Today as I sat there with the other " plumbers " of the team a weird thing started to happen. Norm showed up.......Then Zack..........OK the Sunday ride just got interesting. ..Whoa there's JT... then came Turner...

These four Horseman had not been on the Sunday ride since we moved to Stell's.

Long story short...I got home at 1:30 pm today from the ride...Rode through lots of single track....Threw my bike over a fence...Heard a guy yell " Sick balls chopper " had a peacock attack my bike...Had a fat women on a horse in Norco yell at us...

The moral is this ..the four horseman didn't get that good on there bike's because of that predictable Sunday ride. These guys push the miles and the tempo...We should always ride like were with the four horseman...

REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE NOT TROPHY CASES

The other day I was on the road. I noticed this dude in his 30's driving his Sweet 1998 Honda civic. That car alone is gonna pay off with the ladies. But just in case they don't fall for his concern for good gas mileage or his choosing a car with few mechanical problems. He added that one thing that really tells all you need to know. He has his " graduation tassel " on the good old rear view mirror.

Now here is the deal I'm going to give him credit that tassel is from a college. ITT tech and the Jack Taino school of bar tending don't have graduation with gowns or tassels. They just e-mail you a diploma and your on your way. So I ll go ahead and say its from Riverside community college and he is in the Management training program at big 5. I digress, the digits on the tassel were 98. Obviously he got the car as a graduation gift.

So hear is the question. What is the statute of limitations on a graduation tassel hanging from the rear view. Can a man ever have some crap hanging form the rear view. I mean its the big 10 year anniversary of this blessed event.

Since this traumatic event on the road. I have been paying attention to what people are hanging from the rear view. Here is a sample of the crap I see on my way to Hangar 24. ( did you know i get a free beer every time i mention H24 in my blog).

Pitt Pass = Nascar freak.

Sun Catcher = Holistic Zen driver about to be blinded.

Handcuffs = Kinky chick or Dawg the bounty hunter

Air Freshener = Cinnaberry Tree scent , The ladies just go crazy for that smell ( see what is a Gilroy)

Bandanna = gang affiliation

Child's first pair of Shoes = That so precious i am gonna hurl.

BABE RUTH WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT CRIT RIDER

I was watching ESPN. They had this great stuff on Babe Ruth. It hit me , what makes Babe Ruth the greatest of his sport. Babe transcended the game, he made more than the president. . But as Babe said. Hey , I had a better year.

The thing that most impressed me about Babe was not his ability on the Field. It was his ability to drink , smoke and eat like a fish. This dude could seriously put away the hooch. he would show up 10 minutes before game time and go 4 for 4.

I often show up for the Saturday ride more than a little hung over. Oh, hell two weeks ago I was still drunk. Now, I don't have the god given talent of Babe Ruth or Craig Turner. But I am glad to know that Babe Ruth would be proud to call me his boy. Can you still be an athlete. if you eat and drinks like crap.

The lesson is this. Some of the dudes I ride with could use a drink. Get your life back in balance. Stop eating chicken breast surprise with a vitamin water on Friday nights. Drop by Charlie's Jewell's for a Gorgonzola burger and some Hangar 24. You can do Babe Ruth proud.

PS: Babe Ruth was originally a member of The Boston Red Sox. He took up drinking after he joined the Yankees.

BOSTON IN 7

Get on Board. If you are driving around the 909 thinking its cool to have
a laker flag on your rig , it's not.

Kevin Garnet is the epitome of a warrior.

That this dude has no rings and Will Purdue has 5.





Must destroy Kobe





The Boston Three party





Below is the MVP of the Finals jersey , get one before the series starts.

I HAVE MANY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS

In the World of Cycling I race under assumed names and pseudonyms.
My best race results can often be traced under the name " Unknown rider "
I have accumulated many points under this tag and an upgrade.

Before any big race I ask myself the basic question. Why would anyone
put there lives in these other dorks hands. Or more importantly do they realize
I have there lives in my hands.





Below is my place of choice at any " Crit " lead out when I see a
guy with a camera or a relative in the crowd. In a few more laps I will fake a mechanical and steer into a bush.






Here is my prodigy Travis earlier in the day working on the upgrade.
The trick is to have enough medical coverage and gas money to race 10 times as a Cat 5.

He ended up taking 2ND. He received a medal , 2 cliff bars and a patch kit.






Since I felt the prize for 2ND place was pretty lame I arraigned for
Travis to get his picture taken with a Swedish swimsuit model.