Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood....

So the nice weather has returned. Problem is, the bulk of the team is out of town. As luck would have it, Fabs has returned; albeit at 1:00 am.

We caught a little Monarch buzz and rode in near perfect conditions. Slight wind, sun shining and 65 degrees. As usual, there was one unfortunate moment. Fabs was moving forward to give me some room to get around some gravel. Problem was that it was near the top of the first Monarch Hill and I thought he was pulling the typical beat your brains in move. With this in mind, I covered and then launched taking my heart to over 190. Here comes Fabs cursing just as much as I was. Between gasps, we laughed and enjoyed the rest of a perfect ride.

Sorry that the whole team wasn't there to enjoy this awesome ride.

Fabs - Thanks for the great ride.

Snel Dik

83.9

A beautiful number, but what does it mean? Is it a hot new radio station? Is it my current hermatocrit level? How about VO2 Max?

No, 83.9 is the top speed I achieved down the Monarch hills with the ridiculous wind yesterday afternoon. Now before you non-Euros bust our your HPs to translate that speed from KPH to minivan, its 52.4 MPH. That's a new high speed for me. And let me tell you I bellied up to an expensive bar. I am guessing there was a 30 mph tail wind as the flags at the top of Daniel's Gate were straight out; a reference to the 1983 edition of the BSA Field Manual proved this out. This meant a brutal head wind or side wind for half the ride. It was torture.

The payoff came on the down hills. I had held a 123 cadence all the way out in the gears at the top of the big hill, hit an 81.2 kph on this descent. The tailwind allowed me to carry a ton of speed up the back of the Monarch double hill. From here it was down in the aero bars with the ass off the back of the seat to watch the speed climb steadily up the ladder.

What a rush.

PS - Basso is a pig.

Cipo

Gotta love Cipo.



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70 kph w/ one to the chest

I got shot today. Right in the sternum and it hurt. If you have never been shot before, you can't imagine what it's like to feel the searing heat of white hot metal penatrating your chest. South Central kind of pain.

This all happened as I was crossing the 70 kph threshold on the Donk(and yes I have gone euro and switched my computer to metric, shut up). I was sailing down the big hill on Monarch, comeing home. I had been cruising the ride at a really nice clip after blazing by several Castle Pines fatties on their "comfort" bikes. The shot came from a strap on my camelback. It seems I had an undone buckle which broke free in the wind and nailed my chest as if shot from a howitzer.

So now here is the picture; fullaero in aero bars with ass off the back of the saddle, pedals at 3 & 9, knees tucked in, speedometer rolling higher up the scale then WHAMMMMO, I got nailed. How I didn't hit the deck I will never know. I guess that is where your body relies on muscle memory.

In other news, Jib has got his tits, I mean eyes done. He says that he can see really well and is enjoying the benefits of lasik. Check it out for yourself.



Snel Dik

News Flash

Highlands Ranch, CO - Team doctors for the Banshee Cycling team have determined that ace rider Dirt will not start today's Cherry Creek Time Trials. Doctors have determined that it is best to let Dirt recover from a bout with Ebola before racing again. They anticipate administering heavy doses of EPO in an effort to revive their star in time for next week's Cherry Creek Time Trial.

Stick a fork in me

So my training has sucked big time this past week and to top it off, I feel and ill coming on. Sounds like a perfect time to go ride. The good news is that tomorrow's race might just be in the sun! I'm betting that we get a constant wind.

The big change I am going to make this week is the addition of warm-up with iPod. Surprisingly the mood that you ride in has a lot to do with how hard you go. Redlight and I messed with this last year.

Here is my iMix for the warm up. (yeah I know, you've never heard of this crap)

Jurassic 5 - A Day at the Races
Garbage - Androgyny
Spiderbait - Black Betty
Dry Cell - Body Crumbles
P.O.D. - Boom (The Crystal Method Remix)
The Clintons - Fan Of The Bean
Seether - Gasoline (Demo Version)
Primus - Greet The Sacred Cow
Aimee Allen - I'd Start a Revolution
Dry Cell - I Confide
Moth - I See Sound
DoubleDrive - Imprint (Demo)
Bender - Isolate
Taxi Doll - Look What You Get
Stone Roses - Love Spreads
BT - Mad Skillz
Silvertide - Mary Jane
BT - Never Gonna Come Back Down
Skindred - Pressure
Hellacopters - Pride
Headboard - Pull (Me Down)
The Vines - Ride
Relient K - Sadie Hawkins Dance
Lost Prophets - Shinobi Vs. Dragon Ninja
Gomez - Shot Shot
Blur - Song 2 (remix)
Jurassic 5 - The Game
Garbage - Why Do You Love Me

We'll see if this great mix can overcome a crappy training week. Oh yeah, that and the fear of the white mini van.