Why do I have flaming red Twin Piques on my ass? I don't know. I have theories though. Many theories. First, maybe it's the fat seat on my mountain bike. Three out of every four rides for me now are on the mountain bike and maybe that fatass seat is too much, and I need a FiZik Gobi, or some hard narrow little thing like I have on the road bike. A little ass wedge that fits my pre-existing butt callouses. Maybe it's the hot weather - after 10 minutes in the woods, my ass is soaking wet, and maybe this is making everything soft and easily abraded. Could be my ass is just huger than usual, and rubbing on the sides of the seat. Or maybe, just possibly, I have some new rare form of ass fungus, a weaponized form created by Al Qaida specifically to chap my ass.
Either way it's back onto the cheap cloth-covered saddle for the weekend, (for the weak end?) and it's going to be diaper cream for a few days too. I'm also taking tomorrow (Friday) off; I've ridden for 9 out of the last 10 days and my legs need a break. I was cooking off at Rosaryville, cramping up this morning, really suffering. I realized later that it was just hunger pains and maybe some lingering suffering from last night's 100+ degree ride, but still. Even cooking off, and taking the last 1/2 of the perimeter trail real easy I managed a 51 minute lap so maybe the mountain biking thing is coming along for me. So what went down this week?
Well... I started off with a little of this:
TOT 59: A Couple Brisk Sunrise Laps of Rosaryville
Nice Way to Start The Week
Nice Way to Start The Week
Then I ran into this guy on the NY Ave Metro bridge, while waiting for Fast as Schidt Sean to come along and beat my ass on the homebound commute. He told me that he takes pictures of cyclists around town and that he got the idea from Joel Gwadz.
TOT 60: Bearded Guy With A Trailer in D.C.
Who is Not Cargo Mike
Who is Not Cargo Mike
TOT 61: Happy Hour Ride w/t Ms. Svenstrom and Crew
On the Hottest Day of the Year (104 by some accounts)
Not to be confused with
TOT 10: Ride in 2 Degrees in January
Coldest Day of the Year
On the Hottest Day of the Year (104 by some accounts)
Not to be confused with
TOT 10: Ride in 2 Degrees in January
Coldest Day of the Year
Wrapped it up with a ride this morning at Rosaryville, the afforementioned cramped, legs falling off general failure ride.
So it's been a pretty damn good week riding wise. I'm taking tomorrow off, trying to rest the legs up a little for a big day at Patapsco on Saturday early AM, and to let the weird saddle sores heal up. Things are coming together nicely on the MTB; it's getting so that I can clean a lot of stuff I didn't used to be able to touch. The weight, it's coming off alright too, been getting the diet tuned up and trying to stick to it. I will admit to breaking down and munching a big bowl of popcorn tonight... a brief break in an otherwise pretty solid streak.
The only bad news is the Redline Monocog Flight is dying. It's the second one I've killed, and it's going down the same way - either the sliders are opening up, or the rear sub-frame is twisting. If I line the wheel up so it's straight with respect to the chain stays, it's darn near rubbing the top right seat stay. If I get it straight between the seat stays, it's darn near rubbing the left chain stay. Bummer. I've been hunting around, and have the Posse and assorted friends hunting for a Kona Unit 29 Frame in Steeeeel, 19", but if you have something cheap and wicked strong and around 19" readily at hand, let me know. The 19" Konas are in a bit of a short supply, and I'm looking for a frame to tide me over until I can afford to get a nice Moots or some similar high end supertanker built for myself.
Have a good weekend, all y'all.
TOT 62: Moving at a Turtle's Pace
After I Cramped
After I Cramped
So it's been a pretty damn good week riding wise. I'm taking tomorrow off, trying to rest the legs up a little for a big day at Patapsco on Saturday early AM, and to let the weird saddle sores heal up. Things are coming together nicely on the MTB; it's getting so that I can clean a lot of stuff I didn't used to be able to touch. The weight, it's coming off alright too, been getting the diet tuned up and trying to stick to it. I will admit to breaking down and munching a big bowl of popcorn tonight... a brief break in an otherwise pretty solid streak.
The only bad news is the Redline Monocog Flight is dying. It's the second one I've killed, and it's going down the same way - either the sliders are opening up, or the rear sub-frame is twisting. If I line the wheel up so it's straight with respect to the chain stays, it's darn near rubbing the top right seat stay. If I get it straight between the seat stays, it's darn near rubbing the left chain stay. Bummer. I've been hunting around, and have the Posse and assorted friends hunting for a Kona Unit 29 Frame in Steeeeel, 19", but if you have something cheap and wicked strong and around 19" readily at hand, let me know. The 19" Konas are in a bit of a short supply, and I'm looking for a frame to tide me over until I can afford to get a nice Moots or some similar high end supertanker built for myself.
Have a good weekend, all y'all.
2 comments:
rest your legs, lube your ass, and thanks for the music :-)
I got the same deal going on with my Monocog Flight. I thought it was just me. This was after I got it back from my brother, who was sitting at around 300#.
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