Now that was an expensive flat.........

Yep- Flatted with 1 1/2 to go in the masters crit saturday in Greenville- was in a 2 man break- cost me between $150 and $200---but, Big props to my Michelin Pro Race 3's- rode the rear totally flat for the finish to hold on for 6th, was drilling it and sliding through corners but it stayed on the rim!


Then I raced it two more times that weekend getting 2nd on Sunday. Best clinchers on the market- BY FAR!!!!

WTF.....

so Im out with Lewis on our dark:30 ride this morning and from what I could tell out of my peripheral visino at the quick rate of intersect on a foggy road- this came our of nowhere and nailed me in the head....



Yeah, I gat nailed bya a bat- at about 5:59 this early a.m.- Nice, kind of spooked me for a bit too.....


carp (burning the early lumens again)

Metal Dogs – Years 1910 and 1970

yep- just found out I was born in the Year of the Dog- interresting, and I guess better then the years of the Rat or Monkey. And interrestingly enough, the synopsys of personality fits me pretty well- not perfect, but pretty well---

http://www.chinesezodiac.com/dog.php

That's a shot of my dog- Shes a bit small here but is up to 65+ pounds right now......

2 Hours From Anywhere

yep- bring it back! Rode up there yesterday- very cool- I never got to actually race this as fall is typically a busy work time but had I known the course was as cool as it is...





so- here's my thought- BRING IT BACK......

NATE.....

yes, that is Nate Brown invading the Hincapie-Barkley Bus-------he needs to spend alot more time in it next year. Forget that Hot Tubes stuff Nate- know where your roots are and come back to teh southeast.......

River Gorge-

so it was a good weekend of racing in Chattanooga this weekend- not necessarily for the Hincapie-Barkley boys.....atleast until sunday.

We had a good plan going into saturdays 100K 6000+ feet climb fest, but just didn't have the legs left to pull it off- so all 5 of us DNF'd and then skipped the TT.

But on sunday it was a bit different- just 4 of us lined up (me, AJet, Ben and Talbott)- we had no real plan- it's been a long eyar so far and if the guys don't know how to race their bikes by now then I have not done my job- so pre race was "everyone has a long leash, do what you want, and help me finish ahead of that weak little lamb peters if you can.

We missed the brea, but were active in the race trying to get other things started. Ben puked himself mid race but ws still able to lead out AJet for teh field sprint- they said he got 2nd int eh sprint but I thin he won it- her'es a pick...

And I did finish ahead of peters for the 'Nooga bragging rights........

Update- Nats......

so here is the lowdown- 9 kids; junior guys, U23 and a really fast girl- 4 podiums, 9 top 10 finishes....... not a bad week at all........we are on the map now, and things are looking great.