Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Click away..

I added a header and footer to the web page today. The header will contain 4 ads relevant to my web site and the footer contains a google search engine. Click on an ad and I make money, its as simple as that. Who knows, maybe you will find something useful.

I won a certificate for any free Thompson seatpost or stem at the Stump Farm WEMS race earlier this year. I mailed it in and ordered a seatpost for my cross bike. That will definitely make me faster!

This Sunday is the Orono Cyclocross race at Orono High School. The race is part of the MN Cyclocross rider of the year series. I'm going to race in the C main which is 30 minutes. I'm hoping to get some more practice in on Friday and Saturday if the weather cooperates. Hopefully Scott is done whining about last weekend and will join me....

Monday, September 27, 2004

ebay

I added an ebay link to my page. If you need to set-up an ebay account or just want to browse, click on the link. By clicking on the link I also earn a small revenue. The amount earned depends on if you set-up an account, place a bid, or just browse. I can also answer any ebay related questions you may have. I have sold 100s of items on ebay as well as purchased a few. Happy clicking! Any money I make will go directly into my racing budget!


I converted my 2004 Trek 8000 into a single speed as I prepare to enter the dark side of 12/24 hour racing. I went for a 2hr spin on the road today with my cross bike. I still need to practice my dismount before this weekends cx race in Orono. Posted by Hello

Sunday, September 26, 2004

MNSCS Awards Party

Last night was the end of the series awards party for the MNSCS. I took 3rd in the Single Speed class so I thought I would attend. The party was at QBP so I also thought the chances of getting some schwag would be good. The night started out with pizza and beverages then everyone was taken, in small groups, on tours of the Quality Bicycle Products facility. Since QBP only sells to dealers it is rare for the public to see their facility so the tour was cool. More pizza was delivered after the tours. Cannondale had their '05 bikes there for people to check out. Erik the bike man was there to hand out the awards. I have to say I was a little disappointed with the awards, the top 3 in points were given a small NORBA medal with a sticker on the back with the class and place. The overall male and female experts got nice hardware. No Schwag except for a few water bottles they threw out at the end. I'll have to see where this series fits into my schedule next year...

Friday, September 24, 2004


Dropped off my new cross bike on Monday so Hollywood could build it up. Stopped by the Gravity Lab on Wednesday to have it fitted, had to change the stem and make a few other adjustments, otherwise its stock for now. Picked it up today all ready to go. Posted by Hello


the start of the 2004 Cheq. 40..ahhhhh Posted by Hello


finishing my first Fat Tire 40 Posted by Hello


my legs weigh a ton.. Posted by Hello


charging at the Cheq. 40 Posted by Hello

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Chequamegon Weekend Recap

Sarah, Melissa and I drove over to the Cave's house Thursday morning and headed up to Bayfield, Wi. We were staying at Sarah's fathers townhouse, very nice. We stopped in Hayward on the way up and met up with Hollywood at Rosies field. Scott and I unloaded our bikes and got geared up. The wives and kids continued on to Bayfield because Hollywood said he would drive us up after the ride. We prerode the first half of the race from Hayward to Double O. Hollywood drove us to Bayfield after the ride whinning the whole way. Friday Scott and I met Hollywood at Double O and prerode the second half of the race. It was a nice easy pace and they gave me some good advise since I have never done this race before. Climbing the fire tower hill my chain broke and of course none of us had a chain tool. As we were trying to fix it with a rock, Travis Brown and Dirk (Trek) rode up. We asked them for a chain tool and BSed with them. After the ride we hung out around the finish at Telemark resort and talked with some of the other racers who were preriding and then we left.

Saturday was the race. What a wild start, 2500 racers in a mass start down main street. A lady crashed in front of me turning on to 77 and I ran her over, she was OK. The race was an ass kicker! I fell once going around one of the many mud puddles but otherwise my race was uneventful. My goal was to finish under 4 hours. I finished in 1453 place with a time of 4 :33.

Sunday Scott and I took our families on a boat ride to Devils Island and toured the light house on the island. That was cool, took 1.5 hours to get to the island and we saw most of the Apostle islands on the way. Monday we took the minivan on the ferry out the Madeline Island and drove around and had lunch before heading home. We also took the kids fishing Monday morning.

It was my brother Mikes birthday Monday and Melissas birthday Tuesday so we had a nice party last night and we are going to Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday. Also have the MNSCS awards party Saturday night.

I will post some pictures soon...



Wednesday, September 15, 2004


Thought this was kinda funny... Posted by Hello

Friday, September 10, 2004


Jeff Kerkove from Iowa on his last lap doing the extra loop for the Worlds solo riders. Posted by Hello


Scott Cave - last lap on the Worlds solo loop Posted by Hello


Naked Racer.....ouch! Posted by Hello


Home sweet home - Pit at the Worlds Posted by Hello

Canada trip

Got home today at 6am from our Canada trip. Scott took 37 at the 24 hour Solo World Championships. Scott got sick during the race, we think from taking 3 endurolytes per lap, and had to take a couple hour break. He finished with 10 laps, still better than he did last year. We stayed in Vancover, Banff, and Regina on our way home. The trip was awesome! I wish I could write more but I'm too tired and need to get ready for a busy week as well as the Cheq 40 which is a week away. I'll write more later...

Thursday, September 02, 2004

another update from Whistler

Scott, Jeff and I prerode the course today. The final climb is huge!! kinda glad all I have to do is pit. Scott got another massage today. Tomorrow we do the registration at 10am and then were off to set up the pit area and get some more groceries. We have a drivers meeting at 3pm also. Things get more and more serious as the race gets closer - I'm pumped! I heard from Jeff that the WEMS race got canceled when we were gone - looks like I will be able to do 1 12hour solo single speed race then and not hurt my 3 hour class points standing. Have a good night...

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Whistler

Today Scott, Jeff Kerkove and I went on a ride through Whistler. Its raining here so hopefully things clear up before the race on Sat. I think we are going to preride the course tomorrow and set up the pit area. Ron and I had dinner at the Longhorn Saloon and are going to see the movie Collateral at 7:10pm while Scott gets a massage. Its time to get down to business as the race day approaches. No more beer, 3am nights, and women (watching). I'm planning on racing in the weekly Loonie race tomorrow night if possible. I'll post tomorrow with the out come of that. I'm currently using a computer in the arcade of the movie theatre, you get 10 minutes for 1 loonie. Did I say I hate carrying change, I give the cashier 2 quarters and he gives me a 2 dollar coin and a loonie so I still have a ton of coin in my pocket!