What started as one guy building up a SS CX bike for training has resulted in the majority of the team building up their own. Looks like alot of the guys are planning to race SS and geared bikes next year. I'm hoping to get some $$$ together and build a SS of my own to get out and play around.
Kirk had been keeping it real w/ trainer workouts and weekend road rides in the cold. I just bought a Garmin Edge 200 to use as a training tool and am mapping out commuter routes to try @ least two days a week to start.
Race schedules are being looked over and plans made on which venues the Nuts About Granola/Simplicity Cycles team will be hitting up. There will be groups of guys headed to mt bike and road races in the area. Look for the new kits that are in the design phase currently and look to be dope as ever!
When it gets cold out there I know it can be hard to find motivation to bundle up and hit it. But, I can honestly say that of all the rides that I have done in the cold, there is only one that I regret. When I finish up a "cold" ride I have an amazing sense of accomplishment and feeling of well being. I could have easily stayed @ home and read a book or watched a movie, but instead I chose to go out and make a memory. I remember one such ride w/ a bunch of guys(most of which became the team) last winter @ Codorus in the snow. They wanted to check out the trails @ Bankert Rd and Kirk and I were going to show them around. Kirk didn't make it and I had grabbed the SS thinking that I would just ride sweep since everyone else was geared. I did the best that i could on my SS and my butt was kicked til it was over! The thing is that nothing will ever replace the feeling of camaraderie and the shared enthusiasm of just being on a bike. Followed up by a run to Starbucks and it was a good day!
I, myself, have been finalizing my rides for this mt bike season and think that I have it all ironed out for the most part. What is everyone else planning for 2012?
Well, I have some SS parts to order.
GET OUT THERE and RIDE!!!
You won't regret it!
