I got an idea.

I had and idea. Shirer brought up some pretty good points about the safety of the lake right now so I will see if we can roll this out later.

In the mean time check this one out as it was sent to me I am sure with only one hope that it would make it on this blog.

RickM

Dopper in the Thursday bunch (not like that though)

Alright we will get to the doping later but first lets dive right into today's affairs at the lake. As we (the Park Cities folk) jumped into the rather large group things were motoring nicely. I saw that a large group of individuals were working so I was shuffled to the back quickly. I moved to the front to do my share on this Thursday "tempo" ride and I noticed something unusual. The Count and Thomas the Train were not doing there every other person pull technique. It was as if the 20 percent decided they were done being taxed for the rest of us and the rotation was a little, shall we say, strange. But the show was continuing. Robodobro with the bionic hip and all, was starting to make some rotations and is showing signs of a full recovery. Greg the Bike breaker was back and had wiped away the Daytona blues and is starting in on his work load. so things were right in this world. Well almost. So we get through the hills on the first lap and things were settling quite nicely when out of no where Parks and Recreation takes a flyer off the front!! It appeared as if the dudes on the front were having some difficulty bringing him back, but.... Along came Jose Macho in his over sized green truck with the Jeg's sticker on the window (if you are wanting to learn more about Jeg's then go to www.jegs.com or to a nascar event and ask the first person you see with a beer in his hand and wife beater on. ) So Dave gets brought/stopped back in and we settled down a bit as we rolled, so much so that Jeep was hanging on the back on his 2-9er which is a record breaking 22 pounds!! Now this is when the dope came into play. The Booyiiid, Tabinator, and myself were having a nice conversation on the back of the bunch about how to fix the oil pricing when were were entering the barricades at the parks office. out of know where this dope takes a hard left into our bunch. Thankfully Booyiiiiiiid hit the brakes hard and did not do a cartwheel into the water and the Tabinator basically pulled the plug on our fun. Instantly a 50 yard gap was opened and we got to chase hard. Well needless to say we got back on in time to do some hill ridden. As like last Thursday we hit the smooth side heading for the sprint when the Moore Honeywagon was trolling for outhouses. At least the guy turned off the blower and uses his mirrors as he was trying to keep the pace high. About that time Blur was at the front, and this chick starts doing yoga on the street and the honeywagon dude jams the brakes in order to not turn this chick into road pizza. My guess is she was listening to John Tesh or David Hasselhof to loud but anyway she got buzzed and looked up at the driver as if to say Whhhaaattttt. I think I can offer some better advice than to get mad. Get off the darn road to stick your head between your ankles. Anyway I think that really sucked the life out of the bunch because Bike Breaker was the only one to sprint and I tried to come around him and might have as he was sitting up out of boredom.

Honorable mentions. Parks and Recreation for representing AARP with a flyer today. Shirer Flyer gets the (I have a bat and ball but you are not allowed to play with it) award. Blair gets the Boy of Summer award for his recent fitness, and I get the mightta coulda woulda did win the bronze chamois award for hitting our imaginary finish line first. We need to do some stealth painting of that. Fred take a spray can next time you are out there all night and spray us a line would you!!!!

Snoop Doggy Days of Summer

So it appears that the summer slump has taken root in our morning rides. Everyone seams tired and content to let the good times roll.... especially me! I would like to start today's update with a very important and sober note. Geoff Rogers is a great advocate for our sport (Dorba Mainstay) and was hit by a truck Sunday morning. He has the normal bumps, broken bones, and bruises, but the main problem that is concerning is a clot on his brain. The reports are that a full recovery should be expected though. Say a Prayer for Geoff and be thankful our cycling community has folks like him.

This mornings ride started with a few of the regulars back and a few still missing. Blur was home from his trip to beantown/Boston and was back to his ragin usual after finding his summer legs. Brain was there sporting the Serotta name fully. Lester the Carbon Molester was out in full force. Biken Mike Beerown was there for the second lap. "Lapped Riders To The Back". Parks and Recreation was out in full effect after a thorough show of force on the MTB Saturday. Jeep was there after a near death experience and after hugging a bridge Saturday. The Boy Walruss was done hugging the porcelain and came out with both six shooters pulled. We were also graced by Greg the bike breaker, back from some time sitting on the tailgate of a big truck on the beach in Daytona. So off we go at 7:00. No one really started throwing any darts as we rolled out just the usual Taxpayer model of Thomas the train, The Count, and Mad Matt doing the work for all of the rest of us hanger oners. We really held it tightly together with no attacks for the first lap and I got to watch everyone working hard to keep the pace steady from the back. The second lap saw the Tabinator move to the front with a look of angst but he simply took a pull or two to do his part. I noticed him moving up and I went with him to try and go with him when he went, which incidently he did go but it was by the boat houses, and The count threw it in overdrive to bring him back. Well onto the spillway and in a most legit but unusual move the Count attacked and put down some MTB handling style to get a small gap in a technical section of the path. I noticed this from my perch in the back and decided it was time to pay attention. Flyer Shirer was also casting some consternation and went to the front. As we went into the hills The Count was pinning his ears back and going after some glory points. I thought to myself, hey that looks like fun lets see if we can join him, so I went on the far left avoiding the landscaping truck that was trying to knock us all the way through Texas and back to Mexico. Debent and Russ-Tic came with me but actually had more gas on Westshore and between the four of us we started to look like we might have something. I noticed on lakewood blvd though that the wolves were breathing down our necks so it was time to back it off and ride it out to the sprint which was a full rager this morning but I was not close enough to see who won..... so someone won.

I did not have the batteries charged for the helmet cam so we will get some footage next week.

Honorable mention. Martin for putting the screws to us on Saturday (and showing on his MTB today). Check out his roid rager arms next time you see him. The Count and Tom for always being willing to make sure our pain threshold is high enough to weed out the HHH trainers. And most importantly Austin Bikes sent one Von Schweddy to Dallas to show us boys how to climb these short hills and only train 2 days a week. Quite impressive and always good to keep Tuesdays weird when great friends come in from Austin!! Thanks again for my slightly late birthday breakfast by the way. Keep it rubber side down out there, and live to tell about it, but make it sound better than it was.

Spaulding You'll get nothing and like it!!

No real good reason for the title but simply to pay homage to a great movie. Today was a rather uneventful Thursday. The one real surprise was the size of the bunch at 6 am. Where have all of you people been hiding. One thing is for sure is that Yorkshire Pudding was a new and fast face to the bunch. I do want to give a special shout out to all of you for slowing a bit to let Brandnew and I catch on when we turned around. Onto a couple of points of interest. Flyer Shirer is going to get some serious blog time here. His ride instruction and choice was like a order at Starbucks this morning. No Whip, Extra Foam, Semi Sweet Latte please. He was skipping hills taking pulls and riding backwards to keep his power meter under 200.00. Also we have taken special interest in not running folks over on the east side of the lake, which is a good thing. That being said this morning Flyer was basically doing the YMCA in order to point out the pedestrians. Don't be surprised to see Flyer show up with an Indian head dress and tool belt next Tuesday. As a tribute to the Village people we can then call him the Village idiot!

Onto the sprint today. I have noticed with all the Barricades, that being close to the front without hitting the front is really a tough task. That being said I came into the sprint with a small hope of putting in a last chance flyer prior to the sprint, which also requires staying at the front. So we hit the smooth side and the Tabinator took a rager of a pull only to swing off and get swept to the back. Then Yorkshire Pudding hit the front and it was wide open for a long time. At that point I was thinking "How do you launch a flyer when the bunch is doing 30?" So back to the drawing board. When you are sitting 3rd wheel with a mile to go your sprint is pretty much off. That being the case I decided to take a grinder pull and at least keep the pace high for a bit. So I did. The Count came around on the last left hander and The Tabonator and I rode across the line talking about the battles for position in the sprints. Good clean fun for the day. I then got to my office only to notice some idiot tried ducking the dart rail arm on his motorbike as it was coming down and hit a bump sending himself bouncing down the street like a golf ball on the cart path. The guy was 6'8" and was wearing a t-shirt and shorts. Road Rash time!! Fox 4 was interviewing his helmet which was quoted as saying "I sure was glad I was wearing that guy for protection of this could have been a lot worse." Well thanks for checking in and lets keep it rubber side down out there.

Its July on two wheels and you know what time that is!!

Well I think Shirer might be adding his own post shortly with his account of today but let me first say the video link is below of today's ride. Let me also say that I want to give some background as to why this blog was started in the first place. First, I like to write creatively, Second I was tired of the media talking about Dopers and the crap that surrounds pro cycling. I figured we have drama and action every Tuesday and Thursday for that Matter. And for the most part the characters are the same. Third. I like the regulars that show up for Tuesday and Thursday rides. Riding with all of you makes my week better so I want to try and give something back. Although small for sure.

To the point. Its July. The tour is on tv and I really could not tell you what is happening with the lab rats in Europe. What I can tell you is that the cars/outhouse trucks(honey wagons)/tractors etc. need to stop busting up our sprint. Today was for the most part a controlled ride with Fred, Tom, and Matt doing a lions share of the work. Flyer shirer was back from raking his Feng Schwing Garden. Jordan was with us for one lap but was worried his efforts would tire him for his dance recital coming up Saturday. We did have a guest appearance from The Tin Man who showed us how to Off Road it some. Basically I will be brief today but I wanted to make something clear and apologize for something. Today I sat in a great deal and decided to attack on two or three separate occasions. I think in some circles that would be construed as negative tactics. I was not trying to ride negatively, I was trying to start throwing sand in the sand box. That being said if my riding was viewed as negative in approach then forgive me for not doing some work with the attacking. Finally what the heck happened to the dude by the sprint, and who knocked him over. You guys rock!! Bill lets have it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QhMh1RMfaQ

Thursday but really Friday!!!!!!

With the 4th tomorrow and a long hard spring/early summer I decided to make sure Robodobro kept it safe out there and went easy this morning, so not new updates for today. Be sure to log back into Tuesdays info and find our video link. Jordan was kind enough to ride with us though and discuss the greatness of skiing in Wisconsin. Incidentally if you ever have the chance to see the movie "step into liquid" you get to see old fat guys surf on the lake in green bay. Lets keep the rubber side down this weekend, and make sure the Count does not drink to much while piloting his cigarette boat around lake Lewisville. We don't want to see Shirer inundated with Clients.

Oh I need the 4th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7X3RyKFxs

Our ride is public. Only problem is Youtube really reduces the quality. I gotta find a better source.

So the story goes. Flyer Shirer was at home doing yoga and raking his zen garden, (I can see him now in his silk robe with a neck tie tied around his head and a rake in hand working on his fang schway). Anyhow Russ-Tic must be on vacation with the kids in Big Bend or some other place where the heat does not effect skinny people. Greg the Bike Breaker is actually here but he broke his bike again just looking at it last night. All that to say we were missing some heavy hitters/workers today so the ride was interesting. Downtown Brown was out there as was Lestaria, trying to figure out how to get the sand from Padre out of his bike shorts. Parks and Recreation was on full gas. Mattman was on the front raging as was Tabonator. So off we go easy sit in trying to anticipate the camera turn on and then we got to the other side of the lake. I went to the front to try and do some dirty work and we started stomping on the top of the Bath House hill. Coming to the stop sign I started to cramp and felt like someone was pouring Concrete in my legs. Never a good sign. Well we got to the hills and JeeP went to the whip on his Felt and off we went. I did some Olympic gate crashing at the top of loving and we were rolling good down Westshore. Well on Lakewood BLVD The Count went for blood and a new world was starting to settle in. About this time a break got up the road. Well Blurr Baker, Mattman and Tabonator chased down whoever it was up the road. I was cross eyed so I don't remember. Anyhow The Count took a stab at it, going into the Mockingbird bridge and took Mattman with him. I sat up a bit realizing today was not a good day for me. Anyhow it started to turn into a Tom/Fred vs. Matt-Tabonator grudge match with the rest of us left to suffer it out together in the middle. I think it important to note I skipped the hills on the second lap to get my camera working going into the sprint. That being said I hear that Debent went up the road on the hills in a signature move and was way off the front with Tom and Tabonator chasing and then the pack huffing along behind. Well the stop sign played its part and it quickly all came back together. I started pulling to try and give some of the dudes a break and help keep it smooth heading into the sprint. I can now understand why Stein sprints every time. I felt great all the sudden but like a true sporting gentleman I swung off to let the participants give a go at it. Browny Brown hit the front in his 53-11 and I think Tom or Fred won. I am still tired and am looking forward to a restful night!!

Honorable mention. Robodobro. That hip is starting to come around. Debent for attacking after a long hospital stay. All you losers who stayed home!!!!!! The rest of us had to take up your slack. I hope your holiday slumber is quickly squelched by kids with buckets of water.