To Tremp. we go

Last Saturday The 4x4 Champ and I went out for a Hardman Points ride. Here are a couple of pics from that ride.

Picking Up The Points Part Deux

Right about now your thinking you had better check to see if you are still a man. Well as your checking to see if you still have balls because your pee pee hurts too much to ride. I just wanted to thank you for dropping more points.

I just finished my second ride of the day.
Minus 3 wind chill
12 degrees
Two Niner.
Two plus hours outside today total.
34 miles.

Picking Up The Points

Let the chips fall where they may.
Wednesday: 24 degrees. Two rides. One early a.m. one early eve. 35 miles
Saturday: 28 degrees. Snow. Trail ride to Tremp. with Monkeytron. 27 miles
Monday(so far) 16 degrees. Windchill 5. Snow. A.M. road ride on 29'er with full knobby dress.

Now who's pee pee is hurting!

One fixed gear, a single speed and one snow encrusted rear derailleur. Three of us rolled to Holmen, at night during a snow storm...although it didn't reach 32 degrees until Onalaska, I'm counting it. I couldn't see most of the ride, Tos was able to "fixie skid" sitting down and at anytime. Nomad was the only one who felt at home...a true trailblazer.

Blue Steel

That's right. I need to put on my game face. Because before I hit the season I need to make sure the season is ready for my new game face. Magnum Mutant. Look out B@#@@$s

32 Degrees?

Yesterday two of us went out for a road ride. I know, I can hear the objections already. "It was nearly 40 degrees, you don't get hardman points for that! Only temps under 32 count" While 32 is a nice number, those around here seem to have mis-labeled the number 32. It's not degrees, it's miles. We did a 32 mile loop, and to make it interesting, one of us had one gear, the other had 2.2" tires.

Go ahead the_anti_blog keep counting your wimpy 20 minute runs when the temp is 31 degrees, some day you will catch up to the real Hardman points competitors.

29er Vs. Snowmobile Trails

I took my 29er and rode on the snowmobile trails in La Crescent, MN. It was pretty fun. I definitely needed to apply even pressure all around the pedal stroke. Big circles was the name of the game today. I did slide around a lot especially when the sun came out and started warming up the top layer of snow.

The trails were fairly groomed and getting up hills was challenging but I was always able to get off the bike to walk/push my bike (not saying that I did this - it was just an option). Going down hill was were the precarious nature of slightly slushy snow, speed, and lack of skill made things dangerous. I was surprised, I guess, I thought it would be easier especially with less air pressure and knobby tires.

One hill was especially scary. Normally, when mountain biking on dirt, you'd use your front brake more than your rear. Not the case on snow. This made stopping much harder, I had to stop like a hockey player pulling my bike off to the side.

All in all the ride was enjoyable and I got to see some great sites that I don't normally get to see. Elevation changes from 633ft to 1033 feet were detected by my GPS. Speeds between 7 mph and Mach 4 were also detected.

So any BHM points added to my card?

Dustin