7/28/2011 27miles

Time 2:10 dist 27 max 31avg 12

Mother of all MTB

I always watch these sense I have no life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN6gzTE-IMs

7/22/2011 29miles

This was a grueling ride and considering My road rash a difficult ride also.





But I wanted to get this ride done before the end of July. I consequently saved this ride from obscurity by re-doing the mapmyride.com map.(why not?) No mishaps like the broken spoke last year on this ride, however I did do it backwards to make it more fat burning. I did a lot of sweating, and I'm not sure how the recuperation of My two bad legs will go.

Ride FAIL

I was headed out on a 15 mile ride and ran into problems with My tire pressure which ended
up being valve problems. As with any mechanical incident the sweat started running like mad, and I headed home. I was able to repair the bike with tubes from the pile in My room.

Le tour de France

Stage 14 was very hilly and from what I read, and in My opinion a key stage. If you missed it like I did here is the versus recap vid.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/22825103/vp/42433236#43779613

7/11/2011 22miles

This was My recovery ride, & I was definitely still feeling the ride Saturday, stretching helped though. I'm having a personal debate about whether I'm going to check out three early hours of jazzfest later in the week. The first point being the cost of things and My steak dinner on Sat, two being not wanting to run into any bastards there either. And My continuing personal debate if I even want to play music anymore, I still write good songs but it seems like an expense that I could lose these days, save the hearing. Also I have hardly met any decent people playing music. This is the first time I've thought about quitting this seriously, music has been a big part of My life, and in the past jazzfest often would re-spark My interest. I can't even get any money for any of my guitars or gear. B-(
On this ride My new jersey and camelbak kept Me cool in spite of the stifling heat, I'm not going to post a repetitive picture. I saw a huge traffic jam on kiwanis, glad I wasn't driving. Stats: time 1:41 Avg 13mph! Max 28.5

7/9/2011 21miles

Yesterday I rode the Lewis & Clark, Yankton trail system, Yankton is one of the most boring places on planet earth in My opinion. Also I've decided not to plague you with high water pics, I never liked high waters when I was in the underground. Also they've been showing them on weather channel an such.
This isn't from the bike ride.
I rode past this wedding, or dress rehearsal if you look closely you can see the bride. At one time I wanted to get married at this location, I won't get into the eccentricity of the last woman I was involved with. After awhile I threw the idea out as too lame, on the way back it looked like the wedding was over.
This place is full of memory's of times spent with My cousin which I was close to & his family. As I grew into an adult or rather didn't grow into an adult, he started a family and I continued to use drugs. So now a days I can kind of lament at My bad decision making back then as I have a splintered relationship with My family & no family of My own. This picture shows Me getting into the seedy underbelly of Yankton and a few minutes after this I grinded My gears really bad.This pic is of a bridge that was closed for safety reasons and that's a good thing.I did get lost on this ride kind of bad, to complete the Yankton trail system you have to ride down main street. Here is another one of those rattle canned trail markers like I saw in Iowa. Stats: time 1:45

July 4th pictures

This is going to be all artsy fartsy, Remember I went to the Warhol exhibit.
I caught a rocket, this photo was taken on the July third bike ride.
No I wasn't drunk.Caught a little lense flair in this shot.

7/3/2011 16miles

Sunday night by Myself, while everyone was doing the whole family thing, so I decided to take a night ride around the bike lanes. This ride was pretty cool with all the explosions an fireworks and what not. Plus I have this fear of getting fireworks shot at Me sense that happend on one occasion when I was young, so it was like speed. I also took quite a few pictures over the holiday which I might add in a later post. I rode hard but the next day I felt like I over extended Myself, in spite of My regiment of stretches.
Partially for that reason I might be letting go of some mountain bike gear, stay tuned.
Stats: time, 1:28 avg 10.5 dist 16 mx 23.5

Rocket launch shots

Saturday was the best rocket day I think I've ever had.

Metallica pt. 2

7/1/2011 23miles

Sense people seem to be driving crazy I decided to do most of My riding before the 4th. The main highlight was the sonic boom from the air national guard taking off. An I almost wiped out on sand again. :| I wish I was riding better and farther, but in a way I'm just trying ride regularly, slow and steady is the name of the game this year. In My other blog I'm doing a salute to model rockets. http://tonyhikes.blogspot.com/2011/07/rockets-pt1.html