Sept 18: Wauna Ride Down Easy Street?
Pffttttt. All 15 of us heard it, reverberating loud and clear throughout the stratosphere of the BMO parking lot as we lined up to depart on the Pine Pedal Push. Arms, looking somewhat aghast, claimed responsibility. Welcome to the Flat Tire Club! When Rainbow Maker suffered the same pffffate, he and 4 other orthopedic surgeons managed to change the tire in, oh, 25min flat. I'm sure the tire lever instruments weren't up to par; certainly our Bone Menders can repair something as simple as a flat tire, right? Fortunately for Arms, Newbie Drafter Colin O'Brien of Cronometro was there to show us how it's done. In a flash, out with the old and in with the new, and we were wheels up without delay. Flash might be new to riding with the Draft, but not a new face in our group. The lion's share of Drafters have purchased their bikes and/or had their bikes fit by the Flash. He's a former USA Hour Record Holder (if you've never cycled on a Velodrome, you should), world renowned bike- fitter, patent holder for cool cycling stuff and beer drinker extraordinaire.
Changing tires isn't the only thing Flash does fast. B2 Bomber, Captain Joe and The Flash kept the pace line above 30mph on the way down Schneider Rd. Flash is still recovering from the Italian Screw Job, which claimed some of his hip function after a crash in Tuscany. The screw comes out in early Oct, so we will see how that impacts his acceleration. As I held on by a thread to the pace line led by the Flash, I secretly hope the Italian screw removal doesn't translate into more power! Speaking of hips, One Hip Wonder is now Too Hip. Crutches are slowing him down for now, but we expect great things in the spring. Here's to a speedy recovery, Too Hip! In other screw news, Loose Screw is practicing safe yoga, a safety measure mandated after his previous tip over.
For those interested in Safe Yoga, we meet Monday at the VFW on Century Ave in Middleton at 6AM. There are still safe spots available. Email Karen Rigsby if you are interested in expanding your motion: karenkraftrigsby@gmail.comChannel 27 News Reporter Zach Nelson (aka Tobacco City Cousin) covered the sports edition of the Drafter broadcast for the week, dutifully leaving live coverage of Hurricane Irma to report on Drafter athletic feats. Congrats to Wisconsin Ironman finishers, Legs and MP Hilly. Word has it that Legs called Loose Screw to get the Drafter discount on nemesis bags. His dutiful wife, Arms, gets the wifey award for bringing him fudge ice cream at 11PM to aid his post IM recovery. MadPower Hilly DOMINATED her age group, despite a near catastrophic bike crash 3 weeks before the event. I predict that it won't be long before this Drafter sees the lava fields.
Changing tires isn't the only thing Flash does fast. B2 Bomber, Captain Joe and The Flash kept the pace line above 30mph on the way down Schneider Rd. Flash is still recovering from the Italian Screw Job, which claimed some of his hip function after a crash in Tuscany. The screw comes out in early Oct, so we will see how that impacts his acceleration. As I held on by a thread to the pace line led by the Flash, I secretly hope the Italian screw removal doesn't translate into more power! Speaking of hips, One Hip Wonder is now Too Hip. Crutches are slowing him down for now, but we expect great things in the spring. Here's to a speedy recovery, Too Hip! In other screw news, Loose Screw is practicing safe yoga, a safety measure mandated after his previous tip over.For those interested in Safe Yoga, we meet Monday at the VFW on Century Ave in Middleton at 6AM. There are still safe spots available. Email Karen Rigsby if you are interested in expanding your motion: karenkraftrigsby@gmail.comChannel 27 News Reporter Zach Nelson (aka Tobacco City Cousin) covered the sports edition of the Drafter broadcast for the week, dutifully leaving live coverage of Hurricane Irma to report on Drafter athletic feats. Congrats to Wisconsin Ironman finishers, Legs and MP Hilly. Word has it that Legs called Loose Screw to get the Drafter discount on nemesis bags. His dutiful wife, Arms, gets the wifey award for bringing him fudge ice cream at 11PM to aid his post IM recovery. MadPower Hilly DOMINATED her age group, despite a near catastrophic bike crash 3 weeks before the event. I predict that it won't be long before this Drafter sees the lava fields.
Sadly, the hair and bust fullness from 1977 to 2017 has gone largely unchanged, while the fullness of the lower quadrant and experienced exponential growth. Still, the thrill of a new bike and going fast (a relative term) on two wheels is as exhilarating now as it was in second grade.Congrats to Z and AquaPhobe on their strong Tyranena finish. There were no hills to challenge our mitochondria, but a great selection of strong beers at the end to challenge our livers. Tomorrow is The RIDE, so please come out and support the UW Cancer Center if you can! My good friend, Deric Wheeler, is in charge and is one helluva good guy. We were graduate students together at the UW. He's now a tenured professor and I'm writing this blog. So there's that. If you RIDE, please join me, Z, CM Wille and Arms for a Draft.For Monday, we have a ride down Easy Street in Waunakee. There's not short pour, since this ride is a short pour.
Garmin link to Easy StreetReminder: if you want to join winter Spin on Monday nights at Supreme starting 6:30PM or indoor cycling at CXC Tue at 10AM, please email me ASAP. We have a few spots left for Spin and need a few more bodies to make CXC fly. Thanks.Draft responsibly,BrickO
Garmin link to Easy StreetReminder: if you want to join winter Spin on Monday nights at Supreme starting 6:30PM or indoor cycling at CXC Tue at 10AM, please email me ASAP. We have a few spots left for Spin and need a few more bodies to make CXC fly. Thanks.Draft responsibly,BrickO