I know the posting has been real hit or miss laltely but here is another random posting for you. I got out this morning for the third ride on my new Gary fisher Super fly, you know the all carbon pimp ride that everyone is on these days.
While I'm racing single speed this year I found such a good deal on this bike I couldn't pass it up. I'll use it for all the epic geared rides like Dawn to Dusk coming up and any mountain explorations. So far it's been fantastic, I have had to mess with the positioning and handle bar a bit bit it's feeling more dialed in.
It was a solo ride out at Hawes, up around mine shaft and over tot he towers climb. i felt a bit like a slacker because I didn't ride right from my house which adds on an extra hour or so. Can you blame me though? I'm just so excited to get back to this.The trail out there is really torn up; we missed out on the typical fall rain storms that pack the trails in after a long summer. No rain means very sloppy, sandy single track.
Who can complain about a couple hours out in the hills on a great bike?

New bikes all around.

Got out on Saturday morning for a ride with Travis, Joe, and Erik out at Estrilla Mountain where there will be a Dust Devil race next Saturday. It was like pulling teeth from Travis to get me out there because it always seems like when I ride out there something snaps. Not Saturday though…probably because I’m not racing this time.
It was the second ride on the new Cannondale single speed I built up. This year because of the time restraints of my MBA program and the new kid I just don’t think I’ll have the time to train and race marathon. This was only my third time ever on a single speed and I could tell its going to take a little getting used to, but a new challenge keeps things fresh.
This is the last year Cannondale will have made in America written on it. Kind of sad if you ask me but I got the frame as a replacement for the one I have been on for the last 3 years and I got a replacement fork as well so it’s basically like a new bike.
Not as new as Erik’s S-Works carbon 29er. This bike came in at 21 pounds for a 21 inch bike and it felt pretty incredible when I put a leg over it. For the price though this bike better fly to make it worth it, from the feel I got it looked like it just might do it though.
Trail conditions where about what I’m used to out there….crappy. I was able to clear everything on the single speed though including the technical sections on the back side of the long loop.
It was a great morning of riding even if I had been up from 3 am with the baby who refused to go back to sleep. When I got home after noon I was so ready for a 2 hour nap, even after that I was in bed around 10. It looks like I will have to get my sleep down before race season.

Here she is.

I got me a new baby last night. Say hello to Dagny Ayn Hosman. She came in at 7 lbs and 21 inches, eyes open right from the start and checking the world out. I can’t wait to get her out and show it all to her, especially the biking parts. Fitting that this be my 200th post.

Desert Tortoise on a bike.

Travis and I got out yesterday for a couple hours of mountain biking at McDowell. Travis is going to be racing out there in a couple weeks on his single speed so we wanted to get a little ride time in out there. Honestly it has been a few years sense I have just rode out there for the fun of it, typically its only on race day so to just roll out was fun.
On one of our laps we fond this desert tortoise trying to sneak into the parking lot. When I approached him he gave me his best intimidating hiss, but he’s a turtle and I'm a branny man so it didn’t work.
Here he is trying to ride Travis’ bike. I can’t even reach the pedals on that thing so I don’t know why a tortoise thought he could do it. After his bike riding attempt I walked back into the desert and away from the cars. This probably ticked him off, who knows how long he walked to get to that point.

Still no baby?

Seems like life is on hold for now. Little baby Dagny has decided that she is way more comfortable in Sarah’s belly then she would be outside so she’s hanging out. Our doctor said that she could come any day and Sarah has had contractions off and on for a day or so for the past two weeks but still nothing. I find myself pulling my phone out and looking to see if I have missed a call when I'm out on a ride. No calls yet though.

With the baby up in the air no races have been planed yet. However I did get Erik from SMC and Travis committed to do the DCB down to dusk race the first of December, baby should be here by then. We need one more fast guy for our four man team so if you’re out there and you want o win hit me up. after last years disaster in my solo attempt I am itching for some action and by that point I will have missed two or three mountain bike races so I will be pumped and ready to get back into the fight.

All of our team riders at Evomo have been eating Simbree for the past years, great organic food for our rides and races. At any rate some one in the movies got a hold of Simbree, loved them, and put them in a big foot movie…..no kidding.

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Evomo loves teaming up with companies like Simbree, not only because the owner and founder Sally is really cool but because they're a small company like Evomo. I’m not sure if anyone else has felt the pinch of the recession but keeping your friends supported at this time is important. Simbree has been a great friend to team Evomo so we are beyond happy at her success!
Way to go Sally!

I went out Saturday for a group ride with the guys at SMC, I thought at first it would be a mistake with how little I have been riding as of late but it turned out to not be so bad. I climbed South Mountain one and a half times and felt pretty good doing it. Afterwards however I got caught by a cold I have been dodging for the last few weeks which ended up putting me out of sorts for the remainder of the weekend and today.
On the way up the mountain Saturday however I observed some behavior out of cyclists that kind of ticked me off. The road up the mountain is narrow and curvy and this group of about four riders had spread out over the entire line so that no traffic would risk going around them. It got so bad at one point that after I took the picture above I actually passed these two cars (having already passed two others) and got around the cyclist blocking the road. I know we should share the road but some times I can’t help but think we do ourselves no favors by getting in peoples way.

I don’t know if there is a term for men nesting when their wife’s are pregnant but I think I am doing it. The last month or so I just can’t stop cleaning my house. Typically I would rate myself a 6 out of 10 on the cleanliness scale but as the time for our baby approaches I am getting crazier and crazier about the cleaning. If there isn’t a term out there for it already I think I will coin it as “mesting” as apposed to nesting.