360 Modena minding its own business at the ride.
Oh, yeah. You know it. Like my ass is on fire and the water is at the top.
Right.
I had one brief moment of pride when a skinny focker tried passing me on Zwettler in his 39x24. I was seated in my 39x19 in a nice tempo at a raging 5 mph. He got 6 or so bike lengths ahead and I decided to get on his wheel. It hurt like hell but I got out of the saddle and passed him before the crest and didn't look back. Which was good for my ego, because he'd stopped to wait for the rest of his group...
Earlier I set a new downhill PR for a descent not part of an actual mountain range. 54 mph was the recorded max, I looked down at 51 and thought that I'd be better off looking down the road instead of at my Avocet 40.
Dammit.
A few weeks ago I tried going for a ride on Donna, the bike on loan from Russell. I got to the bike path and the rear wheel made a noise and acted like I'd broken a spoke. I was close, I'd broken the hub. Oops. So she's wearing the Bullseye hub wheel now.After the Black Earth WNBR a rider returned to his shiny red car. Despite all the coolness of owning a Ferrari he had to have a friend with a station wagon carry his off the rack Trek to and from the ride. Some people just don't get it.
Just a V-8 in the back.
No room for junk in the trunk. But there is room for the beer cooler, helmet and shoes.
I wonder, are speed bumps a problem?
I was shaking the camera. It may have gotten my pulse up higher than the climb up Pinnacle Road.
Sunday I heard this Ferrari two blocks away. I thought it was going faster than it was.
I'm not sure what it was, but it was Red.
Okay, I'll admit a hand crafted sports car is cool. Still, if you cough up $150,000 for a Ferrari you can have your friend bring a custom bike of your choosing to the ride. 'Cuz if you're happy with that off the rack Trek (not even a Madone!) I'll let you have my Jetta and I'll take the Ferrari off your hands.Y'all ain't from around here, is ya?
No, this isn't northern Italy, it is southern Mazomanie.
If you're in western Dane County I highly recommend riding this route. The climbing is plenty long enough 
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