Yesterday I went to a Valentine's meat party with Bret and Viv. I brought steak, tomatos, mushrooms, a mango, & beer. There was all sorts of artery cloggin, bacon wrapped concoctions. I ate some Swedish meat balls, tomatos, mushrooms, and the steak I brought. I also ate the mango. Why mango? It has enzymes that help break down beef protein and assist in digestion. Which made me feel pretty good until I took a shot of absinthe. It burned my throat, I was instadrunk and done after that. Perfect way to fuel up for a long ride the next day.
Joe and I took a long ride out to Evanston and back. Abotu 3.5 hours, maybe 40-50 miles round trip. My lungs were there and my HR stayed resonable but my legs just don't have it yet. They felt weak and heavy. I used a Trek X1 cross bike, with some SRAM prototype parts. Everything worked out great even through some snow and sticky mud. I have a feeling this is the first of many long cross rides in preparation for this season.
I re-did the Karate Monkey single speed mountain bike style. It's looking and feeling good. The bike has some tweaks in the fork. It has a G2 crown making for a 51mm offset. This quickens the handling on an otherwise boat like feel. I also filled the damper with Moto grade Silkolene 5wt oil. It is smooth. I can run it full lock with the floodgate half open and it still eats up small and big bumps while cutting out most pedal bob. I need a longer chain as this one is super tight and rough on back pedal. I like to keep the chainstays short on this horizontal drop bike. They are at 17" even when pushed all the way forward. Extremely short as 29ers go.
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