WGaS with the Wounded Warrior Ride

Fast Ride This Morning

Great turnout. Great ride.

How Global Warming Might Affect Cycling.

Jackson Park Cyclocross Race

Great form. I understand he's a decent writer, too.

Thanks to Inga and Wesley Walker for the photo.

Labor Day Ride

Cooling down, riding the bunny trail.

Sunrise

I blew a setting on my camera (I left the ISO at 800 from another day) so the shot came out grainy. Anyway, this is what the rest of you missed this morning.

Another Fast Tuesday

Yesterday was another fast Tuesday ride. In fact, by the time we hit the Fort, my cyclometer showed the fastest average speed I have ever recorded for a weekday ride, 22 MPH. At the roundabout, there was some confusion and we reduced speed to regroup on the way to coffee. Even with this, I still showed an average of nearly 21.5 MPH at coffee.

It was great to have such a large group out and all in our "team" kits. I would have taken a picture or two, but I was drafting for dear life and fumbling with a camera didn't seem like a good idea. BT wants me to get a helmet cam, but I just know that without being able to see the display, I would wind up with plenty of pictures of the road and the sky. I have been thinking of rigging a mount for the camera on the handlebars, but the lovely rutted roads we ride on would probably destroy that too. For now, it seems like I'm gonna have to stick with hand held shots like this one from last Friday.

Saturday Ride Photos

I took about 20 pictures this morning. About 10 were worth saving. I have enough pictures of the paceline from the rear. Although those usually have a nice artful quality to them, it is nice to get a couple of shots of people's faces for a change.



Though I did like this paceline shot:

Morning Ride

My 2000 word post...

BT at the Velodrome

Start of his first track race of the year.

Equipment Lust on a Rainy Day

13 lbs.? I think SG's beeper just went off (now if he only knew where it was and how to shut it down).

The Delta 7 Arantix Ascend Road Bike. Fritz rode this and wrote about it here. You might say that lately, he's become some kind of an Oracle about these things.

Cartoonizer

A Peloton memory from the 2006 Bike the Drive modified by BeFunky:

Morning Ride

At least the day started off pleasantly...

Pablo Showing His Form

Found a photo of Paul. Click on the photo and page back and forth to see the series.

Morning on the DPR

Great ride this morning on the DPR. It was a joint Colavita/WGaS ride and I got some pix:

The paceline:



The plan:



The phone call:



And Tucci looking fast:

Refreshed

Back from vacation after pondering the deep meaning of life and how great I look in a WGaS hat. See y'all tomorrow.

From My Email Inbox

Lehman Bank employees stage a protest by blockading the entrance to the bank's headquarters ...



As you can see, the public is sympathetic to their cause ...

Cyclocross

Paul, racing cyclocross in Carpentersville:



Me riding the sand pit:



More photos here.

Saturday Ride

On the bunny trail heading home:

Hawthorne Cross Race

Some photos from Sundays race.

BT right before the Masters race:



Steve during the race. If a picture is worth a thousand words...



Me during the 4a race:



Me after the 4a race: