So it looks like Im keepin up with the scheduled training. For the most part anyways. So far so good. Havin fun while Im at it too. Today I went out with Gabor and Ronca for a quick loop at Sals in the fresh snow. I had on a Nevegal in the rear and a Karma in the front. Those guys were running Swamp Things. I had a hard time keep up in the corners and descents. I need to get me a pair of them there rubbers. JensonUSA has them on sale for like $20 a peice. For days when the metal spikes are overkill those puppies would come in handy. Due to my lack of traction, I went over the bars a few times. After the Sals loop, I hit the towpath for the route back home. First tracks all day.

SX, Enduro and Epic. Cutters had the whole range out today.


A couple of shots from the towpath

Ok well its Toms road bike actually. Its steel Marin and it rides nice. I've been loggin some nice miles on it lately and really enjoying it. Knees feel good, back feels good, lungs feel good. Cant complain. On Monday I did a nice little ride out to Fox Gap and back. I was trying to get in a nice steady zone 2 ride for some base miles, but I shoulda known. Its not flat around here and trying to get a simple steady ride around here is next to impossible. It ended up being a small hill workout. Well, the Fox Gap road climb isnt small lol. Anyways I jsut hope my Epic isnt getting jealous. I dont think it is though. I mean she's still my first choice no matter where I ride, street or dirt. Or lately snow. I outfitted her with a cool ass set of tires. Homemade ice spikes. Not very good in the soft snow, but I can wait to take them out when the mush freezes over.

I'm not going to post this pic on the front page here becasue its width would mess up the website, but you gotta check this panarama I made of Wind Gap

Easton from the south:


Horse Tire Swing:


The spikes. Over 230 in both tires. 1/2" #8 self tapping screws. Although they are self tappers, I drilled 1/16" pilot holes to be sure they went where I wanted them to. They are lined with a cut out tube in between the tire and the real tube:


This past weekend we also drove out to Hershey Park to get our chocolate fix at Chocolate World. There was this house on display that ws made completely out of candy. Check out the size of them kisses! After the chocolate, we hit Sweet Lights on the way out. I dont think it was worth $18, but it was still nice. I think its Lehigh Parkway Lightshow for us next year. But we still gotta go back to Hershey for the 3d movie. It was a too crowded for us to hit that this time.





More pics in the photo gallery in "on the trail" and "Winter 09-10"

Dammit! They are sore. I need to make some adjustments to the bikes and cleats. I hope it gets better and I hope I dont have to get shorter length cranks. Short legs are getting me in trouble I think.... Awesome article here: http://www.cptips.com/knee.htm

from cyclingnews.com:

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USA Cycling, US Cup will back two different national series The US Cup Mountain Bike Event Management has pulled out of its role as organizer of the USA Cycling-backed US ProXCT, the American series of national-level cross country races, heading into its second season in 2010. The news came Tuesday after the US Cup organization learned on Friday that International Cycling Union (UCI) inscription had been denied for its Bonelli Park race, which was set to be the opening round of the 2010 US ProXCT. Both the US Cup and USA Cycling shared their reactions with Cyclingnews. The result of the split, which comes after a working partnership of over one year, looks to be two separate national series oriented toward professionals. One is USA Cycling's US ProXCT, with its UCI-inscripted events, and the other is the US Cup's Mountain Bike Racing League (MBRL), a series of national-level events offering plenty of prize money to professionals, but no UCI points. Organizers of both series say their respective series will support grassroots racing, too.

So the good news is that either series will offer national competition racing for me. I jsut need to wait and see now if the venue locations and dates will work for me. No biggie, it would be nice to stay local and crush the competition if it doesnt work out