March Summer

After spending the first 4 days of this beautifully ridiculous March weather locked in the house with the flu I finally got out today. And guess what I saw? Smiling happy people on bicycles...

Good times!! That's it for now... I'm out...

The not Singlespeed Bike

Picked it up last night. The new toy of fun times. It's a New To Me 2009 Kona Major Jake with some alterations made. Rode it for the first time this morning and what a blast. It will take me a while to get used to the SRASM Doubletap let alone changing gears at all but all seemed well on the first ride. I will be heading out for ride 2 in approx an hour. This thing should beat me into shape this spring...


Here I am arriving at work this am. I just started using Endomondo again yesterday. look me up if you wish.

Here is a snippit of me enjoying the new toy. #newbikeday



Good times!! I'm out...

Amazing Febuary Trail Ride!!!

A perfect day, Sun shining and -1 C. I do love a real winter but this spring-like winter has left amazing rideable trails with just a little ice to contend with. Is it wrong that I want to skip out on the rest of the day and just go ride more???

Good time's!! I'm out!

The Answers --- to LovingTheRun post....

1. My back is sore when I wake up in the morning. -- (ended around 36)
   
2. I’m starting to see wrinkles around my eyes. -- (I look smarter now, and or age has made me look more sophisticated)
   
3. The strands of gray I see remind me to make an appointment at the hair salon. -- (If I wear a hat they cant tell I'm balding)
   
4. My friends are getting Botox (and I’m intrigued?). -- (My lines are my lines, there are storries behind each)
   
5. My mom and grandmother are aging (which means I will too). -- (yup we will all age and pay taxes...)
   
6. I should have started running in my early 20s. -- (meh, you are enjoying it now, why look back?!?)
   
7. I should have started using eye cream in my early 20s. -- (bah - see #2)
   
8. No matter how tempted, I should never set foot in a Forever 21 clothing store. -- (I enjoy shopping in the kids section -- tax free)
   
9. I hate the fact that many of the American Idol contestants are half my age. -- (American What?!? Much better entertainment available...)
   
10. I often look in the mirror and see my mother staring back. -- (Every time I see my father I pull out the razor and reshape my facial hair)
    
11. I often look in the mirror and see an outfit that only a ‘mom-in-her-30s’ would wear…and I still think it looks good. -- ( I look good, better than many boys in their 20's)
    
12. You don’t have to wear a string bikini to look good in the summer. Those hip hugger briefs work really well on “I-gave-birth-to-two-children” hips. -- ( Good on ya!!! There is no answer us guys can give to this)
    
13. The number of hours I need to sleep at night has increased since turning 30. -- ( Iam still not a sleeper)
    
14. It’s still sometimes a shock to realize I am in the [30-39] bracket on most documents. ( I will be in the 40+ section so so soon...)
    
15. Being at the young end of that age bracket is of benefit when racing against women in their late 30s. -- (Look again... Late 30's kick butt... and when moving into the 40's cat it only gets faster/harder)
    
16. In my 20s, I thought I had all the answers. In my 30s, I know I have all the answers…and I’m not afraid to tell you. -- (I know I know less while I know more... Less to prove)
17. I should have started an IRA in my early 20s. -- (N/A)
    
18. I don’t mind going out on a Friday night…as long as I’m home and in bed by 10pm. -- (Bah!!)
    
19. I have friends who were BORN in the mid-to-late 80s. (They even have a book…George Orwell’s ‘1984’). -- (I call those people young)
    
20. In my 20s, I threw everything away, ate a lot of fast food and left the water on as I brushed my teeth. In my 30s, I recycle, eat organic and am very conscious of my water usage. -- (Organic = of the earth... please find me something that does not fit in this category on the earth)

This post is an answer post to ----> http://lovingtherun.com/kelly/as-a-runner-ages

All in fun!! Add your own thoughts here, there, or linked on your own blog!!

Busted blog

Left for a while and came back to a broken custom theme. I just put a standard theme up for now but will clean up a bit and maybe add some fresh content too... oops... I'm out for now...

Video: The New Singlespeed Anthem?

Kurt Gensheimer races road, mountain and ‘cross, owns CarbonFrameRepair.com, is an avid MTBR member and still somehow manages to have way too much time on his hands. “I Got 1 On It” is a singlespeed spoof of “I Got 5 on It” by rapper Luniz

Filming and editing by Theo Dilworth of All Out Productions. Shot on location at Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships (SSCXWC) in San Francisco. (As stollen from http://bicycling.com thanks to @fatcyclist for posting link I goat a good laugh out of this one!!!)

A fun trip to Downtown Kitchener

My broken winter bike and snow made me stop procrastinating a fix and head downtown to a fun little shop that fixes up old bikes for people to ride and sells used parts at a reasonable price. On the way we ran into Kitchener's own bikeshare program that I was unaware had actually started up.

At the shop I became overwhelmed with positive vibe and fun winter bike projects that volunteers had on the go.


I looked at the project pile and thought about all the good times that could be made from that stack o bikes.

Then back to task, a working crank for the winter fixie. All told $10 taxes in I left with a smile!! Good times, I am not all that talkie today so... I'm out...