And we were off.................

i took the kids for a ride after work today.
i get a pretty good work out with Jenna in the chariot hooked up to the Pugsley!!
8.5 miles and Jenna sleeping by the time we got home.
it was a good short afternoon ride!!
Peace....................


Oh to be young again!!!

Can you tell i worked a 12 hour shift??? LOL


And we're off!!!

Wed. Afternoon Pug Ride.........

I was granted a two hour ride, can you sense my sarcasm???
Anyway, 15 miles and 1 hour and 55 minutes (actual ride time ;), later this is what ya get!!!
Peace...................


Freshly graded gravel equaled sweetness!!!







The wheelers are knocking stuff down pretty well for this time of year, but nothing like the fall.
it's funny, for how often i ride this route, very rarely do i run into said wheelers. usually i hear them, and that's about that!!

My Dads Day........

we never made it out of town today, but it was all good.
i took the kids for 3 rides today. we totaled 20 miles. the last ride i hooked up the chariot to the Pugs, and Jenna enjoyed the ride!! ;)) i need to get a picture of that, but it wasn't today.
i just got back from my solo ride 15 miles in under an hour, and also did a geocache to boot!!
the cache (cash), in question had a cool biking geocoin, so i had some incentive to go grab it!!
all in all an enjoyable day!!!
Peace..........................

Dirt and Mud

started work at 5 a.m. and bolted at 11:30.
hey Zack ya wanna go for a bike ride??
6.17 miles in 1 hour and 24 min. 50+ mud puddles, and plenty of breaks = a great afternoon pedal!!!

Zack did ya have FUN???!!!

Yeah, that's what i thought!!!





the yeah i'm all muddy and cool look!!!





break time rock throwing.



i lost count after Z hit 22 red puddles!!!




a peaceful state bird, back in a old mine pit.

Finally!!!!

after what seemed like forever, my new pedals finally arrived yesterday, and boy does it feel nice to be clipped in again!!!!
i'm thinking these pedals will make riding in the winter just fine with my Rocky boots, that is until i can talk the better 1/2 into letting me get a pair of Lake winter biking boots!! :)
I've been working 12 hours shifts 7 days a week, (although i took last weekend off), so my riding has been to work and then right home to help out with the family, and hitting the sack at around 9 p.m. to be up at 4 a.m.
hoping to have a few weekends off to really break in the pedals and give the Pugs (haa haa really me), a good workout!!!!

Peace.......

Today was a Good Day!!!

Up at 4 a.m.,
got to work at 4:55,
worked til 3:00,
punched out at 3:15.
hit up the dirt at 3:25.
pulled into the driveway at 5:30.

just short of 20 miles and i felt pleasantly at peace!!!
man i needed that ride today!!!

boy, i just gotta say, the Pugs has really brought back the joy of biking to me in a BIG, BIG, BIG way!!!
yeah it's made for the sand and snow......... but i gotta tell ya this thing is just one super sweet ride!!!

i did a little geocaching on my regular biking route, and the Pugs is one sweet machine in the woods without any true trails to be had!!! this thing goes where no other bike has gone for me.
a guy on the MORC website told me I'd love this thing in the fall, just for this reason, you can go through the woods, without a trail, but damn this spring has really been an eye opener on my new "fun machine!!!"
Here Here Dave!!!

it's a far cry from my full squishy Trek 90D, but isn't that the point?? i don't know if I'll even touch the poor Trek at all this summer!!?? she needs a rest anyway, hey???!!! LOL

i can really tell I've pedaled all winter long, damn if i say, I'm in some kick ass shape already!!!
i can't wait to hit up the local cycling club here in a week or two. some chins are gonna be on the ground when i pedal up with the "Fun Machine", and my big shit-eatting grin on my face!!!
OK boys and girls, I'm ready to ride.....how about you???!!!
when i first showed up to ride with them in 2003, i got some shit for not riding a road bike, but after two weeks of me hanging with the lead group, my mountain bike with it's fat tires (ha ha) were accepted!!
I'm already chuckling to myself when they get a load of the Pugs!!!
sorry no pictures, but i'll be damn if i was stopping at home before i started my ride today!!! LOL

Peace.............................

The Pug and The Eagle

my dad had hip replacement surgery in the cities this past week, and i went to check on their house a couple times while they were gone.
the last time.... i snapped a couple pictures.......................
it's getting pretty sloppy here in the northland, but it's all good!!

Peace...