Rolling the Dirt and Whatever Else I See Fit!!

After winter and fall.... Spring has to be my favorite time to "bomb" the "Fat Tires" pretty much over whatever, and wherever I choose!!
Nothing is overgrown, everything is still knocked down and begging to be pedaled over.

Today was 61 with glorious sunshine, a slight north wind..... Pretty much perfect!!!! 
Gravel roads, wheeler trails, woods with no trail, old railroad grades, in use railroad tracks; were pedaled on with that all familiar smile across my face, all thanks to my trusty Pugs!!! 

One week left to sign up for the National Bike Challenge!! What may I ask...... are you waiting for??
Ha Ha

Peace

National Biking Challenge

Get out and ride!! 
The whole month of May; through August 31st.
Hey, May is bike month after all!!! 
I don't not know what one could win, if anything, but then again that's not the point!! 
Make a team.
Join a team.
Or pedal to the tune of your own team!! ;)

http://www.endomondo.com/campaign/national

Pedal On!!

Peace

Limitations.......

You have to love northern Mn. In April!!!!!
Forecast called for 2-5" of snow over night. 
Well, I let the shit-machine out at 4:15 a.m.and there was a good 10-12" of HEAVY WET snow on the ground!!! 
After I dug Mojo's chain out of the snow, I shoveled the porch off, and knew it'd be an interesting ride into work!! 
Air pressure was let out before I left, and again after a 1/2 a block. By the time I got to work I was pretty much riding on my rims........ 2.5 up front and 3.5 in back..... It made no difference, I think I pushed over 1/2 way in!!!! 
Very limited vehicle tracks to poach at 4 in the morning!!  
Anyway, it was all good, and I sure was awake faster than normal!! Ha Ha

Peace

Boot Camp trail Cuyuna

Kids, They Never Seise to Amaze!!!

Today my two young ones pedaled the furthest they've gone in 2012. 
Total was just shy of 14 miles!!! 
Zack has a geared bike; but Jenna has just one gear, and small tires!! 

Zack has gone 10-15 miles with me plenty of times in the past and doesn't think it's a big deal. 
Old-hat kind of thing.

We usually tool around the neighborhood, hit up a couple paved trails and J has (before today) always had enough by that time. 
While Z says "do we have to be done already??" LOL

Ha Ha, not today!!!

We get to the normal turn around spot, and J stops and says....and I'm quoting here.
"Daddy and Zack...... I'll pedal to Carey Lk. (5 1/2 miles) but I will lead the way!! No one goes in front of me....Ok boys??"
Z and I looked at each other and just nodded our heads in nothing short of awe!! Lol

We pedaled on.

About an hour later we get to the lake. They had 30 min. to play around on the beach and the quickly melting ice and we headed back home.

Z was ahead of us the whole time. He'd wait at certain points, see that we were coming and jump on his bike and pedal on down the trail to wait again. 
Thanks Z, a finer big brother there's not!!!
I'm proud of you!!!

Meanwhile our little trooper Jenna was hammering her pedals one after the other. 
When she'd get to a hill and had trouble getting up; "daddy i need to walk it, would you pedal next to me?" my answer, sure thing little girl, you pedal again when you want. 
She only needed to walk 3 hills, and one is a pretty good one when your 5!! Impressive to say the least!!

During the last 3 miles a lot of rhyming was going on between her and I, along with a lot of bike eye-spy. LOL
Seemed to do the trick in taking the focus off her sore legs and bum. 

I can honestly say, that little Jenna will be kicking her brothers behinds on the trails before too long. 

Watch out boy's Jenna's coming, and she's more competitive than you two combined!!! 
Be very afraid!! Ha Ha

I'm very proud of you JenJen!!! 
Don't worry, we'll go for a leg stretcher after work tomorrow!!

Peace

St. Paddy's Day Pedal

60 to the good-side by 10 a.m. 
73 by 2 p.m. 
Damn!!! 
Peace 

1st Ride in 2012

For Z and J that is!! ;)

A quick patch job for Zacks front tire, and we were off for a couple mile pedal around our neighborhood. 
It was 65 and sunny at 4 pm!! Temps are suppose to hit 70 by Saturday.... WOW!!!
As Cindi and I sat downstairs we heard plans for tomorrows ride begin discussed, before there was silence!!! Lol

Peace