Todd's Blog
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THE AFTERGLOW
TODD BROWN
TONIGHT, AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK... after a spritely gallop along the coast... after a 1000' extracredit climb... I sat on the bench outside our shop.
Alone, I bathed in the racing and retreating streaks of sunlight.
I felt clean and complete.
Fortunate beyond words...
... I didn't move for quite awhile.
I couldn't.
I thought of Major Taylor who's biography I'm reading, and who loved his enemies. Of Gandi, who encouraged us to be the change we seek.
Earlier in the day I'd called a friend who lives near LA. We're different generations, different colors. We're dads who love our families. We're bike riders, who encourage others to ride. It was good to catch up.
I think that's one of the things I miss most about not having much of a commute... time to call friends who are far away, just to say Hi...
... it always turns to bike riding at some point, because bike riders are my people...
... and my people gotta ride.
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165.6 lbs
Stretch n Roll
7.5 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3555882278
WELL, THAT BLEW
TODD BROWN
SOMETIMES YA JUST WANT A QUICKIE. Like today. Up early. Quick change. Out the door... riding into a beautiful rising sun.
But, sometimes ya oughtta take a moment to look over yer twowheeled pleasure craft.
Which I didn't.
Nor did I notice my tires were a bit splashy <- Jason Bourne quote there.
Not until I'd climbed rather high up above town on the rutted fire road... and I didn't even notice it on the climb. Traction was quite good, as you'd expect with low pressure.
No, it wasn't until I was downbound on a trail called Kamikaze... coming up just short on a bunny hop... that I realized I'd forgotten to air up.
Now I was air down... burped out about 20 pounds.
Unridable.
Texted Frank who lives nearby... nada.
Called my lovely, quarantined daughter, who quickly rescued me with a pump... but alas, it was more damaged than I could do roadside.
I never curse the gods upon the rare mishap... too many times I've come upon tragedy, thinking If this or that hadn't a happened, that coulda been me.
My loss is your gain...
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166.2 lbs
Coach Loran killed me
7.5 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3547625925
ROUGH RIDING. WHAT I LEARNED FROM TEDDY R.
TODD BROWN
I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO RACING, the more you can bring to the race the better. Could be better wrenching skills, could better on course support, could be a dedication to chess...
... could even be Teddy Roosevelt's autobiography, it's stuffed gritty teaching tales... from boxing with secret servicemen in the White House to frontier justice to liberating Cuba.
Teddy had an approach to apprehending armed criminals, who often possessed great fighting talent. He noticed they always had a moment of hesitation before pulling the trigger.
... I knew just what to do, and I did it first...
... and that my friends sums up most of my racing tactics.
It's not complicated.
Knowing what needs to be done.
Doing it first.
There are a ton of places to apply this principle in a race.
Know.
Do.
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165.4 lbs
Rest
8.5 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3543726943
ADFRIENDTURE
TODD BROWN
WHAT ARE THE BEST BIKE RIDES? Adventures with friends. With all the warm feelings of finally being back together after months... something was bound to happen over the course of 45 miles with 7000' of vert in our local forest.
For examples...
One crank falling off
Two bleeding legs
One tumble in the moon dust
A fair amount of cramping
And, a complete detonation on the final climb.
But, the worst...
... the one that had howls of pain ricocheting across the canyon...
... I won't soon forget.
Our final decent was on The Luge. A trail with huge berms and jumps and nasty braking bumps... offering chances to fall off a cliff to one's death.
Which is exactly what those screams sounded like.
They were coming from a young lad of 12ish years on his own adfriendture with his big brother and another buddy. He was the last rider in their trio... all riding on crappy bikes and adrenalin.
He'd fallen 15' and landed in a cactus plant.
We formed a huMan chain and yanked him out.
Scared and shaken.
He'll be fine, and have a story he can tell the rest of his life... which no doubt will get better with time.
An adfriendture.
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Apologies to today's tour guide, MG. I thought his prediction of 4 hours was nuts. He insisted we'd push each other.
Perhaps it was his pep talk... This is a drop ride, so keep up!
Some pavement to get to the dirt
Blackstar climb
Above the clouds
MG taking care of JM wounds
Easy E watching the kids take off
To the rescue... EasyE grabbed the kid... the man below started to slip and I grabbed him... much steeper than it looks.
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Camo
Never pass up a Mexican coke and popsicle
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165 lbs
Stretch
7 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3537861535
NO, TO THE PAIN!
TODD BROWN
TOMORROW SORTAKINDA MARKS THE FIRST DAY TOWARDS MY QUEST, the quest being MTB Marathon Nationals. I'll be meeting the fellas, and from what I've spied on Starva there will be pain.
Legs will be chopped off.
Arms turned to noodles.
Throats singed.
Lungs burned.
Eyes gouged.
Ears... will be filled with the shrieks of misery.
My fastest friends are meeting for an It'll take 'bout 4 hours ride. I looked at the estimates, and from what I can gather I'd have to PR every segment of the route to be able to do it under 4 1/2 hours.
There's nothing like a good thrashing to get the motivation going... motivation to train, eat, rest right proper.
So, I'll ride to the pain.
Raise your bottle if you're with me... and repeat it... To the pain!
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165.4 lbs
Coach Loran Live - tons of upper body
6.5 hours sleep - crazy dreams
https://www.strava.com/activities/3531092335
My inspiration for this post
WATTS UP GOLDILOCKS?
TODD BROWN
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE REST OF COUNTRY IS DOING, for that matter I'm not even sure what most of my friends are doing. But, I do know this... I have popped into the local group ride that is resurfacing and holyguacamole! some of these cats are in serious fighting shape.
I was quite shocked last week.
And stunned this week.
Serious speed from the getgo, and like an old diesel I've been, shallwesay, a touch slow in ramping it up.
I checked the soontobeexpensive Starva and according the Fitness/Freshness report my fitness is good and my form is bad.
This is the result of riding like Goldilocks - neither too easy nor too hard - just riding tempo all the time.
Not riding hard enough to need an easy spin, not spinning easy enough to pound a hard ride.
After being smacked by the Bigbadwolf a few times... I'm ready to search out some speed.
To inspire myself I printed up a new green - for sprint speed - tshirt.
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164.2 lbs
Pullups, Pushups, Yoga
8 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3528552294
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IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY, HONEY
TODD BROWN
I REMEMBER CHRISTMAS 1990. Surfergirl presented me a Merlin Titanium Bikes catalog... with 10 crisp Benjamins inside. Twoooo Wuv.
I never got that bike... yes, I would have been part of the cool kids.
Instead, I plunked it down on a pure sprint machine. A cherry red aluminum Cannondale. Integrated shifting in the brake levers - imagine that, no more reaching for the downtube shifter midsprint!
Harsh ride.
Fast.
Raced that bike all up and down the coast the next 2 years. The pinnacle of my crit career.
I rode aluminum for a long time... then carbon... and I'm back on an aluminum sprinter at the moment.
Not as harsh.
Very aero.
Fast.
But, I'm starting to dream of Ti again.
The Moots YBB concept has always intrigued me. First, as a Leadville rig. It's very simple. No linkage. Limited travel, using Ti's properties with just a spring up at the seat tube.
They are now offering an even more limited travel version on their gravel bike and I'm giving it some serious thought.
For most graveling, suspension isn't really needed. But, we tend to go a little cray-cray around here... poaching a fair amount of single track and plenty of rough terrain. And, I'm thinking some suspension would be pretty slick.
The YBB frame with the Lauf fork could be just the ticket for my inner gravel goon.
It's only money?... nah, it's a helluvalotta fun!
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165 lbs
Yoga & Roll
6.5 hours sleep - kids up late
https://www.strava.com/activities/3523417093
PEDALposse Rules 11-15
TODD BROWN
I'VE NEVER BEEN ON A GROUP RIDE I DIDN'T LIKE, here are my rules when I'm the newguy
11. Speak when spoken to.
12. Pull my fair share
13. Be Steady Eddy, not Freddie Showoff
14. Stop if there's a mishap, be helpful.
15. Point shtuff out.
It ain't that hard to be a likable rider... or person... which you probably are if you're reading this...
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167.2 lbs (I keep telling myself it's time to get serious)
Coach Loran Live + Pullups
8 hours sleep
THE THINGS WE DO FOR KIN
TODD BROWN
I WOULD NEVER DO THIS FOR A FRIEND: put him on my favorite race bike, give him a brand new kit, slightly used helmet, new gloves, new socks, and barely used glasses.
I'm just not that kind of friend, but I am that kind of dad...
... because if junior likes it, well hotdiggity - whatcouldbebetter?!
At the top of a twisty and tricky single track were three dads, and 3 little kids. Shane and I cleared the last pitch of rocky trail, huffing and puffing. It felt damn good, and everybody knew it.
This is the special stuff - spectacular view, prime weather, out in the wild for an adventure.
All the dads thinking... I hope he likes it.
Even me... thinking it for the 1000th time... and maybe this time it will stick.
Not only did I give him all that gear - not the bike - I introduced him to the goodness of Chamois Butt'r...
... but not the miracle that is PR Lotion, that is something I'll keep a secret... 'cause I'm gonna need every edge I can get if it sticks this time.
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165.98 lbs
Pullups and Pushups
8.5 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/2909778979
THERE ARE ONLY 3 KINDS OF BIKE RIDERS
TODD BROWN
THERE ARE RIDERS WHOSE LUNGS ARE SO HUGE AND LEGS SO POWERFUL that they achieve perfection on two wheels to which no ordinary rider will ever attain.
There are other riders who cannot ride with any skill or power at all.
In between come the mass of riders of ordinary ability, who if they choose can become solid riders... even accomplished racers... through dedication to regular training, proper diet, and focused recovery.
I belong to this third group, the workers and hustlers... the industrious.
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165.8 lbs
Stretch n Roll
7.75 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3506576127
IF IN HAD AN ENEMY (ENEMY)
TODD BROWN
THERE'S A LEGEND AROUND HERE ABOUT THE GREAT D.M... how great? Well, when John Tomac would come and visit DM would thrash him on the bike... really take him to the shed. Yeah, that great.
DM, the story goes, had demons... he was once so far off the front of a local MTB race, that he startled the course marshal high up on the mountain. The marshal didn't think racers would be there for at least another 15 minutes,.. but out in the middle of nowhere he hears a voice coming at him...
You think that hurts? That's nothing! Nothing, I tell ya... Quit whining you baby! That's ain't pain... you're not even trying...
Now that's an enemy, self-conjured or not, pushing DM... getting every ounce of energy out of him.
The great JO once explained how he goes all out from the start of an MTB race... he pictures in his mind that the competitors are trying to get his family and therefore he must crush them... and so he does.
I've been known to line up at the start and just pick someone to hate on... then tell myself some ridiculous story to get fired up!... and if they're not in the hunt, I have no problem training my lens on the next sonofagun.
So, yeah, love your enemies...
... especially the nice once that smile as they rip your legs off.
Which reminds me of Coach Loran, and how she laughs during the workouts she knows are killing us...
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165.4 lbs
Stretch and Roll
7.15 hours sleep
MAKE WATTS WHILE YOU SLEEP
TODD BROWN
OKAY... TBH, YOU CAN'T REALLY MAKE WATTS WHILE YOU SLEEP, but you sure the heck can lose them.
Check out what happens when we get less than 8 hours of sleep:
Time to physical exhaustion drops by 10-30%
Aerobic output is significantly reduced
Faster rates of lactic acid build up
Reductions in blood oxygen saturation
Impairment of the body to cool itself through sweating
Weight gain through loss of hunger control
and... wait for it... a whopping100% increase in risk of injury
... and that's just the athletic stuff, there's a whole bunch more... but, who cares about max performance on AND off the bike?
Well, I do.
So when my much smarter and much faster friend MG suggested Why We Sleep last year, I put it in the reading cue.
Result: I've upped my average night of sleep by about 30 minutes - as many have noted, the very act of reading the book will send you straight to LaLaLand.
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166.2 lbs
Pull-ups
6.5 hours sleep - not my best night.
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL...
TODD BROWN
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL... who's the fastest of them all?
Let me see here... let's see... well, according to the actual score board... why...hmmm... well, it ain't you.
Are you sure Mirror?
Yep, quite sure... looking at the podium picture here.... it's def not you.
Well, Mirror, what about that one KOM I got?
Checking... checking... checking... ah yes, found it... yes, you did have a KOM on that one forgotten loop that only one other person ever rode... but, looks like someone stumbled upon it and stole it... no email on that?
No Mirror, no email.
Are you sad?
Yes, kind of.
Don't be. You were never even in the running for fastest. But, you're still the fairest... and ain't that the best?
I'm not sure what inspired the above... maybe it's the awareness for ESPN's upcoming Lance Armstrong tell all?
But, I am sure this is a fairly awesome offer that is ending in 4 days...
... my favorite helmets, huge savings.
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KH ordered a Protone for himself... ''cause of course we always think of ourselves first... then sent this text
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Production is back up and running, most custom orders placed prior to 4/1 will ship week of 5/18, custom orders placed in April will ship towards the end of the month, custom orders placed now will ship in approximately 4 weeks from art approval.
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166.2 lbs
Coach Loran Live + pull-ups
7 hours sleep
HAS STRAVA TOTALLY BLOWN IT?
TODD BROWN
KUDO TO YOU... there's a lot I like about Strava, so much so that I've paid for their service for years simply to support them... 'cause honestly, I couldn't make helmets or shifters outta their premium offer.
But, the thing I like most is it to take a few minutes from time to time and comment on a friend's outstanding ride. There's a lot of this going on on the Stravs and it's pretty darn cool... probably the best part, all that positivity.
I'm not sure if forcing people to pay for "their most popular feature" is the right way to go... but that's essentially what they've done by hiding all the segment times but your own and the top 10 should you not have the 5 bones a month they want from ya.
I think a choice ala Spotify to have paid/adfree or free with ads would be cool... even as a payer, I wouldn't mind seeing really relevant ads from time to time in my feed. For sure kids, the budget conscious, and others would opt for the free with ads version.
Without a quality free version, will Strava's domination of segment data be hollowed out?... leaving just richguy data? Will another platform come forth? Will people move to Garmin's app?
Time will tell...
... speaking of time, I'm really loving the longer days and the chance to ride long into the evening...
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Production is back up and running, most custom orders placed prior to 4/1 will ship week of 5/18, custom orders placed in April will ship towards the end of the month, custom orders placed now will ship in approximately 4 weeks from art approval.
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165.4 lbs
Coach Loran Live
7 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3485751504
AFTER THE RACE...
TODD BROWN
A FULL 18 MONTHS INTO MY PROFESSIONAL RACING CAREER... start young enough and it's impossible not to have this dream, for every single ride is faster and further... I met what seemed to be an old crusty cat running a forgotten bike shop, he was probably mid-30s.
He sagely whispered, It takes 3 years to find out what kind of racer you'll be.
I thought, Whatever dude, I'm going to race that big thing in France.
Many times I've considered his statement. He meant I'd find out if I was a road racer or crit racer or circuit racer, for those were the choices at the time.
Surely I'd be a pro on the road... actually, I wound up a decent amateur on circuit courses.
But, maybe he'd meant something deeper?... for I'd learned a secret.
After the races, there are more races.
Each race presenting new challenges, requiring new skills. A chance to improve. To find harder races, against faster competition. To set larger goals that butt up to the impossible, and get after it.
Sure, wanting to win... but more importantly, knowing that each race leaves me a better version of myself...
... eagerly awaiting the next race.
The next chance to strap on my helmet and see who I've become.
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The first time, the very first time I placed the Protone - the blue one - atop my head I knew it was a winner. Perfect fit. Great airflow.
And right now we've got an incredible promotion... 20% savings... with promo code: MENSSANA. (expires 5/25)
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Production is back up and running, most custom orders placed prior to 4/1 will ship week of 5/18, custom orders placed in April will ship towards the end of the month, custom orders placed now will ship in approximately 4 weeks from art approval.
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166.4 lbs
Office Move Pt. 2
7 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3480225660
I CALLED HIM FAT
TODD BROWN
I LOVE MY FRIEND Kevi. I was shocked to see him in December. Shocked, I tell ya. Here was a man who once weighed a scant 155... tbh, I didn't even recognize him when he rolled up to me... in fact, I cleared the area for fear he'd take me out like a lone bowling pin.
But this is what I love about him... he has more determination and will power than any person I've ever met.
He ordered a few kits... after squeezing into an XXL top and XL bottom, and I mean like hold your breath squeezing.
Then he started getting these dern emails from me.
Bought some PR Lotion.
Started riding hard again.
Noticed my weight... he knew I was 20 pounds heavier when he lived 'round here.
Got inspired.
Read about my passion for graveling.
Set a financial goal to merit a new bike.
Ordered Large kits a couple of weeks ago... down about 50 pounds.
Got the new gravel bike... giggled like a kid.
Shot me a message today... Can we change to Medium kits?
Did I feel bad pointing out his huge potential energy? Nope. I love him... want him to be around a long time. We've got a lot riding to do.
And now that he's joined the PEDALposse, I can't wait till he starts seeing the benefits of Coach Loran's workouts...
... just hope he doesn't giggle when he drops me next time he's in town.
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I'm not going to promise you the same results as Kevin... I don't know if you have that far to go, or if you have that kind of drive and determination... but, I will promise you a proper butt kickin' by Coach Loran... the kinda thing that will have you feeling S-T-R-O-N-G on and off the bike.
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Production is back up and running, most custom orders placed prior to 4/1 will ship week of 5/18, custom orders placed in April will ship towards the end of the month, custom orders placed now will ship in approximately 4 weeks from art approval.
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166.4 lbs
Coach Loran Live
8 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3474731048
HONOR AND RECOGNITION IN THE EVENT OF SUCCESS
TODD BROWN
MY FRIEND JEFF JUST LOADED UP HIS BIKE AND WENT FOR A LITTLE 322 MILE JAUNT... sleeping trailside from 11pm-5am along the way... and didn't even invite me, or anybody else.
Did it alone.
On forgotten gravel roads.
In bear country.
It's the kind of thing I only dream about or threaten to do.
Which reminds me of the most compelling advertisement I've ever read, placed by the great Ernest Shackleton... captain of the aptly named Endurance.
What calls men and women to engage in such quests is one thing.
Why aren't we all so engaged is another.
What are we waiting for?
Should I ever heed the call of the wild, what some may consider lose my mind you, bank on me going all in on style and efficiency from head to toe.
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/helmets
The first time, the very first time I placed the Protone - the blue one - atop my head I knew it was a winner. Perfect fit. Great airflow.
And right now we've got an incredible promotion... 20% savings... with promo code: MENSSANA. (expires 5/25)
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/helmets
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Production is back up and running, most custom orders placed prior to 4/1 will ship week of 5/18, custom orders placed in April will ship towards the end of the month, custom orders placed now will ship in approximately 4 weeks from art approval.
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166.4 lbs
Office Move Pt. 2
7 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3463307446
SKID MARKS.
TODD BROWN
PAY ATTENTION AND YOU START TO NOTICE SKID MARKS ALL OVER THE PLACE. If you're the one laying down the rubber or carving up the dirt you're tapping into your rebellious side... and if your execution is flawless and graceful... well, that's a helluva feeing.
Carving up the local fire roads on my gravel bike today, I remembered one of the best bike lessons I ever got. And it was free, from my friend Brett.
Bret had race flat track motorcycles professionally... they're the original drifters... and he was the best skidder I've ever seen.
He kindly let me know I sucked... well into my 30's, 20+ years of skidding...
... and I'd been doing it all wrong.
Rather than share the many wrong ways... lemme just share the right way to skid through a turn.
The most important thing Brett taught me is to start your skid before you're turning, it's the only way to keep the back end from sliding away below you and leaving on your arse or worse.
Got that?
Start the skid while you're still going straight, then steer through the turn and the back end will come right around under control.
Why skid?
It's fun.
It can be a lot faster way to get through a tight turn off road.
It looks cool.
It kicks up a ton of dirt making it harder for trailing riders to see... I'd never do that.
If you're going to be working on your stylish skidding... wear a good, stylish helmet.
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/helmets
The first time, the very first time I placed the Protone - the blue one - atop my head I knew it was a winner. Perfect fit. Great airflow.
And right now we've got an incredible promotion... 20% savings... with promo code: MENSSANA. (expires 5/31)
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/helmets
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Production is back up and running, most custom orders placed prior to 4/1 will ship week of 5/18, custom orders placed in April will ship towards the end of the month, custom orders placed now will ship in approximately 4 weeks from art approval.
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166.4 lbs
Office Move Pt. 2
7 hours sleep
https://www.strava.com/activities/3463307446