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THE LONELY RIDE’R
I RAN INTO MY BUDDY CHUCK TODAY, we shared a big hug.  It’s been too long. I’m just luke warm these days. I don’t care, come up here with me. Nah, I’m more comfortable in the back. He drifted rearward, alone. After, we chatted more, got caught up on family and life. I pondered spending..
DO YOU WANT TO GO?
HOW I HOPE MY DAY UNFOLDS… surf sesh and breakfast my justouttacollege friends, nice climbing day on the MTB, some good reading of S Jobs biography, clean the bikes, wash the car, zip thru emails… I hear it’s best to start with the big tasks, and work down to the small stuff. Here we go
ARLO N ME N SHELBY RAY
MY SHADOW BOUNCES ACROSS THE MUSTARD WEED… gotta shoot that, I spin around and one-hand the phone, and… Arlo Guthrie joins the ride. Good morning America, how are ya?! It IS a good morning, it’s early, it’s just me and Arlo.  ‘Haven’t heard that song since forever An iTunes search later educates me the true..
DO DIFFERENT/OFF-SEASON
THINK DIFFERENT IS ONE OF MANY GREAT MAXIMS revealed in Steve Jobs’ biography – my current read.  It started as a challenge to the Mac team, and wound up as an invitation and a promise to the world. Do different is the challenge of the off-season. Add. Delete. Increase. Reduce. With the hope of different..
TO THE FUTURE, WITH SUPER DAVE
SUPER DAVE KOESEL HAS LANDED ON TOP OF 3T NORTH AMERICA, and allowed me to check out the view with the company’s latest award-winning creation: The Strada. Check it out, he said. Dave is very precise, all about the math and science and research. I go on feel, intuition and my gut. the Strada looks..
I SEE THIS A LOT
I SEE THIS A LOT:  RIDER HEARS ABOUT TMWC, SHOWS UP, GETS SHELLED, and keeps coming back for more.  Some get hit with the TMWC sledgehammer, never to return.  But, most of us keep coming back, week after week. There are two reasons: Progression – One stop light at a time, they get a little..
I’LL TAKE U FOR $500
THE HARDEST WORKING PART OF MY BIKE, is also the hardest to spell.  We say it all the time.  But, can you spell it?  I can’t.  Not with confidence.  Spellchecking is always required on this one, for me. Being a fairly new component, newer than the wheel or the handlebar or the saddle, it’s name hasn’t morphed into a million different..
FAST AND SLOWING
AT 630AM YESTERDAY, I CASUALLY RODE MY BIKE 70 MILES IN 4 HOURS.  At 5pm, I walked 100 feet in 12 minutes.  Clutching my dad’s bony arms, my son Shane and I purposefully plodded into church. There was no place I’d rather be. We sat, and listened. My mind wandered to a time when my..
2017 TOUR DE DONUT – FAT OR FATLETIC?
FOR HUMANITY AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT, the Tour de Donut sought to answer the question: Â Will donuts make you fat or fatletic? At 6:30am, we began with a weigh-in. Â Dozens of data points would be collected and crunched along the way to reach a rich and gooey conclusion. 5 donut shops had been selected as the..
ONE BAD KNEE DON’T MAKE THE WHOLE RIDE BAD
I HAVE ONE BAD KNEE, and one good knee.  In fact, the same knee is just above my one bad foot.  The knee is bad, from running… more later.  The foot is bad from kicking black lava.  When all is right in my world there is no pain.  Today there is pain. Dianna thought it..
GETTING BETTER, I HOPE
WE HAVE A MORE ROBUST STORY TO TELL, so we are upgrading our website.  It’s going to be a few days until it’s buenisimo.  I tried like heck to get this done in the summer, our business’ off-season. Making changes in the season, is a lot harder. Now is the season where we are going..
