jhawk

Whatever floats yer bolt!

Ride was fun! Started out with back to back crashes on the initial climb. Just got em out the way right off the bat! I tend to bounce up and go after wards and left my phone behind, luckily it was spotted by motocat12 and retrieved. Thanks! Mohican can be brutal, but wasn't to bad. Getting your ass kicked on the trails beats a day in the office!

hopefully on trail 9am or sooner. Hoping to do one loop, eat lunch and do another. So probably head out at 9am then again at 1pm.

Took the day off tomorrow, 5/16, to ride Mohican. Anyone else suddenly feeling ill?

Medina trails are open, heading there

There's gold in dem thar hills!

Looking to get out into some hilly areas tonight. Never been over to CVNP area, anyone wanna meet up for some climbing?

Field was about 18 riders. Got off to start and all were just going around the loop at a decent clip, nothing to crazy. There was a decent head wind on the curvy area by the park. I think on the third lap in a cash preem was announced, which really didn't cause an attack until through the curvey areas with the last 300 meters of lap for an all out sprint. I tried, but still learning all the tricks and tactics, was out sprinted. Finshed 5th in preem sprint, not horrible but no $ for me! Will be working on sprints. Things settled back in and all stayed together. I made another error in taking back to back pulls into the wind, not by choice. No one would take my place, did earn some street cred in doing so though! After those 2 laps, the A group caught up with us and this caused an attack, which supposedly isn't allowed. Not supposed to hop onto the other group, but o well. Being at the back of the pack from my 2 pulls, I couldn't respond to go along. With 2 or 3 laps to go, I made it to the front of the pack. Feeling OK, I tried to bridge the gap, but couldn't and it didn't seem like others were working together to do so. I stayed at the front of the group and sprinted out the finish and finished third or 4th behind the lead group so overall like 8th. I know I was making a few mistakes when I was doing them, but wanted to see how hard I could push and still stay alive. See how many matches I've got to burn. I had an absolute blast and will be racing every Tues. https://www.strava.com/activities/978951493 https://www.relive.cc/view/978951493

Every Tuesday there is a crit race held by Roman Park in Westlake. I have done it once in the past when I first started cycling and got dropped, but never since. Heading out there tonight and hope to keep at it for the rest of the season. Goal is to finish with the pack! It runs till the end of June with more laps added each week if anyone cares to make it up sometime. I'll be the guy at the end dying!

So sad to see em go...

These trails always kick my ass! Went to ride with the Spin group, damn they are fast! Got some creaking from bike and chain started jumping around. Think seat needs to be tightened up and cables need adjusting, hoping I didn't bend my derailleur. Finally got to use the flybys feature on Strava, kinda cool to see everyone go racing past. https://www.strava.com/activities/959589931

Only reason I use twitter, still not updated hourly as was the case yesterday with Hampton. Hampton's open today though! https://twitter.com/cmpmtb https://twitter.com/SMPmountainbike https://twitter.com/CVNPmtb https://twitter.com/badgerMTBtrail

Was halfway there when I got the call from my buddy I was supposed to meet up with that trails were closed. Seemed odd since they've been open for a while. Must have got more rain then up here. Went to Royalview instead! https://www.strava.com/activities/958193163

Late notice, but will be heading to Hampton Hills tonight if any can make it out. Will be there by 5.

Working part time at a bike shop has its perks! Got to take out this 2017 Specialized Roubaix Comp for my normal Tuesday group ride. The ride is definitely more relaxed then my Cervelo and sits a bit more upright. Would be good for those longer, all day rides! It wasn't until we hit some rough road that the bike truly shined. I was skeptical of the Future Shock and funny seat post set up, but the road that normally rattles my fillings out on the Cervelo was silky smooth. While others in the group moaned, I was floating over all the imperfections the street had to offer and smiled as I rolled past them. Not to mention Ultegra/105 groupset handled all my shifting needs easily. I like a more aggressive set up on my bikes, but if I was looking for an all day, rough road, gravel grinder, the Roubaix would be on my list for sure!

Bummed to have missed this... Had a contractor over to try and finish bathroom remodel. Weather was amazing and looks like I missed some good grub n brew.

Turning 40 has its perks... added Wahoo Bolt computer and PowerTap P1 pedals. Love them both! I was using a Garmin 510 that I stole from the misses a while back cuz she wasnt using it. I think the Bolt is way better than the Garmin unit. If in the market for a cycling computer, I would highly suggest a Wahoo Bolt! Went to Mohican yesterday with the misses and did the short loop of 6 miles on the MTB using Bolt for tracking. Got home and chased rabbits through the metro park for over 50 miles to pair pedals, worked flawlessly and all was super easy to set up! https://www.strava.com/activities/945381357

Signed up for my first MTB race. "Only" doing the 100k. Anyone else doing this?

Thought this would be a cool place for all those rides stories. I'm always inspired to ride more when I read about others riding! I actually come here now more for this part of the forum than motorcycles! I got out for 30 miles solo through the metro parks yesterday. Nothing special about it but it felt good to get outside and be off the trainer! https://www.relive.cc/view/929778588 Share your rides!

If trails are open it will be on MTB, maybe Mohican or Vultures Knob? If nothings open, road ride with lots of hills probably like this route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19732374 All this assumes weather isn't complete shit... Anyone else off?

I think there will be a few of these set up thru the season, I plan to do one of them.

Now just gotta see if weather will cooperate...

Full loop, May 26th would be fine with me!

Would anyone be able to do Mohican on a Friday sometime? I am at the shop on weekends and office days are paid days off so I try to get out on Fridays. Thinking a Friday in May, maybe kick off memorial weekend?

Welcome to bike riding in NEO... I started using trainerroads this winter and have enjoyed it a lot. Coming from someone who hated riding on a trainer previous seasons. Im OK with the thought of hitting the trainer hard Oct-April and being fast in May!