hmmm...

is the night before a 40k tt the right time to glue a new tubular on your disc wheel?

probably not.

...i'll let you know.

opus. it coulda been worse.

so.

i managed to compete at opus last night.
i was in contention, and on even laps the entire time.

the fitness is coming around, and last week it felt fine. and i even took a random flyer off-the-front...
...which ruined all of that "feeling fine" crap pretty quick.

this week, i tried to race smarter.

it's pretty hard to do for me.

why?

well, here is a short list of some of the things that i have been hit in the head with:

• fist.
• nightstick.
• car.
• rock.
• brick.
• cop car.
• marquette avenue.
• bmx track.
• windshield.
  
• 11th street.
• mag-lite
• another car.

see?

there's more too, but damn if i can't think of them right now.
...wonder why...

team leader.

i love roy.

so far this season, i was dropped in two races in iowa.
dropped at durand.
and, dropped at 3 opii.

then the roy races began.

after being dropped into submission, and dnf'n at ken woods...
(at which little guy and super killed themselves to finish respectably)...

and, skipping out on marty to avoid further embarrassment...
(at which little guy and super rookie killed themselves trying to finish, but sadly did not).

i went to the charity tt, and sucked major ass.

it was windy (30-35mph) and shitty, and i was pretty much white-knuckled the whole time just trying to keep the bike upright... and well, i finished last in my cat, but i stayed on the road. barely.

but with only 6 other brave souls in my cat, (none of which were lg or sr), i score big roy points!
suckas!

i am now the team leader.
bow down.

it's a beautiful system.


in other charity tt news;

ians time is scary fast. nearly everyone was 45 sec to a minute down on their regular times, and he lays down a 14:40.
totally ridiculous.

my aero helmet caught more cross wind than it cut through... tossing my head this way and that... makes it hard to concentrate on the tt effort... but at least i looked cool, right?

remembered that tt's suck.

remembered why i like tt's.

remembered that i suck.

i also debuted the tt rig.
more on that later.


closed circuit to team: you are all working for me now. you know that right?

it's hot hot hot at 43 degrees!

don't try this at home kids!