Winter Commuting

Winter commuting continues. Somedays, I honestly dread having to get up early and spend 20 minutes getting dressed just to go ride my bike. The weather has been 0 to 20 degrees and I am starting to get used to my hour commute to work and hour commute home. Here in the midwest we have to keep pushing on past the hard winter and stay active. Get out there!

- JB

Weekly Stuff

Some good convos

Salty

Cool pick of the Woodstock Square

BLBBRBK photos

La Cruz and Blue Demon Reppin' it

My boys Mike and Ray killin it

Jakey

My favorite section of trail

Bobo is all smiles

Great time today, check more photos out here: http://cyclesinlife.com/2014-blbbrbk-fat-bike-race/

Thanks Matthew for the photos.

- JB

BLBBRBK

Ended up riding down to the BLBBRBK fat bike event in Campton Hills with Mike, Ray, and Bobo. I partnered up with the boss, and Mike and Ray were in domination mode out on the course. Was able to see some old friends and some Slender Fungus folk. Jake, Agatha, and D-Wide were all set up cooking some beef stew and drinking malort. Thanks for the stew! Great to see those guys tearing it up on the "BearPoop" custom Fungoose fatty. I would expect nothing less. Also good to see my friend Eric for a brief moment and catch up with the NCC guys. Brendan and Dean made the course and did a great job on it, really fun and technical in some spots but it burnt up the legs as I was able to ride 5 or 6 laps, don't remember, just know my legs are fried! We all went out for beers and food after and warmed up. Great day, great event, thanks!

- JB

Roll It Over

Doin' what I gotta do

1 hour on the rollers tonight

Trans Iowa waits for no one

 

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- JB

Light Reading

Two great books from an incredible adventure/endurance cyclist. I read Jill's first book Ghost Trails before I ever finished Trans Iowa and it really helped me prepare mentally and know what to look for in those dark times. I am currently reading her second book Be Brave, Be Strong which is her account for the Tour Divide race a few years back. It is great so far and hopefully preparing me for a journey that I will never forget either in 2015 or 2016, either way I cannot wait and look forward to the challenge. If you can buy these books and support Jill. 

- JB

Randy's Milwaukee Shimano Hydro- DI2

So....If you know me, by no means am I the most up to date carbon-loving bicycle mechanic. But...BUT, Randy from Shimano stopped by and brought in the new DI2 hydraullic road stuff and it is AMAZING. This stuff is as easy to bleed as shimano's mountain stuff and has an amazing feel to it. More and more I am leaning to one or two component companies and away from a third. The frame is also an amazing piece of work from Milwaukee Cycle which Waterford builds the frame. This particular frame David Wages from Ellis Cycles took the frame and cut all of the cable stops on and brazed on some DI2 ports. The frame and bike set up is awesome and I was thoroughly impressed. Enough said. 

- JB