El Triki

Today was sat down by coach to receive my instructions. Those instructions are pretty brief and concise, direct to the point.

The coaching instructions are that I need to get down a light training weight. I have untill December 8th to get down to 189lbs or else. I didn't ask the or else part, being a smart man I know when to simply nod my head and say yes in the appropriate places.

So it begins on Monday of next week. No day off even for the long weekend.

Time for a little old school style training.

Fro's and Downtime

Have the day off from the bike as it's in getting the BB regreased. Had to buck up for the shop to do it as my tools aren't here in Kingston yet. Hopefully that will remove some unusuall sound effects.

Speaking of sounds, got reminded of the loudest laugh in mountain biking. Frorider Brett Tippie was in the recent issue of Mountain Bike Action. Seems he spent a little time with the darkside and with help from his friend's has returned to the light.

Good to see he's back. Tippie is one guy who loved to ride his bike. Happy and having fun no matter what. Hell, it could be pouring buckets, a river down A-Line, and lighting strikes. He'd still be laughing and wanting to go ride.

Disposable Mechanics

Sometimes I wonder about how we are edumacating bike mechanics these days. It seems more and more that they are of the diposable part mindset then fix it.

Juts spent the weekend in Guelph and wasn't able to ride as much as I would have liked. But I'm aiming to make up for that tomorrow and Wednesday with 2 days of riding in Collins Bay. Today put in 70 min at Roger's trails.

Off to finish moving some stuff into our new place.

Pic's will come soon once i have a better net connection.

Lack of Connectivity

Haven't had alot of net access over the last couple of days.

Have the new place and will be moving stuff in after Thanksgiving.

Had the C&F boy's testing out a new jersey add on and we shall see if it works after the weekend. Now gotta go by the bike shop to get the bike.

Tug's Old School

Have been reminded this week of why I got into endurance sport like biking and running. It wasn't for the racing I tell you. It was the fun of going to places and seeing things while under your own power. To do rides because I wondered if I could do it.

Well it would seem that is all back. Have a couple of ideas am thinking up and we shall see.

Tomorrow I get the fun of repacking a rear hub.

Long live Tug Warren.

End Of Summer

In the last few days have ridden Rogers Trails and Collins Bay. Definetly loving the Collins Bay trails that I rode yesterday. Some real nice and nasty rock sections. A couple of times wished I had my leg armour. That is something I will be bringing up from Toronto tomorrow.

Plus my cooler weather gear as it seems to ending the sleeveless weather.

The good news is that my mileage is going up.

After meeting with the C&F team thinking of dumping my cross frame and getting a 29er. But we shall see. It all depends on what is cheap- mind you I'm liking the looks of the Redline Flight frame. I refuse to go singlespeed as I'm not that ghetto though I would consider say 1x7.

Less Is More

Spent part of today packing gear and such. It's amazing how much crap one ends up not really needing.

So tomorrow is the big day. The day we leave the cess pool of humanity known as Toronto behind is tomorrow. It is the time to begin a bew cycle of our lives and to start moving forward. To stop doing the circular backstroke around the drain.

Things look good for us in Kingston. Have some things lined up and will post up some pic's of the new riding areas in a couple of days.