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Endless miles of rollers, Olympics, bikes, and brothers from another mother. “Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness…
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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ~ Aristotle Well here we are – Year 13 of this thing we call “the Windy”. After Year One I lost count of how many different riders have participated in one way, shape or form, but I’m guessing that it’s 70+. Most go the full distance, a…
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“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Longfellow I ran into Lex at Colectivo a few weeks ago, and he gently reminded me that this wrap-up has been sitting in my to-do box for way too long. He’s right, but I needed time to think through my…
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I flew to Switzerland last night to attend the official press announcement for the 2015 Windy 500. The event was a phenomenal, star-studded extravaganza. I sat between Ben Stiller and Mark Cavendish. Can’t believe that our little ride has grown into a Worldwide affair. Anyway, the 2015 Windy 500 (V) will once again travel North…
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This is always my favorite time of the cycling season. Road racing is done and riding can be done for the sake of just riding. I just wrapped up my annual 500 mile bike trip (the “Windy 500“). It was by far the best yet. I thought a lot, about a lot of things and…
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What turned out to the be the best Windy 500 ever fell short in only one category: mileage. This year’s route left us 4 miles short: 496 miles with an 18mph average speed. In all the years past we were always over, so at this point I’m using my rollover miles to call it an…
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We are nowhere near as cool or sexy as these long-maned Swedish man-whores, but we’re not opposed to letting a Glam Metal staple like Europe explain the Windy 500 v4.0: “We’re leaving together, But still it’s farewell And maybe we’ll come back, To earth, who can tell?” I don’t even know if they speaks the English…
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Race #1 this weekend: Whitnall Park Spring Classic But who cares, the REAL action happens in August: Lampe’s Flatfest The 2014 Windy 500! RIDE ANGRY!!
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Here we go… The kinder, gentler version of the Windy rolled out on July 25th and ended up also being the easiest, shortest, best attended and record # of flat tires (20ish?) so far. No 160+ mile days at 20mph this year. Riding through the urban jungle (Racine is beautiful in July…) means riding through…
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My 2013 ToAD – here it is: Day 1: (Day 2 of ToAD actually, but for all of us who don’t get paid to play – it’s Day 1) East Troy. Nerves on edge, been training and looking forward to this since the end of ToAD last year (like hundreds of other riders). Storm blows…
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164 days until the 2013 edition of the Windy 500 rolls… This year, we’ve added a new twist: those in the know will know. Why should you ride your bike 500 miles in 4 days? Here are 9 reasons:
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Alrighty, due to the awesome power of the World Wide Interwebs, the Networking Ride blog looks like a malware site now: The site is fine, no malware, but some 35-year-old douche-bag that lives in his parent’s basement is probably chuckling all over his Cheetos about this. I’m just a caveman, so I haven’t figured out…
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The 2013 Recipe for the Windy 500 is almost fully baked: It’s a bit of Urban mixed with a bit of Suburban, with a pinch of Crazy. We’ve done North. We’ve done West. We can’t go East. This year, we’re headed South. Milwaukee to Chicago to Michigan to Chicago to Milwaukee. 4 days 500 miles.…
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Where do I start?? Here is the complete list of rules for the event: You must ride a bike 500+ miles in 4 days You must ride in at least 2 states See Rule #5. HTFU. Here are some basic facts about the ride: You will wonder why you signed up for this stupid thing…
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The 2012 Tour of America’s Dairyland has finally come and gone. I was fortunate enough to be able to race all but the last day of the series this year, 9 days in a row. I am still a Cat 4 on the road, since most of my racing experience has been on dirt (where…
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Note: February 2nd is the correct date for the planning meeting. I originally posted the wrong date (Feb 7). The 2nd Annual WINDY 500 dates are set! The 2nd annual 500 mile, 4 day bike ride (not to be confused with the Trans-Europe “piece-of-crap-only” car rally taking in 22 foreign countries over 23 days) will be held…
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Next year’s 2nd Windy 500 will take place from August 3rd to August 6th. 500 miles in 4 days. Nothing but bikes and beers. This year’s adventure left us all with some great stories as well as something to brag to our grand-kids about someday. The goal this year will be to (at least)…
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7,437 miles and counting… In the past 2 calendar years, the longest I’ve been off the bike was 9 days: November 30 to December 8, 2010. Before that, I wasn’t keeping track. I’ve enjoyed every mile – every adventure, every race, every crash, every one of the 316 rides so far. But it’s time for…
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I’m a little edgy today. I set my alarm last night for 4:45am to ride to my first-ever CX practice, and then I forgot to turn the alarm on. No CX practice. Then as I was driving to my office from a meeting, I heard someone discussing the Bike Fed on the radio. I turned…
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AKA – the continuing evolution of a fat dude… Here I am in summer of 2006. Riding an old mountain bike on the road with my other fat old friends – Bob Roll and Greg LeMond. OK, we’re not really friends – just fat. I had taken many years off of the bike, and was…
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Q: “Where are you guys from? A: “Milwaukee” Q: “Where you headed?” A: (depended on what day it was) “Shawano” “Iron Mountain, Michigan” “Shawano” “Milwaukee” Q: “What are you doing this for?” A: “For fun” …long pause… “I can think of a lot more fun things to do than this…” And so it went for…
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Absolutely perfect weather greeted 30 riders as we toed the line at Attitude for the July networking ride. Actually 31, as Jim Mitchell missed the launch but followed behind solo. A great time was had by all – once again we held the speed to a comfortable chat pace. Billy O. and Bill King led…
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Welcome back cycling enthusiasts! This ride was started a few years ago as an alternative to golf networking, with the goal being getting like-minded business people together for a “chat” ride once a month. Over the last 2 years, the ride has attracted stronger and stronger riders, and the pace has slowly crept up to…
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A wise man once told me “…don’t apologize for things you didn’t do…” So here’s my apology: I’m sorry we got off the route. It created some confusion for sure, but once we got back on track we were good. If you ever see me at the front of the pack without a map, feel…
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All set for a lovely ride on my newly (but not new) cobbled together Fetish 1×9 CX bike this morning. 24 degrees, clear roads – ready for action! About 4 miles in, I started getting all kinds of weird noises out of the drive-train. [Not to be confused with the ball bearing noise coming from…
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Taught SPIN this morning, 13 hill repeats. Ended with this tune – pretty sure it was the only SPIN class in America to do so today, maybe ever: Hell yea!
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Leach and I braved the cold, windy morning to ride our bikes down to the Lake for my inaugural ride of the new year. Took me a few more days than many others, but I finally got one in. It will probably take the rest of the year to get all of the salt off…
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24 miles with 3 fellow Spokesmen at 5:45am. 12 degrees, but 4 to 6 degrees with the West wind-chill. Dark and chilly, but a nice pace and great company. Put the single speed through a little workout in the dark to keep things toasty. Helping Peter hit his mileage goal for the year, it was…
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So, today was Day 1 of the Rapha “Festive 500” … I hit the road at 5:45am with a nice sized crew of Spokesmen to get a few miles in. In all honesty, I do not plan to ride 500 kilometers in the next 8 days, but it was a good idea to have rattling…
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If I had a dime for every time I heard that, let’s just say I’d have a lot of dimes. The roads were in relatively good shape yesterday and 4 of us were game for a slightly shortened Networking ride. 20 degrees, sunny and very light winds made for surprisingly good conditions. As we pulled…
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