223: message in a bottle

With the recent up roar over Mr. Armstrong’s bottom bracket message:

I thought it would be interesting to check some of my friends bikes, just to see if they had any
special or motivating messages for 2009.

First was L-Web,
That was nice. Jebalicous and Meghan must really appreciate that.

Speaking of ole Jebalicous, wonder what words of wisdom live on his bottom bracket:

Perhaps that’s the key to being fast: not seeing where you are going.

Next was one of my closest friends, and Reunion Tour teammate Buddy the Keg Breaker:

Followers of Buddy’s know he is rapidly learning the art of home brew, and frankly I look forward to sampling some soon.

Monkey’s message was pretty simple:

Gotta love monkey luv.

Zach and Jake shared a message: That’s Fast Forward Race Productions for those of you that didn’t know…

Breyla-la had perhaps a message that anyone that’s had an injury can understand:
And as for me, will when I flipped over my sexy, sexy black Niner single track ripping machine I
Found this: Well, if the shoe fits… (BTW the second sexy was a little over the top, and really for Blair.)

I had two pretty great mountian bike rides this weekend, with some pretty great folks.

Saturday had a nice group show up at the place and we headed out for almost 3 hours of Fairhill. Dennisbike, Kurtee, Rotten, Slik Rick, Keith (bobby's boy), Meatball, Buddy the keg breaker, Jan, Bad Andy, (i)Paul and myself. I apologize if I lived up to my moniker above. I was worried about the cold and pretty much went up every climb I could find in the first hour. My goal was to try and stay warm. It was a bad choice of trails that ended up flogging all of us. It was a fun ride, but I could have chosen a better loop, and controlled the pace a little better. As promised in the email about the ride, "I will be shattered when we get home." Manual dexterity and regular motor functions are just returning now. This was a pretty super group.

Sunday we met another nice group over at Middlerun and WhiteClay and did a nice 2 hour ride. Harlow, Shawn, JHIII, Bilson, L-Web, John T, Buddy the keg breaker, Jan, Matt (from out of town) , Fort James, Monkey and I. Monkey and Buddy did a much better job leading the group and keeping everyone together. We had a masterful ride.

Lessons learned this day: If you wash Monkey's bike before the ride, and it's below freezing outside, make sure to dry her cables or else her derailleur will freeze.

All in all a pretty wonderful weekend and I am happily enjoying a high life following a pretty nice nap.

respect
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