If you ain't first, you're last.

"If you ain't first, you're last."

-Ricky Bobby from Talledega Nights

"America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad ass speed."

— Eleanor Roosevelt also from Talledega Nights

If you ain't goin' fast at Louie's, you're doin' it wrong. When you go around the lake (Lake Hefner that is) you have to take a couple things into consideration. No one wants to admit to this, but you have to go fast at Louie's on the Lake Restaurant. And you have to make it look like you are not sweating at all. There is so much to consider but I will gladly break it down for you.

It is so important to look fast to people who are sitting, eating way too much food, and probably don't notice that one more bicycle just flew by the wall of windows but you have to keep up appearances. So I have broken it down into two easy steps on how to look good going around the lakeside restaurant.

1. Wind direction
2. Gather energy

Wind direction will be your friend at going faster and making it look easy. The best thing to do is check your local weather or flag pole. I check here.

Also, before you get close to Louie's, take a breather. Relax. You need to save a bit of energy for your next "controlled" sprint.

Well, that's it for today's bit of fun. All I did today was ride to the lake, around and back. Gaw it feels nice to have a new bike. Although my gear shifters are in a different spot now. My old 10 speed had the shifters on the headpost. My new 27 speed has the shifters right on the handlebar breaks. IT IS AWESOME!!!

Cheers,
Jon

MS150

Some crazy Brit talked me and a bunch of other coworkers into riding in the MS-150 from Frisco to Fort Worth. Gotta start gearing up for that. I can do 20 miles in a lunch break. But I have never gone any farther than that. I'm going to have to try and do some 40 and 50 mile weekend days once the weather gets nice.





Cheers,

Christmas!

I got myself a Christmas present!



Now I just need some warmer weather. Cuz this ain't gonna cut it.



I don't have enough money to support local bike shops so I had to cut costs and go to a factory direct internet deal for my new bike. The thing was shipped next day. I've got no complaints. I did have one small scuff on the frame which made me upset because I want to put my own scratches on it. Other than that, mine is 95% black opposed to the way it looks in the picutre of somewhere aroudn 80% black. I kinda like it better this way.

Cheers,

Bring on the potato chips and cold weather!

Where have I been?

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The last two months have brought about a couple good crashes at Bluff Creek and the creation of a trophy at the office. We have a traveling trophy that sits on your desk if you were the last one to "go over the handlebars". Basically, here are the ground rules for the trophy:

1. The current holder determines the new recipient and whether the crash is worthy of the trophy.
2. The new recipient must have done one of the following during a crash:
a. Gone over the handlebars (automatic qualification)
b. Had a pretty good wreck
c. Blood
d. Considerable amount of pain
3. The trophy can sit on your desk as long as it needs to
4. You must voluntarilly give information if you crashed and no one was there to witness

Those are just a couple of the unspoken rules. I'll try and get a picture of the trophy. It is a sterling silver goblet with an old bike chain wrapped around it with a bunch of broken bike pieces in it.

Cheers,