Our first true month of summer, where temps have routinely hit 70 and it has only rained every other day rather than every day. Days have been spent lounging at the pool, frolicking in the sand at the lake, cruising bike paths with children in tow, but mostly, slaving away at work. There has got [...]
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Where has August gone?
Posted in bikes, family, germany on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hohenfels USFE
Posted in bikes, racing on June 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Saturday we drove south to the 4th race of the U.S. forces Europe mountain bike championship race series. The is the first one we have made it to, the first one being in Aviano, Italy, which we will make it to next year. This race has the reputation as being one of the most brutal courses [...]
Weekend wrapup
Posted in bikes, racing on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It rained so much Thursday and Friday, that the trails were not dry enough to ride until Sunday. Even got caught in a hail storm on Friday in an underpass. Saturday the sun came back and I got in some quality specific work in the morning then dropped the wife off for a spa treatment and [...]
Doper
Posted in bikes, germany on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chess players dope? Apparently. Last year this guy lost a match and then was asked to piss in a cup by the officials, he runs out of the room and refuses to provide the beta blocker aphetamined laced urine. The German chess federation is joining the anti-doping fight, because they don’t want the young chess players growing up [...]
World Commute
Posted in bikes on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cool little green social networking site for commuters launched by Cateye out of Japan. Allows you to log your miles and track carbon offsets, network socially, and its on a global scale. Go and sign up, what else do you have to do? www.worldcommute.com
A minor crisis was narrowly averted yesterday at the home-front. I came [...]
Springtime
Posted in bikes, germany on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Full day of sunshine, spring may be here. Great weekend with good riding, no precipitation, even though Sunday turned a little windy and chilly.
The trails are mostly dry now, so Sunday it was off into the woods to hide from the wind. This was the first ride on the Paragon since September’s crash that claimed the life [...]
Bike Lust
Posted in bikes, family on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How much is that bike in the window you ask? Put your name in the box and you may be the winner of a sweet Becks ride that you and Pedro could take off sweet jumps.
It was the old lady’s B-day so Gavin and I made the cake, I baked and G decorated.
We should go [...]
Posted in bikes on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tues. nite is spinning held in an old racquetball court located inside a bikeshop led by a crazy Austrian with legs the size of tree trunks. German is a very “angry, harsh” language, and is quite fitting for spinning. Luckily, both people beside me spoke decent English and were kind enough to translate the commands spoken, even [...]
Do you like your egg yolks orange?
Posted in bikes, germany on January 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The story around here is German farmers feed their chickens an orange dye to make the yolks come out, well, orange. My wife actually refuses to eat eggs bought on the economy because they are, well, orange. They do look, well, orange, but is it any different than the states? This article makes me think it [...]
and today we have snow
Posted in bikes, family on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Snow came in overnight and continued throughout the day. Perfect timing since the 69er is complete. Today was also a day of cleaning and organizing. We have been in this house for a month now, finally unpacked the last box today. We started with the kids playroom downstairs. This room is awesome as it has [...]
