Thursday, April 26, 2012

I need your help please!! (Photo Contest)


My wife has entered a photo of my 10 year old daughter when she was 5 in a Facebook Photo contest. The other girl is 1/2 owner of the gym as well as a coach for Team Canada Cheerleading showing interest in the future of the sport. The contest is being run by Cheer Sport Sharks cheerleading gym in Cambridge Ontario. The prize is a basket of LoloBo Cheer Bows (the bows these girls wear in their hair for practices and competitions) They are blingy pretty things that she just loves. When it comes down to it the contest now has two leaders that are having a fun little social media "battle" to see who can win. I think it is our competitive nature that is the actual drive for and the bows will be a fun extra to make my daughter smile. Anyway we can use your help and anyone else's help you can send over here or directly to the photo to like it. We are currently in 1st place but only by about 5 likes.

The contest ends May 1st and I will then leave you all alone ;-P

Please click on the photo and it will take you to the actual Facebook photo where I hope you will help us out and add a like.

And to keep this semi cyclingish here is a video from todays lunch ride... Thanks again!! I'm out...

Dreams and Reality?!?


Well last night we decided to have panzo's for dinner. For some reason these beasts make you have crazy dreams. Apparently my wife had a dream about cows and sheep jumping from telephone poles.
For some reason I woke this morning with a stiff and sore back. I think one of her telephone pole cow's must have jumped out of her dream and landed on me. Or maybe it's just after cycling pains, or an awkward sleep position ;-P

I'm out...

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Tri-Hawk vs Cycling Cap?!?

Confusion.. I need some help here... Rock the tri-hawk after a ride/race or look all hardcore in a MisfitPsycles cycling cap of maybe production??

I may need to start riding MisfitPsycles bicycles first... And maybe ditch the technicolor kit..

This sad Pug thinks I should get a Misfit...

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Backpack Guy Goes to Work

Just playing around with the the go-pro and set it to rear view this morning. I already know where I'm going. Where have I been... Apparently the backpack is the only consistent part of whats behind me....


That's all for now... I'm out...

Friday, April 20, 2012

The KOM that didn't happen...

I signed up for STRAVA yesterday and input both of my rides on my CX toy. I played with the segments tool and created 2 segments out of one of my morning commutes and one out of my lunch commute. There is a decent amount of bike traffic along the route so I figured there could be other users. who rode there. I was amazed that my opening 2km climb was being done in over 1 minute faster than I usually do it. I thought about this all day yesterday. I must beat it. I must get faster.

This morning I got up and decided I would beat it. I was not feeling overly energetic or anything I just wanted to beat the KOM. What have I gotten myself into here?? I have always tried to beat my personal best but now I will be battling myself and others?? Anyways I gave a valiant effort and rode the climb much better than I ever do but still missed by 10 seconds... I will earn this KOM, I just hope no-one else posts a even harder target before I do...

I'm out...

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Bike Porn and Upgrade Fever

If you have been here before you know I have a thing for Singlespeed mountain bikes in many forms. I am a huge fan of each and every bike I own but there has been this continuous saga over the past few years. I have wanted a MisfitPsycles bike. The first singlespeed bike I saw was at my first MTB race (8 hour tag team). I like many others thought "wow that's crazy" and set it aside. Later in that race I saw a young (I believe 14 year old) pull his all matte black MisfitPsycles up on to the podium with him. It was amazing! This kid had done amazing things beating his geared counterparts on this "alternative looking" bike.

A little later I was talking to my buddy who owned The Epic Ride bike shop in Orangeville and he said he was racing in the Singlespeed category and that I should give it a try. He knew I had an old Nishiki I had purchased years back at a shop he used to work at as head mechanic. I took it in and a couple of his employees chuckled at it before he built it up. I had a blast on that bike and continue to love riding it now as my cottage bike. It was during another 8 hour race that I ran into an extremely down to earth MisfitPsycles rider who I seemed to run into most of my laps as he opted to hike the top of the hill climb and I would squeak by on my old Nishiki. After the race he hopped on the SS Solo podium and I made a comment of amazement. At a 24 hour race later that year I ran into this same individual in the beer tent the evening preceding and he was all excited about a new product. I had no idea that it was actually the owner of MisfitPsycles Peter that I had been chatting with last time. Easy going down to earth guy.The next year it was time to upgrade to a new bike. I blogged a whole lot about 26 or 29 and Kona or Misfit. In the end I went with Kona based on price alone (I was able to work a good deal through my friend). I would be lying if I said I don't love my Kona Unit but after racing/riding with others and more and more exposure to the MisfitPsycles bikes I have not been able to get rid of the lust for one of these machines. Recently Peter build a belt capable version in White and it just looks about perfect to me. I think a build in white with a Misfit black rigid fork would put me right where I want to be. Somewhat unfortunately for me this year is not my MTB upgrade year due to my recent purchase of a Cyclocross bike of awesomeness. This is where you all come in. You can pull a Jerry Maguire here and "Help you help me!!". If you exercise your upgrade fever and buy yourself the frame of my dreams this week you may just be helping me in my quest to become more belt driven... Please if you decide to head on over and pick-up a ALC-B make a comment of 'egggman told me to do it' and I may be awarded some form of awesomeness up to and possibly including the frame itself...

A plea to all shoppers, thanks for listening. While you are at it maybe follow @misfitpsycles and @psyclestore on twitter and see if maybe you want to learn more about these amazing bikes. If you are looking for some good entertaining blogging follow Peter's blog as well.

In case you are like me and just skim images and bright colored text then you will get all these details much quicker. Anyway I'm out...

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Turn that damn thing off!!!

Have you ever ridden with a helmet cam? Do you think about it on the ride or just kind of forget it is there? Sometimes even walk around the house/office/etc with it running even after the ride?
Well anyway that's where this picture comes from. Got home from my ride yesterday afternoon and my wife was in the washroom but wanted to tell me something and opened the door. Not sure what she wanted to tell me because as soon as she saw the red light flashing on the helmet cam she screamed "Turn that damn thing off!!" and there was some fumbling and it was off.

A little work with avidemux and the gimp and I snagged this photo and covered up what needed to be covered. Good times!! Anyway it was a successful and fun #30daysofbiking ride yesterday and I have completed one of my rides for today, I will be heading out for a lunch ride immanently so I am cutting this off here...
I'm out...

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