We are dust and shadow so let's ride!

Who know whether the gods above will add
tomorrow's time to today's total?
Every gift which you give to your own dear self
will escape an heir's greedy hands.

Okay, the above stanza from my long-dead buddy, Horace, is no Thorny. Still, Horace is speaking to you. He's saying, "K-Racer get your arse to Spearfish and quench your thirst with nearly tasteless light lagers, gorge on thick-sliced country bacon, pucker on the Citadel Slide, and experience the best mountain bike race east of the divide:

http://www.dakotafiveo.com/

Time to cowboy up. Mount that steel pony and head west.

Post Five-O I'm headed to the Magpie Creek campground on the Maah Daah Hey. I intend to blitz Devil's Pass:

http://web.mac.com/seanburns/Site/maah_daah_hey_solo_II.html#8

and then hit the Ice Caves or China Wall:

http://web.mac.com/seanburns/Site/Maah_Daah_Hey.html#6

With any luck we'll have the trails to ourselves.

The Five-O is family friendly. Ask Tomac or KK. It's a long drive but I guarantee it's worth it. I've been singing the praises of this event for three years. Bring your self. Bring the kids. Perry Jewett will show you a good time.

Email me if you want to ride some of the world's best single-track post Five-O.

Time Machine

My bike is a time machine. Just this morning while riding it I was transported to the 1970s, while there I saw Frank Zappa get out of an RV.

I couldn't tell if it was before or after Frank inspired Deep Purple to write this or not??

My iPhone wouldn't work in the 70s, so I don't have a photo of the event...

Spin Bike

I caught OTree just outside Vail heading to Fruita:

Thorny's dream ride is available, but he'll have to move to Europe. Nice knowing you TT.

2009 MCF Cyclocross Calendar

Start training today!!!

9/20/2009 St. Olaf Cyclocross Northfield, MN Caitlin Marine
9/26/2009 Red River Cyclocross Challenge Moorhead, MN John Struchynski
9/27/2009 Pork Chop Challenge St. Cloud, MN Matt Stone
10/3/2009 Hudson Riverfront Cyclocross Hudson, WI Dag Selander
10/4/2009 Planet Bike Orono Cyclocross Orono, MN Kevin Lennon
10/10/2009 Rice Creek Cyclocross New Brighton, MN Marsh Jones
10/11/2009 Wirth Park Classic Cup Minneapolis, MN Paul Schoening
10/17/2009 Ham Lake Cyclocross Ham Lake, MN Pete Hanna
10/18/2009 Big Ring Flyers Cyclocross Hudson, WI Jeff Colbeth
10/24/2009 Bikery Cyclocross Afton, MN Olivier Vrambout
10/25/2009 Green Acres Cyclocross Lake Elmo, MN Ben Popp
10/31/2009 Red Barn Cyclocross Taylors Falls, MN Erik Erickson
11/1/2009 Crossinacs Cup Fridley, MN Jared Roy
11/7/2009 Behind Bars Velodrome Cyclocross Blaine, MN Tim Hayes
11/14/2009 MN State Cyclocross Championships Crystal, MN Chris Smith

YEAH!!!

where's the pumping system guy???

this dude stole his patent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPq54OKN95A&NR=1

but his prototype appears to only have 1 stem on it. Everyone knows a good pumping system bike needs at least 17 stems welded together.

WFBH

I suspect there were a good number of kenwoodies saving themselves for cable or sitting in a hippie van last night, the numbers were slim at buck. Nonetheless, it was a classic evening of riding bicycles in the dirt. Some idiot put up a bunch of condo's that'll probably never sell on the north end of the woods, so the route went up the grass and into the singletrack at the northwest corner of the ski hill. Great course, hats off the Penn folks as usual. great seeing everyone who showed!

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