slam dunk, its not too easy.

2010-01-27T20:54:00.000-05:00

I moved..... www.demdeez.wordpress.com

2010-01-24T23:10:00.001-05:00

Been riding this new bike/new setup for the last few days while I am collecting parts for my cdale.

Marinoni steel frame, time fork, king hs, deda 215 bars and gutted campy shifters. I Have about 6 hours on it after this weekend and it feels great.

2010-01-20T13:35:00.003-05:00

I am sitting here, in the library passing time in between classes. The life of the college student is very different from the life of a non college student. My life is void of an serious responsibility, other than school and health, and is frequently interrupted by schedule change. It is tough for me to find a rhythm and be productive with change happening every 3-4 months. Routine happens, then is broken by a new job, or new class. It may sound like I am complaining, but as I enter my second semester junior year I am going to embrace this lifestyle. I have new study habits, a new roommate, a new job, and a new outlook on riding and I am going to make the best of these changes.
This summer I will be working with Rodney Moreweiser and Mike Wilson at Grove Street Bicycles in Jersey City, New Jersey. The crew at Grove Street is refreshing and energetic. They put their all into everything that is done. My time at High Gear Cyclery was awesome, and the people were great. I don't think I could have asked for more when looking for an employer that would help foster great customer service skills and teach me some of the ins and outs of the cycling industry. My last summer home brings be a new opportunity to implement the skills I have learned at HGC and apply them to a new and growing business. I am excited to work with Mike and Rodney and help them toward opportunities for their business in the future. They are very accepting of many of the ideas that I have and encourage both new ideas and action. I really will miss HGC, I worked there for 6 years, and it was my first semi-serious job. I am glad how well the transition went between the two businesses and how their are no harsh feelings or bitterness. I really think both of these shops are going to kill it in the future as they are both so different in what markets they appeal to.
Riding is something I am working on doing more regularly. I saw the benefits of how a semi-structured plan or just riding for fun over the summer helped my form in some early season cross races. For now, I am not planning to do any cross racing next year. Cross is at a difficult time of the year for my school life and academics. I have come to an appreciation for my education and I want to be able to maintain my focus during the fall semester. I am however working actively wit Mike and Rodney at Grove Street to make sure that I am able to ride my bike/train/race. I have one more summer before I get a career and switch to a routine lifestyle. I want to make the best of this summer and attack goals and achieve something while having fun.
Many awesome things are happening around me right now too. Mike and Rodney are growing a business and Chris Worden is going to be working for bicycling magazine. I really wish the best to these people, it's awesome what they are doing!

Ive been cooking alot lately, and Lisa got me a camera so I may just have to post some pictures of what we create.

Look for some ride reports and photos as I explore Northern New York and the Berkshires this winter and early spring.

Ohh and I forgot to post this before, but a friend from junior racing, Brian Kleiber has started a blog collective called CultureCycles hes been really cool about getting the word out for Grove Street and its a cool idea of collecting blog posts into one arena.

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2009-08-26T17:22:00.001-04:00

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back in NJ

2009-08-24T18:11:00.001-04:00

everytime i take the lirr back from lisas i see one thing that stands out. the last few times its been the same thing. in queens there are so many apartment so close together. everyones houses back up to each other and evrything is fenced. each time the train stops in the same spot. surrounded on all sides is a taxi cab in the middle of a lawn! how the hell do you get a taxi in a courtyard thats surrounded by apartments. if i spend enough time ill figure it out. im in NJ now. scheduled 6:51 arrivial in stirling. im gonna catch a little bite to eat with my parents... then off to the gym. lisa played well today and it was fun to see friends from school. pats hair is crazy.

CW post

2009-08-24T09:22:00.001-04:00

sitting at lisas kitchen table watching the today show. headed to CW post to watch the sisters battle for division 1 vs division 2 pride. pat will be showing up, and so will j. Im looking at a crock pot full of meatballs now, so i know the post game feast will be great. Just a few days till the cross race at palmer, anyone who participated this past saturday--what was the field size? did the promoter end up doubling the prize list? prereg looked good! look foward to a race report then. lots of packing inbetween. will post later, definetly a review on pats new haircut. ahhaha hes shot.

on my way to LI

2009-08-23T18:33:00.001-04:00

havent posted on my blog in awhile despite repeating over and over to myself that during my return to riding a bike i would keep up with posts. i havent kept up with posts but i definetly have ridden my bike. i feel so much better. i have dropped almost 17 pounds this summer just riding and eating healthy. ive completed three racing days. one crit and one weekend of cross. my legs feel good however i always know that there is more training i can do. the start of the NYCROSS series is getting closer, however i will not be attending the first race. that weekend i will be in NC celebrating lisas cousins wedding. the next weekend is vermont UCI weekend and i will race there. that is all far away however. in less that a week i will be on my way to palmer mass for some cross racing, then cape cod, then albany NY! moving into cushing and cooking! i am really looking foward to this school year.. a new, more interesting and lively major, and lots of material for discussion. i was gonna end saying i will post more now that i have this app but who knows... somehow when i checked my statcounter i had MAD views on my blogger. thanks everybody.

2009-06-05T22:50:00.001-04:00

more than a year without the blog... eeek. Also more than a year without some steady training in my life. Lots has happened since I last posted. I am back on the bike and no longer dealing with injury. I am also back and riding. no training program yet, but im thinking of breaking out the old plans so I atleast have something to guide me. Otherwise, im still working at High Gear and im trying to catch up with all the new bikes and technology. I look foward to maybe posting more on here...

2008-04-09T20:47:00.002-04:00

2008-03-31T13:12:00.002-04:00

2008-03-29T18:37:00.002-04:00

Good week so far. Trying to work out some wheels for this upcoming cross season. We will see how things pan out with that. Im also working on doing a purchase for some more cyclocross tubulars. Check back for some updates.

summary of today:

And...

It was a marathon...

done.

2008-03-26T18:41:00.002-04:00

I think I started my addiction to tubular tires the other day. Ive reconsidered my component choices over the past two years and decided that for the money ultegra and 105 are blangin. However there is one condition to this. You must have tubulars and a collection of carbon wheels. Im working on another set of carbon wheels. Currently I've asked a few manufactures who make wheelset that come in 50mm and 85mm if I can purchase rim only. My plan would be to run the 85mm wheels on the road during road season and have two sets of 50mm for cyclocross. If the price is right this should work. Who here has seen 105 hubs on carbon rims?

Up next is the tubular collection. I just got in a 32c dugast that is in neen of a repair, so I will do that. I also just purchased a set of dugasts in 30c. I have my vittorias. And if the carbon wheels work out I will buy a set of vittoria pave 24c for racing on the road. blang blang blanging.

I'm recovering well from sugery the other day, I went down and played a little basketball.

Car shopping this past week went alright it is kinda down between the Subaru WRX and a Volvo s40 leaning more toward the Volvo becuase of praticality. so here is is...

it has some potential.

Done

2008-03-23T19:23:00.004-04:00

....back! surgery went well, my incision is healing up well and I have my one week checkup tomorrow. Lisa came over for two days after my surgery, she brought ballons and candy it was very nice to see her. I've been hanging out on the couch most of the week working with sales videos for work this summer.
here are some updates to my cross bike:

New BBB pad holders that carry road pads. change your pads with out having to adjust the posts on your brakes!
Cutout saddle for my gooch... I've got three more of them in the mail.

done!

2008-03-16T15:48:00.002-04:00

A couple new updates!

Went for my first ride in almost 6 months the other day. It was fun, got out for a spin of about an hour or so, all the gooch could take right now. It was about 50 degrees or so. I rode the cross bike.

Up next, my car is on its way out right now and my parents and I are looking for a ride for school and summer. Im thinking 04' Subaru Impreza WRX. we will see. That is all.

Done.

2008-03-03T23:02:00.001-05:00

Cartoon from this weekend. Lisa and I made it on the train.

I did 30 minutes on the trainer today. I feel pretty good and im up from 20 minutes I was doing last week. gooch strength.

Done.

2008-03-03T02:25:00.002-05:00

Dahh its 2:26AM and I am up becuase I have slept so much today. I woke up at 10:30 then got on a train with McGoots from boston at 12. Slept for prolly 2 more hours. I worked on My schedule for this cross season and as it works out there may be a few road trips. vermont and long island included. IF my gooch agrees this time around I will also e flying the colors at the NJ usgp race in the B men field. Tomorrow I am gonna ride the trainer some and do some resistance training at the gym after I took the whole weekend off in boston. Lisa and I made a funny comic on her compute on the trainride back from the pictures taken on the trip so watch out for that here or there hopefully tomorrow.

Anybody have any good recommendations for 28 spoke hubs? Im lacing my campy montreal rims up so I can have file treads incase we actually get some snow this coming season.

it's 2:32
done.

2008-03-01T19:57:00.002-05:00

I really haven't posted here in a while but I think im going to start again. As lame as it sounds this thing helps you train. It gives you routine that you can follow and track/log your training. Right now im back on the bike after several crazy things happened since september. First off I was not able to bring a bike to college. While I was home for thanksgiving I jacked up my urethra/gooch area on a cyclocross ride with nig nug. A week went by and peeing felt funny. Then I had urgency and frequency and I was way out of wack. Went to the doctors and he didnt know what was going on. I couldnt pee for like 3 weeks it was crazy. Found out that I had crushed my urethra with the saddle and after a proceedure and some antibiotics for the UTI I was back to normal.

The scare came when my doctor in Albany said no more bikes...AT ALL. Then I went for a second and third opinion and by 2/3 vote im riding again. In the meantime I met lisa, my girlfriend of the last 5 months. Its been a great time since school started with friends and relationships and for once...grades.

Ive been riding the trainer and doing some resistance training. Im writing all of my own training programs with the guidance of the programs i used to follow an online articles. I find I have so much more fun and even feel stronger on the bike when i work how I feel and how I want to train.

I sold my chorus grouppo that I was using on the road and I think im going to be buying 2 new centaur grouppos for matching cannondale cross bikes. I will do most of my training on those bikes and by the time next cross season comes hopefully ill have matching bikes. One single ring and one double. The CAAD 9 I have is getting buld up with the grouppo thats on my cross bike now and that frame will be sold. Cannondale Optimo Cross frame anyone???? 56cm!

moral of the story I will be posting more so check out my blog more often...

ohh check out lisas new blog and photography website too!

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lisaBlogggg

p out
David

2007-05-29T21:26:00.000-04:00

yea so ride today.

or lack there of ride. I showed up at the shop typical tuesday time. Aidan was coming on the ride so we waited on valley road for him. He caught up to us and we chased for a bit. We got back together with the group at the bottom of Allen road and the ride continued like normal. I made it almost to 202 when I flatted. Aidan and chris stopped then we decided we were going to ride the ricola course for them. got on 202 and completely messed that up. Then I flatted again in bedminster. with no more co2 I found a seat at the bedminster exxon with Gulzar the proprietor. I wish I had my camera. He kept asking me if I wanted his electrical tape then packing tape and duct tape. Then Gulzar the exxon worker and I fed the birds. that was nice.

If you ever have a chance to nearly kill yourself with a co2 cartridge, then double flat, then spend and hour plus with a gas station attendant who doesnt speak english, Do it.

Photo cred on this goes to colin. and LOU!

Scott I promise a race report soon.

done.

2007-05-28T19:35:00.000-04:00

Somerville was today. I raced juniors and it was pretty fast. word on the street is that it was like 28mph. Shane Kline won for ehh the third year in a row. redic.
Colin was shredding the camera. Here he is pictured with a professional photog.
Alejandro acton maybe. Ehhh i dont know my colavita people. that was a guess.
sweet navigators backup bikes. mmm yes and bora pit wheels all around.

sort of a lame update.

2007-05-09T21:14:00.000-04:00

Went for a cross ride today to test out the new shifter.
im gonna say its semi spot on.
but it looks good and is mega comfy.
i have to do some adjustments its kinda slow shifting to smaller cogs.

I went down on a sandy section of the trail, in the middle of the powerlines and quickly got up to see if anyone had seen me go down. haha.

then i went for a run

weak blog

anybody wanna ride cross?

pleez

kthankxbye

2007-05-07T21:27:00.000-04:00

im kinda proud of myself. ive been pullin down mega blog results. like 30 to 40 views a day and have almost hit 2000 views in the past few months.

did a little hustlin at the shop today and scored this sweet 105 10s shifter for some elbow grease.
I may have 9 speed der. and cassette but this is still flowing and shifting well with one dead click.
4 grams heavier and like 10 to 15x more comfortable. Shimanos 10s stuff has kinda warmed up to me, but Id prefer to ride their huge levers off road and stick with the campy crisp on the road. i dont think its even possible to slip off one of these huge hoods.

ill give it an official test wed.

tomorrow 3hrs in the saddle and the second run of the new tuesday loop

killer loooper

2007-05-06T16:45:00.000-04:00

Raced this weekend. Junior race this morning. Didnt race very well, one of those days. not gonna really attempt excuses but I messed with my program this week and it hurt. So after no legs I raced the cat 4s. dicy race with about 10 flats or so, yet no crashes, most of which centered around the right hand shoulder. TomTom got us there in good time.

This guy is on an effin mission. he rides for the fitness mission team.
Now, 60mph is not the impressive part of this photog, the impressive part is the 5000rpms mixed with what I diagnose is a effed up exaust in chris' audi. anyway i needed a dashboard shot somewhere on my blog. ishes.
this porshce thought it was cool to pass us on the shoulder. so i made a roadside appointment to catch a photog of his sweet ground effects!

When we got back to my house ma and pa had subs for us and this stellar guacamole. festive for yesterdays' cinco de mayo

The landscape for the rest of the day, wish me luck.

rangers gave it a good run.

kthankxbye

2007-05-03T20:45:00.000-04:00

As of a few months ago i had two of these. I went to put them on tonight and only found one. shit

if you have sat in the rear seat of my car and kicked one of these out the door tell me. shitluck

so...search party. set your clocks to 24hr. or give me a spare speedplay pleez.

2007-05-02T20:01:00.000-04:00

They changed the fresca label on me.

2007-04-30T20:58:00.000-04:00

sean melcher enters the scene-

www.seanmelcher.blogspot.com

got out for an hour and a half barry miller style recovery ride today.

tomorrow 3ish hours.

I leave you with this.

hairspray, and goats.

2007-04-29T18:53:00.000-04:00

Went to camp this past weekend. so here it comes. post-ripped on andy this weekend quite a bit. chris busted down the door 2 times once while andy was dropping two the other while andy was showering.
These kids are strong. Chris is 17 and scored a 3rd at cherry blossom and andy is 16 and racked in a win there. Andy also takes the verbal beating like a champ. Plus he likes reallly nice girls. like kelly.

heres the tally for most of saturday's ride. not a ton of miles but the last 25 had 10 sprints. gah.the bikes in front of the room.

andy pooping

fraysees pink bus.

2007-04-17T21:41:00.000-04:00

Whats hot...
Finally figuring out the college thing
Ep deal on easton bars and stems
birthday

Whats not...
traveling sans bike
flooded road training rides
no tuesday ride

2007-04-11T20:04:00.000-04:00

mama knows best.

edit: jimmy caspers crash was disgusting

2007-04-10T21:04:00.000-04:00

I give him a 4 days to get pulled over

ehh I take that back, ill probably hear the pullover story on our ride thurs.

done.

2007-04-09T18:57:00.000-04:00

pictures from central park 4/8

shots are by marco at www.nyvelocity.com
good stuff

2007-04-08T12:42:00.000-04:00

Lots has been dropping lately.

New homies on the blog scene.

lemony entered the other day

www.damnkleeb.blogspot.com

hes got his own skateboards goin on august skateboards, im gonna get one.

I think they will be on ebay soon. 25 bucks with grip and graphics thats kickin

Zane is reppin too, lemme see what his address is... www.zaned91.blogspot.com

So far I have like 7 races in this year. Considering last year I started my season in June thats seven more races than last year.

Today was Central Park. I have never been a fan of the course becuase Ive been dropped there several times. guh guh. Things didnt go down like that though. Heres the motion picture--

First lap went off fast, I sat like 3rd wheel and let my legs get warmed up. The crap in my legs spun out and I felt pretty good. Second lap a move went off and Joe Mcwilliams went with it. that group took some time on the field, Marino and Myself sat on front with the guys from Merrill Lynch worked out nicely. Third lap rolled around(get it) and Joe's group stopped doing work, he was pissed and they got brought back. Then another group went, 4 guys, Merrill Lynch had a guy so they put the whole team upfront. Then I attacked and started to chase with this other guy to get one of us in the break, didnt work, we were reeled in. Finally the group of 4 guys stayed away, merrill lynch guy was there, they sat on the front and the race ended fighting for 6th. guh guh.

Sandy hook went down on Saturday and I didn't do so hot. Chris, I will allow you to think of some excuses for me.

yea so I procrastinated this post hoping for pics from the race this moring but, no dice.

tomorrow it is

done.

2007-03-25T20:31:00.000-04:00

IM CHRIS HANSEN????

Today I raced prospect park. I raced the 3/4 field and there were so many attacks. Mariellos Pizza would put off like 3 or 4 attacks a lap. Each time up the hill it would just be guy off the front after guy. That was the first three laps or so, my legs felt good, not great but good enough to race on. Then like 4 laps through or so I decided to float back and check out the scene back there. Dan from Princeton Review was back there and I figured he would be a freaking incredible wheel if it came down to a field sprint. Chilled off the back with him waiting for the field sprint, did some chatting and talked some tactics. Those laps went fast and it seemed like my legs didnt even feel them. Checked my Heart rate monitor and I was chillin at like 150-160 Bpm right on the back of the field. I was really happy with that actually considering ive been sick lately. I can feel my legs are getting adjusted to having like 20 more lbs on my frame so when i get leg speed back my heart will be super happy.

The new bike felt freaking incredible as well. I rode training wheels but it was still super stiff and responsive. The CAAD 9 is much different from the spec. I feel like when im out of the saddle the wheels are locked to the ground. The spec. on the other hand would be all freaking over the place, hopping from little bump tot little bump. The new bike feels really reponsive uphill to. Im not gonna lie Im mega pumped.

Todays view...

And another shot.

So good at telling a race story I for got the end, Dan from princeton review made a move in the field sprint that I couldnt match so I get a big FIF

recovery ride and run tomorrow?? who is down?

Done.

2007-03-22T21:19:00.000-04:00

I got another flat today. Sweet. I dont flat for like 2 years on the road, then I flat like about 6 times in the last month. Again, sweet. Got in about an Hour and 45 min on the cross bike then finished up with a 20 minute run. Did some sprint intervals on the bike and called it a day.

Tomorrow I will finish up the new bike, iron out some fit details and cable stretch to get ready to race on sunday. Pictures when I solve the whole memory card not working becuase of a magnetic experience the other day thing.

2007-03-21T17:41:00.000-04:00

Scott El and Jim are all scouting paris-roubaix this week with Magnus Backstedt. Insane.

Yesterday, I suited up the cross bike with some road tires and got out for a ride on the road, instead of just riding cross as I have been lately. The Road Bike is almost done but I just need to find time to cut the steerer between riding and schoolwork.

I think my camera may have exploded, well not my camera. The camera takes pictures and works and such but it wont upload any pictures to my computer, bummer. When I figure it out i think there are some people who are looking for pictures of the Caad 9 and I will post pictures.

Otherwise keep reppin master P and the thug life

Done.

2007-03-12T20:39:00.000-04:00

Im not going to comment on this near month long stretch ive gone without and update, but the pictures are getting backed up on my camera so here it goes.

Went for a ride today with scott http://scotteffinjackson.blogspot.com hes back from banner elk till tomorrow night when he goes to copenhagen, thats right copenhagen, Denmark. He will be in belgium with el and jim for the next few months riding for the cycling center.

In preparation for his departure and adaptation to european culture he has adopted this...

Not a typical american mullet, but a mullet typical of the european peloton. when asked about how you describe this to the barber scott said, (not a direct quote by any means) "I just hold up a picture of filippo pozzato" ha.

So the ride... we did a mendham lake road ride ish thing. scott blew up my legs on all the climbs twas interesting.

Scott and I recieved a stern public address from officer curtis on layfayette for riding two by two and impedeing the flow of traffic(him)

we are praying for race legs sometime soon.

I flatted

i have terrible posture.

and as usual didnt have a pump. turned out to be like 40 somesing mile and like 2 and a half hours.

oh and this

mmmm done.

2007-02-21T19:05:00.000-05:00

woah I havent posted in awhile

durr, well i have a big post typed out from sitting in the car on the way to boston

but this is what i gots for now.

ordered these shoes in all black at foot locker in boston

this is what they sent me

dank

another post, much bigger to follw.

done.

2007-02-05T19:00:00.000-05:00

I dunno whats going on with the blogger but I dont have any editing tools, the whole bar above where im typing is blank.

ohh wait nevermind, I fixed it. Im the man, hahahh.

Here is my bike during my ride saturday, basically it went to shit in like 10 min, slush and ice and salt all over the roads and everything was wet. Got in two and a halfish hours, for it being 17degrees im not to mad. Went to the gym today.

prolly play some pond hockey tomorrow.

new bike soon??

all good stuff.

done.

2007-02-01T21:33:00.000-05:00

^ jo meng

2007-02-01T19:03:00.000-05:00

this past wed/thurs I road tripped up to Geneva NY with my ma, most of the trip was spent doing exactly this, driving behind a tractor trailor that carried cooking coals for 5 hours. pimpin'

Saw Hobart college, twas cool, the whole campus is on senaca lake and it looked like there were some nice mountain bike trails.

Mclane...

Necessary for every co-pilot-

Ipod
directions
map, when accidents force you off the interstate.

Agulcuturismo. si o no?

in case anybody from jersey hasnt seen this stuff yet this year, here you go.

plus after the trip i was jonesin' for some pad thai and some spring rolls. mmmmmmm

thats it.

done.

2007-01-29T15:34:00.000-05:00

Went out for a cross ride today, little over an hour. im trying to go alittle easy for the next few days becuase I think I might be getting sick. ehh ohh. Today it was about 26degrees not to bad but I dressed heavily so I mos def wasnt cold. some pictars.

Durrrrrrrr

After seeing Jamey Driscoll riding the sand at worlds, I felt it would be important for me to work on my sand riding skills for worlds 20?? --ha.

Heres the closest thing we have to a sand pit

whatever, Im going to visit Hobart College tomorrow. They have a mountain team so well see how I like that. Never raced mountain before. Ill be gone till...ehhhh, wednesday night.

Long road ride this weekend? anyone?

EDIT: im also thinking about getting protional items, stickers, matchbooks, visors and golf club head covers that read "www.daviddoubleDdevine.blogspot.com" talk to me if you want dibbs.

done.

2007-01-28T00:07:00.000-05:00

the 99cent Arizona iced tea is extremely important to me.

went to Cvs got my Arizona iced tea Sullivan got toilet paper for his family, cute.

saw Jordan shredding the counter, he gave me a small paper doll that he gives to customers, he cuts them out of the coupon circular and its in the shape of a person, it reads, "find the jade money by the next full moon"

the man himself

went to Nash watched some pond hockey

went to quick check and scored this smorgasbord for a mere 5dollars large

peanut cookies, peanut coffee(2) and one black and white cookie--separate but equal.

gregor always mocks the blog, but he doesnt know the numbers I put up, also I think hell be pumped when he finds out/ remembers that he made the blog

keeep your grill clean

and always remember who is driving the spaceship

listen to these guys....http://www.doghousefans.com
weekdays 9-12
funny ish.

have a snowcone

done.

2007-01-27T14:06:00.000-05:00

Been doing exams lately and riding/gyming it up a bunch

wednesday I go to senaca NY to go see Hobart college

should be fun, who knows

last night I went to lizzles basketball game> to julians show>to macdonalds to pork face.

While at mcdonalds we saw these two guys manolo y ruiz who were driving a white van with all sorts of wierd shite in the back

so manolo y ruiz didnt understand through our broken spanish that it was drive thru only.

apparently they thought drive thru was drive away, who knows but they didnt get any food.

but i was pretty glad to finally meet two people who fit my mental description of manolo y ruiz

cycling.tv is where its at right now, for me atleast.

pictar from last night

2007-01-20T11:24:00.000-05:00

mmmk so post.

lots of riding as of late, well not just riding but going to the gym as well. Some time on the stationary bike and lifting and such. It seems to be working pretty well for me.

I got out for like 2 hours after school yesterday and managed to flat twice which was kind of a bummer, this makes 4 flats on the road and 3 flats on the cross bike for 2007. In 2006 I had a much different year 3 flats total, one shitting around riding in the glass covered rain gutter and two where I walked out to bike in the morning and my back tire was flat. Which brings me to my next point, i have never flatted a front tire. Moral of the story, free continental gatorskins are the best tires around. Enough flat talk.

12 or so hours on the bike since monday which I'm pretty pumped on, looking to to about an hour and a half on the trainer today, then get out on the road tomorrow. If so I will post some pics.

done.

2007-01-13T19:18:00.001-05:00

will post later about getting romped on at the cross race today.
after tonight.

2007-01-10T21:18:00.000-05:00

This is basically what im listening to right now. If you dont have both, or even either of them, check them out on iTunes.

nothing new

done.

2007-01-09T18:26:00.000-05:00

This is pretty much what I eat now. In fact im actually eating it right now, as I type. the yogurt tastes good and has calcium. I really dont drink milk because I like water so much, so this works well for calcium. The granola is a great substitute for chocolate chips and even has protein. Finally the fish oil pills are good for everything and apparently speed up you metabolism, excellent when taken with daily multivitamins. Enough boring nutrition talk. Here comes the excitement.

Out on a ride today, bout an hour in and coming out of the swamp when a strange creaky poppy sound starts coming from my BB. So I just figure that it the loose ball bearing 80s Bottom Bracket and do what any other sensible rider would do... turned up my iPod. I got away without fixing it for another 10 minutes. Then I began to accelerate away from a stop sign when the creaky poppy noise gets really lound then stops. At the same time my rear wheel stopped moving because genious like to ride fixed gear. Chainring bolts popped out even tough they were loctited in place and tiiiiiiight, and the only 42T chainring I had folded after splitting right down the center. toast.

Then I called for a ride/spent some time standing in front of shop-rite for a bit.
More carnage pics.

I have a new phone too. Same number.

Done.

2007-01-07T17:24:00.000-05:00

Forgot how fun riding the road is. Ive gotten all mixed up riding the cross bike, running and going to the gym that I completely forgot how fun the road can be. Did about an hour and a half, rode an abbreviated swamp loop. I had my first ride on the road with the hrm to so i followed that alittle, but I'm really not to big a fan of computers. I think I might like training with the hrm though it tells you avg hr, max hr, calories, %fat all good stuff. Looking forward to doing this base thing. ha.

The Angles.

My favorite road of the swamp loop.

In other news I watched some weird shite on TLC, the show is called extreme pregnancies. Pretty messed up but completely recommended. Once that got to my head I watched bull riding on NBC and this guy had his shin compound fractured. and the bone was like sticking out. the bull stepped right on the back of his leg as he was crawling on the groud. it was redic.

done.

2007-01-06T16:20:00.000-05:00

Twas wintercross #2

I got fourth place. The race was super fun the course was muddy, but not too muddy. Nice mix of sandy gravel, pavement, slick grass and deep mud. Race started out with me taking third in the wholeshot, that gave me nice position going into the staight that had the deep mud. there was a little crash in the slick turn after the mud section. The pavement after that I took some ground and then sat in second. The guy I was with got a little break, but I didnt chase it, I figured it was much to early. Not one person from my group of three decided to chase. I spent the next lap sitting in and wheezing (I think im getting sick...) Then some dude came up from the back on lap two and toasted everyone, caught up to the guy who prolly had 20 seconds on us. The setup was two up and then a group of four with the rest of the field a safe distance behind. last lap comes around and one of the guys breaks away in the deep grass. I cant catch him, I decide to sit with the group of 3 remaining and win the sprint with my group for 4th place by about 10m. Some family showed up, very nice of them.

Overall good time. Stopped at some deli on the way home and scored a itailian sub.

My heart rate monitor came in yesterday its pretty sweet. but I think im getting sick because it was pegged between 167-187 the whole race... da da da.

orange juice and vitamins

fixed gear ride tomorrow becuase my legs are feeling that good, and I havent even started base training that everyone speaks of.

pictures....

OHH! and scott, I used your wheel, promise ill pay you sooon hahahah

no but for srs.

cheer up, you get to log fixed gear miles tomorrow!

thats it till tomorrow of the next day

done.

2007-01-04T20:48:00.000-05:00

I cleaned my bicycle today, at the bicycle shop.

My bike was really muddy today so i took it out to the shop and cleaned it, which worked out well becuase I had to drop off college forms with my employer. felt the need to use my camera whilst I was there, here is the result one shiny and clean bicycle.

Single ring 39-14 setup used to crush men 20 years my senior

waiting on carbon spacers.

In other news my computer monitor exploded yesterday and would only display one color...black.

I went over the the library to get some work done since my computer was out of service and brought my laptop, only to realize they have free wireless! and its quiet. So im going to start blogging from there because I can actually get schoolwork dont there too.

Doing a project on NORML the nation organization for refromation of marijuana laws which is kind of interesting. decriminalization might be the way, but then the government would get into it making more mess for no good reason.

back to college essays and gov. homework.

done.

2007-01-03T17:46:00.000-05:00

Heres the report of the first wintercross race from Dan Strika

Race Report from Winter Cross I
by Dan Strika
The first day of 2007 and me and seven other guys (everyone looked sober) lined up for the B/C race at Skylands Park in Augusta.
The course was substantially different that the last time that we raced there. This time there were twists and turns in the gravel parking lot, up and down on the K2 hill, into the stadium on the gravel, one set of stairs, through a tunnel into the stadium (look out for the tractor). The hill was muddy and there were plenty of large puddles all over the course. All things considered it was a pretty fast course.Bob Carey wished us a happy new year and then said "Start!" and off we went. I got the bike moving and slammed it into the big ring . A young guy wearing a Navigators outfit took off with a powerful sprint and gapped the rest of us. I sprinted as fast as I could and caught up to him on one off the grassy sections. As I was riding behind him mud was spraying from his rear wheel into my face. There was a substantial gap that opened up between the two of us and the rest of the field. As the lap progressed we worked together and the gap got bigger and bigger. We agreed to work together and put the rest of the guys as far back as possible. By the end of the third lap of a five lap race we had over a minute gap on the rest of the field. The young guy had a real strong sprint and he stayed with me on the three running sections. Over the next lap we tested each other but I couldn't find a way to drop him and he couldn't get rid of me either. I got the impression that he was biding his time and wanted to wait for the sprint to knock me off. On the last lap I went to the front and got a bit of a gap on him on the asphalt but as soon as the technical sections came up he closed the gap. I didn't want to sprint it out with him as he demonstrated a few times that he could go real hard and fast in a straight line. We got to the K2 hill and I tried to outrun him but he closed it down again. I said to myself "Come on I can win this (never won a race before)" With about 400 meters to go we came into the tunnel in the stadium and then we exited the stadium. Only about 150 meters to go. I was in the lead and he was about 20 feet behind me. I slammed it into the big ring, let out a "Arghhhhhh" and started to sprint as hard as I could. The kid had rocket fuel in his legs and with about 60 meters to go he caught me and passed me with authority. With about 20 to go I closed down the gap but he crossed the line first by about a bike length. Later on in the parking lot as we exchanged greetings and congratulations I got a good look at him. I think he's pushing 18 years old... I just turned 46! Youth triumphed over experience. Good race, it was interesting being at the front of the field (first time for me). A little disappointed that I couldn't finish the guy off on the last lap but that's bike racing. I'll be back again next week.

http://kissena.info/more.php?id=116_0_1_0_M

good report ill be there next week aswell.

looking foward to writing a report of the phillipsburg race from two weekends ago.
done.

2007-01-02T19:15:00.000-05:00

Shite is right!

after the first batch of applications came in with so far, no result

its off to apply to what looks like 8 more schools

I still am waiting to hear from UNH which is my first choice as well as Uconn which is a stretch

but I cannot sit and wait the 15 days for those results to come back because of deadlines

so its off to college essays, including the surprise one that came on the Providence supp.

so im sitting in my room banging out killer essay after killer essay updating da blog

time to eat holmes

done.

2007-01-01T13:20:00.000-05:00

this is gonna be a big post...

pretty happy kid huh?

today's race was super fun. Started off 8 guys which is nice in the B/C field. the start went and i took the wholeshot with another guy right behind me. Immediately pushed and told the other guy that i wanted a gap within the first two laps just to be sure. The third lap rolled around and my dad told me the lead was up over a minute. so i was pretty physched. so the setup was me and one other guy and then a group of three guys chasing for the first 3 laps. First and second would come out of my group with a sprint and 3rd from the other group. after i led the first 2 laps and made the gap i sat in off the back of the guy i was with, resting and holding out for the sprint. Sprint came and i beat second place by about 4 bike lengths. it felt good. so i won a DVD of U23 Cross worlds but its in dutch. pictures...

one of the first dismounts.

Inside the field on the warning track

last 40 meters of the sprint.

giddy in the parking lot.

will update later.

done.

2006-12-30T23:44:00.000-05:00

sullivan had to eat just eggs . Why? well...

Because hes Michael "kanye" Sullivan

and percocet doesnt work for him.

so it soft foods only for awhile

the waitress also whipped up samir some special

whipped cream because according to sullivan

"he was the only minority present"

ish night yo.

will most definetly update after the cross race on new years day and new years night alike.

look for a photojournal of the race.

done.

2006-12-28T22:01:00.000-05:00

I was never really a big gamer. this is not a game however, its a simulation.
it has occupied me thoughout vacation and is an incredible form of post ride entertainment.
review...
9.5

2006-12-27T23:14:00.000-05:00

went to NYC today to see Phantom, twas good, not excellent, but good. took some pictures of shite in the city with my new camera...

I didnt get to go into the Charmin bathrooms becuase the line was mega long, but i did snap a picture of the charmin thing and a guy who looks like the amish dude from kingpin.
Times square was cool.

This Cabaret was prolly the classiest one i saw as the other ones had employed the mentally disabled to advertise there peep shows. excellent marketing. there was also a 25cent peep show. class.

Naked cowboy was hyped up alot and pretty dissapointingly gay.

done.

2006-12-25T19:55:00.000-05:00

christmas is the greatest. today i got ridiculous presents to the face.

begin list.

Ipod nano
digicam that will hopefully spice up my blog
Dvd burner that is mega fast.
and an ipod thing for the car so i can pump tunes
usual clothes

Then after all the gifting went down i went for a little cross ride with chris. tested out the camera alittle.

But due to the generosity of the casio company my camera without a memory card holds just 2 pictures.

so im gonna get one that holds a gig just incase i have to take more than two pictars.

all in all excellent christmas including christmas eve and shite twas good.

i think im gonna post more now that i have all this technology...

cross race on new years that nobody is coming to..

then again on the sixth

one more time on the 13th

will take pictars

done.

2006-12-02T14:39:00.000-05:00

today was the hall of fame cyclocross race and the course was awesome. I loved it but many did not. lots of areas to run up which i likeeeee. the course was cool lots of different types of landtall grass that became swampy, gravel, cinder, baseball field...hahah but it was fun. will post pictars when they come.

2006-11-30T16:52:00.000-05:00

so today, instead of going for a regular ride and only being able to go for an hour i decided to ride urban cross. I prolly looked like the most retarted kid ever, and i saw a few people that made me seem dee dee dee. btw. here are pics of my muddyness. hahahhahahaha.

2006-11-29T17:17:00.000-05:00

so today i ran. yep you heard right, ran. i did a colony loop and to be honest running sucks. Probably because running isn't nearly as cool as riding a bike, but its soooo much better when all you can get is an hour ride before its dark. After my run i went to the schools gym. its free, and the football team for some reason doesnt use the lower body and leg machines, which just happens to be the only machines i use. moral of the story, dont expect biceps. so after today i figure my plan will be between the gym and cross on weekdays, then switch over to riding the fixed gear on weekends. maybe that will work. pics of my sweet tricycle with a deep dish wheel courtesy of scott attached.

2006-11-27T17:51:00.000-05:00

Pictars from the cross race are up but mractivityphotos guy and his copyrights and the federal government wont let me post them unless i pay him. boo. more pictures of andy winning chris riding and not me are on the skylands site

www.skylandscycling.com

the website for the cross pictures is

www.activityphotos.com and the race was state championships.

Yesterdays race was kinda kickass started off really early in the morning like 630 and got out to the sussex fairgrounds at like 8. the 50min trip ending upp taking about 10 minutes less due to open highway. it was a really foggy that early in the day and visibilty was prolly bout quater mile. the bike was drenched from all the fog. warmed up alittle, listened to Saosin in the car while gtting warm, forgot to eat then went to the starting line. i was probably about 55th out of 60 through the holeshot....shitty but the first off camber turn sent three people down and my runnign skills brought me up about 15 places. After that was the first hill i took about five to 10 more places there and then the decent brought me up about 7 more i sat in a bit more then used my barrier skills and running skills to get to about 20th out of 60. 6 laps later i finshed in 18th place. an okay day.

2006-11-26T13:00:00.000-05:00

sooo today. Today was state championships for cross and i am not a state champion. But Andy Gallagher is, partly because hes mega fast and partly because of his new pretty orange bar tape. congrats andy.
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Last weekend chris worden's blank stare brought him to the line in second place... pretty kickass, mostly becuase i didnt even finish.
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In other news will dugan spent the weekend in chatham, testing out the chatham high school party scene, with some success... if you know what i mean.

More Pictures of today's cross race will be posted later when the photographer puts them up.

2006-08-14T12:28:00.000-04:00

im gonna need to build a new fixed gear. im really craving it. and the fixed conversion isnt really doing much for me anyway. i can use this craving as an excuse to learn how to build wheels, or at least try. but otherwise nothing new, work 4-8 tonight just like every other night.
i hung out with sullivan and g dawg last night, but stevo was nowhere to be found.
speaking of stevo and gdawg, they are working on a sweet new MTB trail that looks kinda like this. i know it doesnt look like much, but trust me theres lots of potential.

Maybe the foto guy from FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS will publish the pics so i can put them up.

2006-08-11T23:55:00.000-04:00

cross kicks rear. come on, august and cross really work well together, why is cross season so late, its almost more fun than road, minus field sprints and long climbs. I really like the technical tight turns and different style surface. i really dont like SPD pedals, coming off my SPD-Sl road pedals and then not even practicing before the race on the mountain shoes was dumb. i probably would have had third place if it werent for the dumb pedals, but it was my first cross race so really im not upset, theres just some practice needed. maybe a barrier setup to practice the whole on the bike off the bike thing in the back yard.

whats hot-

Cross racing
Chris giving me his cross bike which performed flawlessly for the FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS race tonight
long training ride tommorrow
sullivan coming home from vacation, i think
Bunnyhopping the barriers, ingenious

Whats not-

50 riders in the 4/5 field with 3 crashes on the first lap
Denali
SPD pedals

Maybe some fotos later if moms camera skill was up to par, otherwise ill wait for the professional photographer to post his stuff....

done.

2006-08-10T11:53:00.000-04:00

First blog post. im not quite sure how this is gonna be because, well honestly, this summer hasnt really be to exciting. Montreal was awesome, likewise lake placid, but other wise i do the same thing everyday.

wake up
eat
ride
eat
history work for school
eat
work
eat
fall asleep on the couch

Repeat.

thats summer so far, mixed in some racing, in which my only result happened to be during nationals when only the mediocre kids showed up. 3rd wasnt bad.

I rode mountain bikes for the first time, that was sweet got real muddy. then the awesome place i was staying at, get this, washed the bike for me.

yep somebody else washed my bike for me.

then yesterday i went riding with chris, that was cool. probably will do that a few more times before he goes to vermont.

tomorrow is......

SUMMERCROSS, my first cross race, at the state fair. yep ill put picks up if they dont come out like last time. examples of the digicam will be posted below.

moms camera makes cat 4 races look soooooooo fast.

I mean really look that blur of a race.

i dont even know how this pic got on my computer, but its a person in a banana suit at work