100 Today?

Trails still a bit wet, so put the geared road bike back together (first time in about two years). Will be out sneaking in 100 miles today as soon as it gets up to 32 degrees. Give me time for homework.

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Gettin Smarter

Well, so much for relaxing.

Hard to believe but I am in week 3 of my first MBA class. That and riding my bike as much as possible.

Need to look at hitting the road to some place warm, so far to drive though.

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Christmas ride and a thought

Got a quick ride on the secret trails in for Christmas. Nothing like riding in 20 degrees and freezing fog…

Managed to sneak in a ride on Christmas Eve too. Went riding on the OHV trails out at North Millican. Which gave me an idea for an early season long ride, since they are closed to OHV’s until April 30th. More to come.

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Reno?

Heading down to watch a wrestling tournament and the bike has been approved to come along. Traffic pics are looking a bit on the snowy side so hopefully some trails will be rideable when I get there.

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Lost my job…

Been trying to remember where I last had it…anyone seen it?

Funny phrase.

Trying to figure out what I will be doing when I grow up. Probably going to dust back off the old CPA license and start doing some consulting again. Already have had one of my clients from eight years ago find out and call me to see if I would start doing her taxes again.

Guess it is time to get some business cards made up and hit the pavement. Maybe take a bit of time and go ride someplace warm.

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Promised Pics

As promised – the pics from the shortened Redding trip.

Mmmmm, coffee and pancakes w/PNB for breakfast.

I know, only 4. Will try to take some more next time, I was there to ride.

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Maybe next time…

Got down to Redding and the weather was great (sunny – mid 50’s). Got in a 32 mile ride after cooking up some pancakes and coffee. Felt great to be on the bike after a month off due to H1N1 (don’t recommend catching this by the way). Will post up some pics as soon as I figure out why my computer is not recognizing my camera.

Headed to Whiskeytown for an afternoon ride and got in about 3 miles before the body shut down and I couldn’t stop coughing. Guess I am not quite back yet.

Decided to pull the plug and head back home. Did some scouting along the way and am now hatching a 5ish day spring road trip to Whiskeytown/Weaverville and surrounding areas.

Great area.

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Late season road trip

Yes, it is snowing outside right now.

This is not keeping me from starting to plan a late jaunt down to southern Oregon to hit the trails around Applegate Lake. Could use the break from work. Me thinks skipping work on the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving would be the ticket.

Maybe hit lower NUT sections on the way home.

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More motorcycle stuff

Getting the Bandit prepped to head to Denver and back week after next.  Was trying to figure out how to strap the bike on, but finally gave up.  Will be hard to head through Fruita without hitting the trails.

Since it could be a bit chilly, I wired up a plug for my heated clothing to keep me toasty and put on some Barkbuster Storm S1 handguards to keep the wind off my hands.

The boxes. I ordered the single bar clamp style.

With my throttle lock on one side, I had to bend the brackets a bit in the vise to get them to line up with the grips – not hard to do.

As you can see, not a whole lot of real estate on the straight part of the bars.

I mounted the handguard using the shortest setting – also needed to grind off a little nub on the inside to keep the lever from hitting it.

On the bike…install took all of 15 minutes. They do contact the fairing a bit before full lock, but they flex and it has not been an issue. Now to work on other things, like mounting my camping stove gas canister to my hard bags.

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It does have two wheels

OK, the fitness level is down a bit.  I have found another two wheeled machine to cause myself pain and suffering (and fun at the same time).

Pic is from when I was gearing up to qualify for the Iron Butt Association on a ride up to the Canadian border and the over to Great Falls, MT via Spokane and Butte.  Google it – I am not making it up.

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