Back on the bike

zeke's biken

So I took a couple of days off the bike when I got back from RAGBRAI...makes sense after riding every day for a week to give your body a little break. I took Sunday and Monday off the bike. Went for the regular Taco Tuesday ride at BuRP. It became clear quicly that thanks to RAGBRAI I had the legs but since I hadn't ridden off road for a couple of weeks my handling was way off. I was all over the place. I quickly became frustrated and riding off road is not the place to become frustrated...it just makes things worse. Then I got a flat. Perfect. No worries, I took my time fixing it which gave me a chance to relax a bit and melow out. Got it fixed and hopped back on and took off down the trail. Acutally felt better and more "there" and relaxed. Then I flatted again....WTF! I rarely flat (knock on wood) so too in a row like that put me way off my game. I didn't have any more tubes and then discovered I didn't have any patches either...ah well...I walked with the bike back to the car. For those of you that know BuRP is a walk from the East Side back to the trail head at the bar. The walk helped cool my frustration and by the time I got the the car I was amused with my self. I fixed the tire again and about that time some of the guys I rode with rolled in. So I gave up and decided it was dinner time. Some GREAT chicken fried chicken with green beans and mashed tators and gravy with there buds were had and then I went home.
Today had my teeth cleaned and then some grinding and a cap installed....my jaw was S-O-R-E when I left at 130...so I call the shop and went home to rest and take some asprin. For some reason I noitced today (since I wanted to use it) my DVD player doesn't work anymore which is odd since it worked yesterday....odd...maybe the porno I left running all night shorted it out....hummmmm....bummer.
I bummed around until 6 and then got gussied up to ride. Hopped on the SS 29er and rode out to BuRP for a couple of laps and then crusied home. Got here right as the rain started...wiped out now. Gonna make some dinner and then web surf and then sleep. Try to get to work early so I can crank out today's missed work before tomorrows arrives.
Potentional dinner and drinks and maybe a rock show with a cutie girl tomorrow....should be good times.
For those of you wondering, Yes at some point there will be a more complete RAGBRAI report. Hopefully soon. There are pictures that have been posted on my Buzznet page, although it is not all of then and as my mom pointed out they are not labeled at all...but they are here.