Today I was practicing in trial near to my home (about 5 minutes walk). That was from 7 till 10:30 am… But already hot…
Local Tour de Fat stop. The theme was post apocalyptic/road warrior.
Toadie is missing from this picture. Hopefully I can find one with all of us.
I wrote on today’s beach ride for anyone who lovers 36ers, or for those who’ve thought about getting one:
I wrote this during the ride:
[B][I]“Towering Blue”
By Terry Peterson 6/16/13
Thirty-six inches of towering blue;
My soul and my spirit revolve around you
This wheel of fortune has been the solution;
Bringing meaning and purpose with each revolution
Flying high in the saddle,
Time and space stand so still;
Staying young in my heart,
Never over the hill
I wrote these few words with the hope to inspire;
Those ready to roll with a three-foot tire
A real nirvana you will surely acquire;
The spark of true joy will ignite the fire!
[/I][/B]
I wrote during the ride:
“Towering Blue”
By Terry Peterson 6/16/13
[I]Thirty-six inches of towering blue;
My soul and my spirit revolve around you
This wheel of fortune has been the solution;
Bringing meaning and purpose with each revolution
Flying high in the saddle,
Time and space stand so still;
Staying young in my heart,
Never over the hill
I wrote these few words with the hope to inspire;
Those ready to roll with a three-foot high tire
A real nirvana you will surely acquire;
The spark of true joy will ignite the fire![/I]
thanks for the great feedback to my pics.
i’ve got some new ones 
Another race finished
This time our race was in Karpacz on a far south-west end of Poland, which meant long driving again to get there. Fortunately I found online some bikers that wanted to go together, so it wasn’t me driving. But anyway I needed to get up at 4am to get ready and in place for our 5am departure from Krakow. The weather was getting better when we were heading west and when we arrived it was all sunny and already hot at 9am. My race started at 11am and this time Mega (50km) and Mini (15km) racers started together and continued together for most of our Mini route. This, and the fact that route started with 5km climb on paved road, was really good for me as I got somewhere into the middle of the pack and I was riding first time sourounded by so many bikers. Usually they ride away on a flat start and I’m catching only some of them later. First uphill was long and not that interesting, but doing it not alone made it quite pleasant and then came the offroad. The route was a mix of really technical root and rock downhills and some nice flowy fireroads. I didn’t expect to get so many fast parts and I was even thinking about getting ungeared wheel with wider rim and tyre, but I was happy that I have taken my guni wheel as it was a blast to ride up to 20km/h in these forests and I was able to use high gear in several places. Geax Aka 2.2 tyre was not givin enough cushion for techical parts, but anyway I got through quite many of them. The route was awesome (my the only problem was that I knew that Mega and Giga (70km) routes have even more awesome parts) and I was riding most of the time with a big smile on my face just being happy about riding there. No problems with body nor uni and nice weather helped a bit as well.
Last part before the finish included several tight switchbacks which I managed well, but if I knew how many photographers are around I would push myself more to get it all cleared. Then a fast ride on a grassy slope down and finish. This time really not that long waited as I did it in 1h48m and I placed 63 out of 74 bikers on Mini distance. First time I got under twice the winner time and I still had some power and will to ride more. I’m starting to think about taking a Mega distance once, but not in such a hard race as this one, which is told to be the hardest out of whole season in this race series.
Awesome, Vookash!
Beautiful! 
@ turtle
Those pictures are the best ones I’ve seen here in a long time. Where was that?
Hey vookash, it wasn’t until jigywigy put those two pics side by side that I realized they were taken at the same spot. How cool is that, you cruising right through the same spot where the mtn bike guy goes a$$ over teakettle – good work!
you made my day
Actually I dismounted at the turn, but fortunately I was able to jump up back very quickly and continue riding. But actually when I posted Paradise muni video ([Downhill] Paradise - #9 by muni123) to the forums of that race series, first comment was “they have it easier on switchbacks”.
Setting up for the road
Ready for longer distance rides? Surely not on that saddle 
Good day on the estuary today, dull but warm.
Wait, the bicyclist said unicyclists have it easier? You totally win that one!!
Estuaries are fun to ride. I’ve rode the mawddach a couple of times now (bikes and unis) - might do it again this year (now that I’ve got a 29er).
Sun tanning!
The sun was strong this weekend!
First, at 1:10 PM, and then about 1:30 PM
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The sun was strong this weekend!
First, at 1:10 PM, and then about 1:30 PM
Hey that looks like a race, whats the details, how far, how many competitors?
you look great.
Yes. Here Julian Page wrote a report. And here is more.
It was a nice event! One of those I will recommend, worth travelling a long distance to join.
Congratulations on first place