Spring Riding in Utah

Yesterday's ride is why living in Utah is so exciting. We started the ride in FULL SUN as a few went on another hill climb, "The Six Pack". Like any ride, the best part is reaching the summit and hearing the stories/TATS from fellow riders. As we reached our final 6th summit, it started to snow and the temperature dropped 10-15 degrees... :-)

As we listen/read the conference talks of local church leaders this week, may we too "Be of Good Courage" and ride SAFE, LONG. HEALTHY and HAPPY!

 One of my favorite homes on this ride

 

THE 6th of THE SIX PACK

  (Guess who is leading from behind, AGAIN?)

 

7 To Heaven

Four brave PCR riders hit the road on Saturday morning. Two wanted to do a flat easier ride out Wasatch Boulevard and back. One, who normally whines about what he was proposing, wanted to climb as many hills as possible. His excuse was he wanted to stay close to home so he could quit whenever he wanted.  Hence, Scott, aka, Big Man, took us on his "7 To Heaven" adventure. (note the pics below of beauty that are often missed because we are too focused on the destination and NOT the journey)

After climbing 12 hills, none of us were sure how he came up with the number "7", but we all enjoyed the early season test of our conditioning. The whiner, aka, Mr. President, was as strong as ever. I think he has been secretly training this winter. Hope more of you can join us next week.

-The Professor-   



Spring is Officially Here!

It is now officially springtime when old men’s hearts turn towards bikes (you can tell we are getting old when it is not of the opposite sex) and we must begin to attempt to shed our winter coats.  A few of the band of brothers gathered to the call of Wild, (i.e. Wood, that is) to go south.  

 

We had a newcomer show up, Ric Tanner.  He asked “how long has your group been together?”  In Clintonesque fashion, the response was: “that all depends on what you mean by the word “group”.”  You see Webster’s Dictionary defines “group” as “A cluster, crowd, or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.”  In a loose sense we are a group.  We all ride bikes in the same city and start at the same place. That’s as close to a group as it gets.  Ever aspiring to the leader of the heard of cats, Wood continues to demonstrate leadership from behind in all the ways you can imagine.  The “group” was scattered from one end of the valley to the other. And true to one of his motto’s “Every man, woman and child for him or herself”, while Wood was leading from way behind Ric went back to find him, only to learn Wood had taken a different path from the “group”, a shortcut that put him in the lead.  When it came time to climb the “Jack and the Beanstalk Hill”, Wood paused before the assent to take some pictures of some fillies. He said it was for blog material, but all know that one of the reasons he stopped was to take a breather.  We all know he uses the roll of the team photographer resulting in his rearguard command because he needs a break.

Lloyd managed not to have any accidents along the way and shared a GREAT TATS, "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. - Charles Dickens -  Bruner continued to force the “group” to keep up the pace, which is why everyone was scattered all over the valley.  And Hale whined the whole way.  It was a beautiful day.  We missed our brothers who apparently cannot tolerate the cold early morning hour of 9:00am (guys the day is half over by then). 

Our hearts especially go out to Eric, Kim and the Briggs family.  We said a prayer for them as we departed on the Odyssey.  Our prayers and thoughts are with you.     

“May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.”  

- Harley King -

 

Life is a journey, NOT a destination..... Stop, Look and Listen
 

Riding with the Irish is a LUCKY THING

Yesterday was a pre St. Paddy's Day ride, which was full of Irish songs, green jerseys, and a brunch at Hale's with GREEN eggs, hash browns, bacon, a little juice and FRESH pancakes made from wheat ground that morning from Bruner..... MAN, WERE THEY GOOD!

THANKS, Steve, Kathy and Craig

 A moment of silent as we placed our hands over our hearts at the location of little man's 

FACE PLANTs

 

  

 

 "NOW THIS IS WHY WE RIDE"

 

A Leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, who enjoys in partaking in mischief.

 

May you have the hindsight to know where you've been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far!

Medal Count - Curb/2, Lloyd/0

As the Olympics come to a close, we hope all of you are motivated to get off the couch and get to the road/mountains. Sometimes watching these athletes, we have a false belief that we might be able to do some of their minor tricks, and as you will see, it takes training. However, that training has to come with a little PAIN to become the BEST! We just hope the equipment will hold up!

Yesterday, Professor Glauser extended an invitation to join him for the "FREEDOM RIDE" Not riding a lot this year, yet, Wood accepted the invitation. The FREEDOM he found was a NEW training method where he would trade off having the other three riders pull him. One of the riders said, "Now I know what it feels like to be 200 lbs over weight" and then realized that Wood needed a little TOUGH LOVE and turned into that bully trainer from The Biggest Loser. 58 miles later, Wood finished the ride in TEARS :'( and headed home for a hot shower and some ibuprofen.

 "Stop whining you BIG WIMP.... LET'S GET GOING!"

Tony's Tips - February

PCRs, welcome to the first of many .... "Tony's Tips" ..... Yes, we are introducing a NEW segment to the blog. Monthly, we will READ, HEAR and SEE, new vistas, advice, inspiration, safety tips and most important, HOW TO LIVE LIFE LARGE.

We would like to thank Tony in advance for his dedication to this new segment and give a little warning that some of Tony's Tips may be deemed as "ill advised"

#1 - Keep your hands on the bike at all times

 

SORRY, WE COULDN'T FIND HIM..... :'(

 #2 - Have an extra bike in case you run into a HOT BABE!

 #3 - Always ride "behind" HOT BABES!

#4 - If you ride through an exclusive golf course, make sure Wood is NOT riding with you.

 

 #5 - Always STOP to take pictures of sunsets

 

#6 - Be a FRIENDLY RIDER, you never know who you'll meet. Tony's new BFF and NEW sponsor of the PCRs, Daniel, owner of www.lightandmotion.com (Tony will be sending out the Pro-Rep forms shortly.... :-) )



Super Bowl Weekend requires a WORKOUT

Since the weather is not the best for riding, a few of us took to the mountains for a little snow shoeing. Almost as fun as riding, but either way, Wood still can't pace himself. With a couple of honorary PCRs, we took Anna Paula and George, who had NEVER seen snow for a real ride.

 A hardy breakfast is required when hiking with the HALE BROTHERS...

 

 "Now when we get on the mountain, don't follow Wood, he causes injuries"

 

 "Are you sure we want to leave this warm fire??"

 

JUST FOLLOW ME

 

 COOL cabins......

 

Craig Hale's NEW PARTY HOUSE

 

 

  "Hiking in the UTAH mountains is the BEST, especially with all these HANDSOME MEN"