This week's ride was far from the hardest of the year, but nevertheless it was true to "WHY" we ride, full of excitement, great vistas, engaging conversation, people and places. As you will see, the numbers were few due to conflicts with sleep, healing, UTE game and NY marathon. When your buddies don't show up, beware, you might get a visit from the PCRs at your place of employment and that could be dangerous and definitely SCARY!
Looking for "little man", but couldn't find him....
BEST Halloween lawn decorations
BEST Colors
Bet you've never ridden this trail
How many know where these houses are?
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After riding with the same person for many miles, things change. Kathy, we fully understand...
Breaking NEWS! Mr. MBA has been traveling the world these last couple of weeks and has just found the latest energy food for our longer rides. Eager to see if it works as good as GU
Yesterday, the head spooks of the PCRs joined 2,300 other crazies and rode Emigration Canyon. If you haven't ridden with "One-Ear" Mr. T., you have really missed a Trick and Treat!
Prez Hale and Olympian Bruner, continue to heal and stay off the witches brew this week.
PS - PCRs, follow Mr. T's lead and make a donation to www.kotm.org and if you find his other ear, please give him a call.
WOW, we need to do more of this. The Woods and Tow Truck Hawke headed west for the beach a couple of weeks ago. YES, the bikes were allowed and YES, we got home late a couple of times from early morning rides, BUT it was worth it (Sorry ladies)
In the TRUE spirit of PCR riding, we stopped to take pics and meet new friends.
As the days are getting shorter, the morning rides are requiring more artificial light, which in turn requires a little MORE focus. Here is some chatter between two PCRs that proves this point.
We missed you Big Man.
Prez Hale (aka tommy boy) needed you to help him find the stop
sign. He was very stylish and wore his
sun glasses, in the dark of morning. I know he has a bright fancy light, but it
was not bright enough for him to see signs/trees. Yep, he got lost and was late. Claimed he went down a dead end street? He blamed his sun glasses. You might need a training session with PCRs
on when to wear sunglasses. AT 6 am in
September they do not work, but he did look really good.
Only one minor fall from Prez Hale on the way up. No injury, just dust on his kit. He reminded me the shoulder is dirt not
pavement. Ha.
Ciao and have a nice day,
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It is true that I missed the turn off due to wearing
sunglasses. But at least mine are cool,
unlike the geeky transition glasses the Prof wears. It is also true that I went down on the
gravel shoulder, but that was because I was trying to protect the Prof from
dangerous road conditions. And it turns
out that he wanted me to ride on the edge of the road because he is afraid that
a cougar, hiding in the bushes, might jump out and eat him. So he wants someone slower and bigger to ride
on the edge of the road so that the cougar will hopefully be full after eating
me and lose interest in the Prof or the Prof will be quick enough to escape
while the cougar devours his slower and larger prey. And this guy is teaching ethics to our future
business leaders??
As we begin to ride in the fall colors and shorter days, let's all remember to dress warm, be careful, meet new friends, look for new vistas and ENJOY THE JOURNEY!
YIPPY SKIPPY
How far to the top?
A Little Heaven on Earth
37th Annual Snowbird Hill Climb.... These guys are FAST!!
These PCRs are CRAZY, if riding your "road" bike up to Snowbird isn't enough... REALLY?
Yesterday's ride was another reminder why we live in this great state. As several of us made it to the top of Big Mountain, we were reminded how "cool" the mountain air is and how "colorful" the hillsides are. Deer, bunnies, laughter and lots of conversation kept us occupied for a great ride.
Two of the younger PCRs decided to erase an item from their bucket list and participated in the 4th Annual Run Rabbit Run, 100 mile race in Steamboat Springs, CO. WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY? As you will see from the pictures below, the BEFORE and AFTER tell the story. You two are CRAZY AWESOME!
Craig, Olympian, Bruner, is on the memd and doing better after one more surgery to put a few screws in the collar bone fracture. He is committed to ride LOTOJA next year. WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY, TOO?
Last but not least, Prez. Hale is happy to announce the arrival of a NEW grandson.... INDY! I encourage you all go meet INDY and make sure he gets to know you before he grows up.
And the corollary
to the blog title is when the going gets tough, the weak wimp out! Professor and Big Man’s plan for Saturday's ride to East Canyon was to leave at 6:00 a.m. Of course half the
prospective riders complained about the hour of departure, and one, who shall
go unnamed, requested that the ride start at a more urbane hour. So the
group compromised and decided to leave at 6:30 (half the day is over by then
Lloyd). After waiting twice the duration of 5 minute rule, he did not
show--his bed held a firm grasp on him. And wimp number one was
out.
So the group trudged on in the face of gale force winds. At
the top of Little Mountain, another member, who shall go unnamed, turned back, and wimp number two was gone. Nancy we
hope he mowed the lawn since he returned so early.
Onward the group
pedaled towards the top of Big Mountain, weaving from one side of the road to
the other as cross winds pummeled them. They were diminished in size, but not in spirit. Then at the top of Big Mountain, a new PCR
participant, who shall also go unnamed and apparently had enough time during
the ride up to concoct an excuse for turning back, claimed he had to go to work
on a Saturday (he works for the government) so he could not ride on to East
Canyon. Come on Brad (oops), you really had to work on a Saturday of a
holiday weekend? You led us to believe you were the boss. Now we
know who is in control. An interesting phenomenon occurred after that
member left. The gusts of wind became much less frequent, less forceful
and cool. We may have discovered a new source of renewable energy.
We discovered that when he is talking there is enough hot air to power a 5
square mile wind turbine farm. Wimp number three, history.
The three remaining members made it to
East Canyon and back. Of course, Professor, Mike Mountain Goat Glauser had to keep looping back to
encourage the C team to keep riding. Craig, if anything good came from
your accident last week it is this: you missed this ride! We are glad you
are feeling better. Sunday was Kim’s birthday. We missed you on the
ride. May your riding always be downhill with the wind to your
back.
