Somebody Stop Me.

Scored this sweet Discovery Giro jersey on eBay last week.

And now, for sure, I will stop. Really. No more pink.

I mean it. Thats it. I'm done for sure.

Cold turkey. Its over. Mission acomplished.

Time to move on. Turn the page.

Nothing in moderation!

DLD

On My Ipod Right Now

DEVO"greatest hits" (1990)

Where to begin. These guys were way ahead of their time. Born in 1973 in Akron, Ohio. The group was the brainchild of brothers Gerald and Bob Casale and Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh. There first big break came from playing multiple gigs at Kent University and several members of the band witnessed the 1970 shootings there.

But what really gave them there in was the fact that they videotaped and filmed every gig they did. They put together a short film called "The Complete Truth about De-evolution". The film was seen by the likes of David Bowie and Neal Young, getting them in the door at Warner Bros.

The bills got paid due to the mainsteam song "Whip it", which was played to death on all the top 40 radio stations. However, they had many great songs that were just ignored cuz they were just too weird. I think their best stuff came later. Here are two that I really like.

Beautiful World

Time out for Fun

One can see that it was hard for the mainstream music exec's to take them seriously. They never did make music for the masses and I think they were better off. It was more of a cult following for sure.

All founding members are still working on other projects but they still get together now and then to do a show or two. And I think that's cool. The most successful "post Devo" were the Mothersbaugh brothers. With Mark in the lead they now write and record music for TV shows and movies. They have done all the tunes heard on PeeWee's Playhouse and the very popular Nickelodeon Rugrats cartoon. When I watched "Rugrats" with my kids I thought I heard a little Devo riff snuck in by the brothers here and there.

Good stuff.

Weekend Update

The weekend went down as planned. Nice road ride Saturday with an old friend that I haven't rode with in a while. 3 hours with about 46 miles. Just riding and talking. Very pleasant. We planned on doing the breakfast ride and decided to ride the 10 or so miles over to it. But once we started talking and stuff we lost track of time and rode a bit too slow. We got to the lot about 7 minutes too late. No biggie. We then mapped our own route.

And if that was not enough to cheer me up we did it again Sunday morn with MTB's. Saturday was sunny and warm. I rode with no additional layers. Just shorts and short sleeves. Sunday was a different story as it dropped 15 degrees from the day before and sprinkled a little also. Even with the return of all the extra clothing I was cold but it was tolerable. I was just happy to be out. After Sundays ride I went home to watch the Giro and hang with my kids..... and I deemed it a good weekend.
Nice weather Saturday had me hanging close to the beach with Gizmo after the ride!

And with the addition of new tires my bike got a bit pinker this weekend!

After Saturdays 3 hour ride I grabbed Gizmo and walked the beach and woods for another 3 hours. I was wiped out but not as bad as Gizz, who passed out in the car on the way home.

Pathetically, I bonked later that day and hit the sheets at 830pm on a Saturday nite and was out in minutes.

Later....

DLD

Daydreaming

As I sit at work on this beautiful Friday I can only daydream of the weekend. Group ride Saturday morn, hopefully MTB's on Sunday morn. I daydream a lot. I daydream as I work. I daydream as I ride.



Right now I could use all the daydreaming I can get my hands on. Things have been a bit slow in the excitement category of late. Days are filled with solo bike rides, work and maybe a bit of reading. My transformation to single living has not been very smooth. I've been thinking of bailing on it several times and heading home but that would leave me back where I started....or worse!



I was daydreaming about a vacation just this morning. In fact I have been daydreaming about loading up my bike and touring this wonderful state called Wisco, riding from State Park to State Park. 9 days worth. That's always been filed under my "maybe someday" file. This so called "maybe someday" file has been growing in the last few years and I think under my current situation maybe it would be best for me to whittle the list down a bit. I'll need to do some more daydreaming about that....

This week has been "Walk\Bike to Work\School" week in DANOville. I was slated to help out with refreshment stations around town on Monday and Friday but missed out cuz I got called out early mornings to work in a couple of out of town offices. Boo.(and sorry guys)
Tonite is the final event and as soon as my work day is done I will blast downtown to help set up the Brat Fry and outdoor movie they have scheduled.

That's all I can daydream of right now....

Later...

DLD

Trifecta

2pm to 3pm
I love days like this. Just line them up and ride them.
I started out by taking out the track bike for the first time this year. New tires and tape on the bars on off I go.
Track racin' will start soon. I'll miss the first few but should be there in early June fore sure.
Put on about 15 miles in this bike. The fixxie came back to me quickly however I still always try to stop peddling when I cross RR tracks. Instinct I guess. Then......



330pm to 430pm

Rode home, grabbed the MTB and off I go for round 2.
I am figuring out a favorite loop in our trails by the cabin.
I almost have one set in stone, about 4 miles long with minimal backtracking.
I still cant believe I have trails about a minute ride from my back door.
I could get used to that real easy..
After an hour of that I head back to...



5pm to 645pm

Grab the pink roadie to finish up the day with a group ride. About 20 of us show and we did our best to stay away from the lake with the temps taking a dive if we got to close.
About 30 miles of paceline fun.
And I was in the game till the end.
That makes it a bit more fun for me as the only real efforts were some huge sprints for the "stop ahead" signs. I watched them.
An excellent day of riding if I don't say so myself.

DLD