" Looks like I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue"

Err drinking coffee, That's right I decided to try to quit coffee this week somewhat for the health benefits but mostly because of the exorbitant fees charged by dunkin donuts (I added it up and it's over 5 bucks a day). Good idea.. Right...............

Wrong.... I had nothing at the Bulldog rump this weekend. Right from the start I had trouble keeping up with Jesse who put his stamp all over this race. Normally I can at least hang for a while but I was dropped like a bad habit after the first lap. Wanting very badly to pull over and go to sleep on the 2nd lap I had to convince myself to finish this race, and managed to find a slow but sustainable tempo. Roger Foco was gaining on me so on the final lap I decided to give a killer kick and make this lap my fastest, but in doing so I slammed into a large sharp rock. Pffffffft goes the front tire. As I'm putting a tube in Roger goes flying by followed shortly after by Maurice and Waggoner. Shit, 2nd to 5th just like that. Quickly empty my co2 shooter and I'm on my way, Riding with reckless abandon I catch Maurice and Waggoner only to slam into another rock and repuncture the front. That's It, my day is over. I do the walk of shame back to the finish line just in time to see Roger come flying across.

The curse of Kittatinny continues. Two years ago leading the race, bad cramps fell to 5th place. Last year drive side crankarm falls off in the second lap and this year double flat.

Think I'm gonna skip this one next year.....

Next up 12hrs 909? maybe

Monte flips the script?

Recently I've decided to try my hand at a endurance event (as if a two and a half hour race isn't enough). It all started out with George over at Darkhorse Cycles talking to me about the Shenandoah 100. The stories I have heard, it all sounds like so much fun.

But I've got to tell you I don't think I can do it on a rigid....

Enter the boys at Darkhorse....

After some going back and forth (mostly in my head) I have decided to purchase a suspended bike......Dramatic pause....... I know I'm gonna take a lot of shit over this, and the title of this blog is singlespeedracer. But my body is hurting, Hurting over the beating I have taken on a fully rigid bike for the past five years. Hurting from flying over root packs at mach1 on a eighth of an inch of travel. The funny thing is that I believe that the rigid is good on exactly opposite of what you would think. The more technical = the better for the rigid. The smoother the course you better have some cushy. Maybe its because on the smooth courses you tend to just plow into things where on a super technical ride you need to be so perfect, or maybe its the faster speed on the smoother stuff..Anyway stay tuned...

Lewis Morris Challenge

...This is how I felt after this race...

Originally I planned on not doing this race but when I saw Aaron Snyder (Scott Bikes) pre registered I changed my mind. Along with Aaron came the Alesio brothers (Fuji mtb) and Rob Lichtenwalner (visitPA.com). I haven't lined up against a stacked field like this in a while and was wondering if I had enough top end left from the early season. (I've been doing a lot of long rides lately). Brian Lariviere (Cycle Craft/Bulldog) got the hole shot while we all jockeyed for position behind him. At the top of the first climb there were five of us that made the front group and even though I was working hard to stay with the group I felt pretty good. Often times in a mtb race the pace is super fast at first then seems to slack off a little giving you time to recover, This never happened. We came around on the first lap at 24 minutes. Jocelyn would later say all she could see was a cloud of dust then our paceline, I was sitting 4th wheel and that 30mph feed zone was hectic. Major props to Jocelyn who handed me bottles like a Tour de France team director. We rode like this wheel to wheel for three laps then on a short loose climb Snyder punched it like he had a jet pack on "this kid is the real deal folks" I attempted to respond because no one else seemed interested and it turned out to be a mistake, my legs were not there. The three others caught me a couple minutes later and went right by. I was attempting to recover all the while trying to staying in contact with the group minus Aaron. Later I would catch Dylan Alesio and pass him to finish 4th with a big smile on my face knowing I gave all I had, and even though I didn't win I think this might have been the most fun I've had in a race in a while.