It's almost over

Well the season is almost at a end. Overall it has been a wonderful year for the fat guy. I guess the kid had some fun too. I won't up finishing third in my age. I was on the podium seven tomes this year. Yea me. None of this would be possible if it were not for a very loving and understanding wife. She came to every race this year except The 12 hour of John Muir. That's OK because its only like a 30 minute drive to get there. Now I am on a quest to get into the Iceman. EBay has an auction for an entry so I'm going to try and win it. I would also like to thank of the other people that helped me out this year.

First and most important is Michael's Cycles. You guys are great. Bob you do a terrific job running our team. Mike its great to have a guy like you that dose what you do supporting us. The guys in the shop that turn our bikes around so quick when we need work. If you are in the Janesville area stop in and check these guys out. Or click on them in my links. www.michaelscycles.net
Second would be all of my teammates from the Michael's team. Wonderful job this year repeating our past success as Champs. It was wonderful riding with all of you weather we were racing or just riding back here in Janesberg.

Third is all of the guys at Fatires. John you and your crew are amazing. Dakota can't wait until next year so he and Shane can run around. Thanks Connie. Shannon loved having some one around while we were out racing.

Last is to all of you Clydes that I have come to know over the last three years. I can't wait for next year to get out there a do this all over again.

Shevegas

Well the weekend started as good as it possibly could. Dakota won his soccer game. We made it to the race course with plenty of time to ride. So off on a pre-ride I went Dakota in tow. Well I asked dakota if he would be fine and then off I went with Bob and Sean. Rode the course shot up the equalizer with no problems. So anyway race day comes. Dakota race went as normal. He finised in the top 10. So I get ready to go. I sitting in the pack waiting to hear Don yell GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I want to sit anywere from 2 to 5 in my age on the first lap. So I hear GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and I'm off sticking to the plan. We get to te equalizer yep I'm 5th just like I had planned. I start climbing passing moving up and then it happened. My Knee went. I dabed about 10 feet from the top. limped up tried to go again and nothing. It hurt so bad to push with my left leg. So since I had third place locked up in the series I decided that a trail ride was in order to finish the race. Man did it suck that that was all I could do because I was in a position to win. I finisehed the race in 5TH to my suprise. I didn't realize that I passed people again. Overall it was a good day. I'll spend the next week rehabing the knee and looking for a job still. Hope to do atleast a cross race this year. I might even sneak over to the night race this friday.
Good Riding to all you CLYDES see you at the banquet. Time to start huntin and killin.

Off To Shevegas

Well this weekend is the end of a very long season. Today we are leaving for the Wgwam\Ultimax Classic. This has tradionaly been a bad race for me. We will see. I have in the past won the sprint prime. And climbed the hill. I know I will finsih in third for the series nomater what happens sunday. The best part of this race is we get to stay with Shannons brother Nic and His wife Amber. The down side is they are selling their house so next year its time to finde some thing else. Hope every one has a good weekend. Good Racing Yall.

Wonderful Sunday

So anyways on Sunday I decided to take the family for a ride. Everyone get in the car and things are well. We show up to the park. Things are well. I offer my full suspension bike to the wife se declines and takes the single speed. Things are well. Now mind you she has ridden this bike before but not off road. So its off to the woods we go. Things are well. Climbed the first hill. Things are well. Enter the first single track. OOOOOPPPPPPSSS things are no longer well. It seems that there was a reality check for my loving wife once she had to pedal up a hill in the woods. So she walks. I make her get back on the bike after again offering my bike. She still declines. Then she tells me the trees are out to get her or something like that. Once back on I follow here to yell words of help. Like ride you brakes you are fine what not. So we come to the next hill mind you the whole time I have ye to shift my bike because I wanted to be on the singlespeed instead. I climb the hill. She walks. Our son laughs at her and says I made mom! When she dose reach the top she looks like she was ready to die. All she wants to do is sit on the ground. At this point I say you are done with the one gear wonder give her the carbon rocket shift it to a easy gear for her and tell her we are riding. So off we go. Things are still not fine. She stills tells me those trees are out to get her. We hit the next set of single track called plinko for these of you who have ridden at this park. What do you now she wasn't kidding those trees got her. Right at the bottom of the hill. Mind you I'm on the singespeed laughing my a$$ off as she says I told you the didn't like me. So I got her back on the bike and we ride up a new reroute and then I fall flat on my face. I told Bob we needed to get rid of that STUMP in the turn but no. She laughs at me. I took her and the kid out to the rest of the single track things are again well until she finds a grape vine to land on. That was more funny than the trees. SO WE FINISHED THE SINGLE TRACK LOOP and headed for the bike path. This all went well. On the way back the rode the path to the car and I cut through the park. I got to the car and all was well. Now I think I have thought the wife a lesson. Ride the one gear wonder and die. That's My bike. Build your own.

You are all DQed

Well as of today I am now a USCF offical. Took my class. Took my open book test. Paid my money. Got my patch. So you cheaters out there better look out. I might have to take you beer away and put it up for safe keeping.