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Stony Race Pictures

2011-07-24T15:52:00.000-04:00

Stony Time Trial

2011-07-24T15:48:00.001-04:00

Shelby rocked the tandem today at Stony. I had a blast & Shelby did somewhere deep inside! She was a champ. We ended up 2nd out of 3 tandem teams entered in the event. The course was dry and fast. We made all the water crossings and had a few slow speed corner slide outs. At one point the rear skewer came loose and the rear wheel was slopping around. A quick fix and no damage done thankfully. It was great to see a bunch of precisionmtb team mates at the race. Jim Senska rocked the single speed with a 1st place, way to go Jim. John S finished strong and the rest of the team did well as far as I know at this point. I checked the tailwinds site and the results are not posted yet.

Here is a link to the GPS of the race. We commuted to and from the race from home. Great day! Lots of fun & I'm super proud of Shelby! Here is a link to the pictures. Click Here

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Sunday Morning Ride - 62 Miles

2011-07-17T16:09:00.000-04:00

John & I had a good northern Oakland / Southern Lapeer County roll this morning. One flat tire and lots of water. 4 hours on the bike & I'm eying a new brooks saddle. We got just a little north of I69 at Lake Pleasant road before heading back. Granted it was not a direct route back but back none the less. I super nice guy stopped and let us do the flat repair in his drive while he filled our water bottles. Picked up a new tube and am ready for the commuting week.

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http://connect.garmin.com/activity/99789478

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Leelanau Rides

2011-07-01T08:24:00.000-04:00

I've been having a great time riding in and around Glen Arbor. I've not ventured too far yet mostly staying around the lakes. The Scenic Drive is a lot of fun on a bike. I love this playlist for riding. The picture on the left was from yesterday, perfect spot for breakfast. (Cliff Bar) Here are a few of the GPS posts from recent rides.

Glen Arbor Loop

GA Run

Glen Arbor AM Ride

Big Glen Morning Ride

Breakfast ride in Glen Arbor

A few recent Stony Training Ride GPS posts

2011-04-13T19:04:00.000-04:00

2 days in a row, Glad the weather has broken!

Today

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/79055127

Yesterday

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/78786988

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Training Ride - First Dutton Hill climb of the season!

2011-04-10T09:57:00.005-04:00

I think that hill got bigger over the winter! 858 feet of climb in 10.8 miles. Good way to start the day.

GPS Link - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/78309474

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BTT had a new twist this week. Art exhibit in a very unconventional way

2011-04-09T13:24:00.001-04:00

Another great day on the BTT ride. A few firsts. Steve joined me for his first BTT ride. We met up in Royal Oak and headed down. We had the first tool motorist I've ever run into (not literally) on the ride in Eastern Market. Hope he's having a great day and feeling more calm.

Midtown had a urban art exhibit on display by Tyree Guyton.From Mlive.com - Tyree knows how to use Detroit as a canvas. Titled "Street Folk," the work includes more than 10,000 shoes covering Edmund Street at Woodward. Like his Heidelberg polka dots, Guyton says the shoes are meant to raise awareness about a social issue. In this case, homelessness.

The exhibit was impactful and it had a spiritual air about it. One of the riders kept saying I've never seen anything like this, I don't know what to say. If you have a chance check it out in Midtown. People were asked to send in their shoes and a story that went with them. The letters were posted along the fence. I took a picture of a few of them but there are many more there.

We did the default route today, great pace on the island, lost the chain twice until Brian B hooked me up and towed me around the island.

GPS Post - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/78099097

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2011 BTT Season Opener

2011-04-02T13:56:00.000-04:00

The 2011 www.beatthetrain.com season started of with a great ride. Turnout was strong (21 riders at rollout), the weather cooperated and the sunrise on the river was fantastic. The island kicked my butt (6 miles flat out) John & I rode the tandem for the first time together on the BTT ride. It sure goes faster downhill. The breakfast in Mexican Town tasted especially yummy today. The last 2 miles after breakfast are always the longest of the ride. We did the 2010 default route today. Below this post there a bunch of videos John took from the back of the tandem. Great Ride today! Great way to start the season! Hope you join us next week.

Beat the Train - 2011 Name Game by the other Andy - www.beatthetrain.com

2011-04-02T13:52:00.002-04:00

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Beat the Train - Belle Isle - www.beatthetrain.com

2011-04-02T13:52:00.001-04:00

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Beat the Train - Detroit River Sunrise Part 2 - www.beatthetrain.com

2011-04-02T13:52:00.000-04:00

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Beat the Train - Detroit River Sunrise www.beatthetrain.com

2011-04-02T13:43:00.001-04:00

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Beat the Train - Season Opener 2011 - www.beatthetrain.com

2011-04-02T13:41:00.001-04:00

Year End Milage

2010-12-28T10:40:00.000-05:00

It's that time of year again to post up your miles for the season. Below is what I did this year, down from last year. I'm planning to take better advantage of the opportunity to commute in the new year. Happy New Year everyone!

Progress Summary Report for dfsmith2

Count:	103 Activities
Distance:	1,943.11 mi
Time:	146:00:36 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:	76,083 ft
Avg Speed:	13.3 mph
Avg HR:	128 bpm
Calories:	129,301 C

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Iceman 2010

2010-11-08T17:24:00.004-05:00

We made it! Shelby & I completed the 2010 Iceman together! It was 20 Degrees when we left and muddy when we finished. A huge thank you to Mellisa & Paul for helping get Shelby properly outfitted with gear. Bikes seem to have been crashing all around us including one tandem that passed us and not 500ft further up we passed them off the trail in a wreck. The ice was particularly unnerving for me and Shelby was not a big fan of the downhills. At the end Shelby was saying "come on Dad, we can do it, let's not walk up this hill". She is an amazing young Lady and inspiring to me. It was very challenging both mentally and physically and to experience it with my Daughter was truly a blessing. Got to hang out with my buddy John and we were 3 for 3 on the food stops on the trip. Riverfront for a burger in Glen Arbor Friday. Tim was kind enough to let us eat in a closed section of the restaurant as they are carry out only that time of year. It was John's first Riverfront burger and not his last I suspect. Went to Cherry Street Market in Kalkaska for fresh made to order Deli sandwiches and fixings after the race Saturday. If you haven't tried it you need to. We topped it off with breakfast Sunday at the Omelette Shoppe in TC. no chain food the whole weekend, YEA. Back to the race: The other racers were SO encouraging to us. Almost everyone that passed shared words of encouragement. On one hill a rider pushed us that last little bit, that was so cool! We went to the party at the school house again and enjoyed the great food put on by the Jeff and Christina. Shelby love the soup! Can't wait till next year whatever that may bring! Here is a link to the GPS of our race - dave

YTD Miles Update

2010-09-25T20:59:00.001-04:00

Behind last years pace at this point for sure but enjoying the season

Progress Summary Report for dfsmith2

Count:	89 Activities
Distance:	1,764.90 mi
Time:	129:03:25 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:	64,245 ft
Avg Speed:	13.7 mph
Avg HR:	127 bpm
Avg Run Cadence:	--
Avg Bike Cadence:	--
Calories:	114,905 C

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Leelanau County Rides Update

2010-08-05T17:50:00.004-04:00

Hey Everyone - Just got back into town from up north and could not wait to download the GPS data from the rides. Picture at left is Shelby & I at one of the look outs on the Scenic drive. Biking featured a pretty big role in our recent family vacation both for me and for Shelby & I. It was worth hauling both the tri-cross and the tandem up their. The roads are fantastic up in Leelanau County and the scenery is world class. I did various routes from the condo in an around M22. Shelby & I hit the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in the National Park, this is a must ride ladies and gentleman. Below are the GPS posts, I hope we can organize a ride up here sometime where all us gear heads can pound out some miles in the most beautiful area in the state, in my opinion. See you after Kenya! - Dave

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43296130

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43296131

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43296133

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43296135

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First tandem trail ride GPS

2010-07-21T11:29:00.001-04:00

We did a partial marathon loop @ stony riding from home via Bear Creek. It's taking some getting used to having a gears and front suspension with no lock out. We had a blast

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The Man Cave - Makeover

2010-07-14T08:12:00.004-04:00

Much thanks to John S. We did a bunch of Man Cave maintenance last night. Got the bikes organized. Notice the empty spot for the tricross. You can see the attention to detail with the bike stand neatly tucked under the shelf, you can't see it in the picture but there are 2 Opps holes 2" above the current hook locations. The hooks are even color coated, fun time!

Thanks John, your the Ty Pennington of garage extreme makeovers!

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Ride Report - First BTT ride on the Tandem

2010-07-14T06:13:00.004-04:00

Shelby & I got our first ride under our belts last Saturday. Picture at left of Shelby enjoying a snack along the Detroit River. Click here for the GPS loop. It was another magical BTT ride. I was a little off my game as it was the maiden voyage for loading the tandem that early in the morning. I've gotten automatic loading the tri-cross, the tandem is really a 2 person load regardless of what the rack advertising says. The roof mounted Yakama was still not optimally setup and the cross bars were too close. This bike weighs 46 lbs and its 8ft long. I was not super confidant that it was going to stay attached at the 9 mile curve on I-75 as we heading downtown. We picked up John S on the way down and we took turns looking out the sunroof to make sure our sail was still attached. We made it to fort wayne with no issues.

Shelby & I loaded up and made a few last minute adjustments. Thru Axel in place we were ready to go. We quickly realized that this thing will move and hit 32 mpg heading towards the train depot. Cobo roof was fun and got the heart rate up fast. Belle Isle was a blast and everyone seemed comfortable tucking in behind the giant sail for a rest. The gold cup hydroplane races were in town and they were practicing as we circled the Isle. The weather was amazing and Los Galanes came through as usual. All in all a great time. Looking forward to getting out on the trails and figuring this thing out some more. This bike is one that really needs a name. We are looking for suggestions on what to name her.

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New Tandem Arrived today

2010-07-08T23:03:00.002-04:00

Well expectantly the tandem arrived today safe and sound. Much thanks to Alex at www.mtbtandems.com for his help in putting this together. You can tell it was assembled with care and thoughtfulness.

I ended up putting together the roof rack in the rain (not a fast process) but finally got it on the roof and bike attached. More pictures here.

By the time I picked up Lauren did a food stop and got home, installed pedals our test ride did not happen till 10:30 ish in the dark. We cruised around the sub and the bike felt great, very smooth, didn't feel all of it's 46 lbs. I think the 29er is going to be very helpful in this application. Shelby navigated the clip ins for the first time without a hitch. Were excited to do BTT this weekend and looking forward to some trail riding this weekend and maybe a ride into DQ via the trail. Thanks to Zack, Ryan & the team @ KLM Bike and Fitness for allowing me to ship this direct to them and doing the shipping assembly for us, you guys ROCK.

Were excited to have some fun together on our new rig. Planning on Iceman and Tree Farm Relay so far.

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1st Annual Memorial Day Ride for the Fallen

2010-05-31T16:06:00.002-04:00

Thanks to John G for organizing a really touching ride. We started out the day with a 16 mile road loop to Great Lakes National Cemetery We toured the cemetery & looked up a few rides relatives that were buried there. John shared an amazing story about his Father in Law and his experiences in Vietnam. After this we headed back to Holdridge for a loop on the West Trail. We had 12 riders from all over. I'm sure this will become an annual event. Thanks John!

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Quad Trail Training Ride

2010-05-23T20:57:00.002-04:00

Had a blast today in north country. John S, John G, Melissa, Jimmy, Paul, and I hit the dirt, and a bunch of Mud. Good Fun & 48 Miles. Big Thanks to Melissa & Jimmy for making the hour haul up here!

Here is a link to some mud pictures

GPS Post

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Yankee Springs Time Trial

2010-04-18T17:53:00.004-04:00

Just got back from Yankee, well worth the drive. It was good to see everyone and begin to building the race legs, and endurance. The trail was in great shape, lots of trouble to get in and sand, sand, sand. Lauren was my co-pilot on the ride there and back, so that was fun. She imposed a no burping rule while in the car. Consequences were an item of her choice at the gas station on the way home.........she got 5 candy bars. Racing Expert is a whole new ballgame, I felt like a moving pylon, and from the results you can see I was!

Below please find the GPS from my garmin for the ride, photos that Lauren & I took, and the race results. Next week is Pontiac Lake, and Fort Custer after that. Fun times.

Single Speed Results Expert Elite Results Sport Results

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2010-04-18 Yankee Springs Time Trial

GPS Link
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/30496172

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2009 vs 2010 YTD

2010-04-16T09:40:00.002-04:00

I've been feeling like I'm pretty behind this year over last in miles, training, and fitness. I figured I'd go to the numbers. Using the report function on the Garmin Connect website I ran a query of ytd 2009 vs ytd 2010. They were within 12 miles of each other. Fitness is still pretty off and need to drop a few more pounds but I was still encouraged.

2009 1/1/09 to 4/16/09 = 25 activities for 500 miles
2010 1/1/10 to 4/16/10 = 30 activities for 512 miles

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Kranked 8 Revolve - Coastal Crew

2010-04-07T21:03:00.001-04:00

Krazy biking video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE792g55GUw&feature=related

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BTT 2010 Kick Off Ride GPS Post

2010-04-03T12:53:00.004-04:00

Great weather and great turnout. We had 40 or so riders and many first timers. Andy had a big crash, glad he's ok (pictures later) Join us if you have never done BTT, every Saturday now till Halloween.

GPS Post of the ride click

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Stony Training Ride - Marathon Loop

2010-04-02T22:13:00.000-04:00

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/28753713

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Stony Ride Post

2010-04-01T21:37:00.001-04:00

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Commuting GPS Posts

2010-03-10T20:32:00.002-05:00

Rode to work today & yesterday. Rode the Q Ball Yesterday & the Tri Cross today. Pretty different ride but similar times. Today was a little longer and shorter on time. The Snell Road climb this am was nasty with the Tri Cross 44 x 16, good morning!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26662482 Tri Cross

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26611376 Q Ball

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Can this be spin class?

2010-01-23T08:29:00.002-05:00

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22980509

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22980514

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Sunday's Ride

2010-01-17T14:12:00.002-05:00

Had a good ride today, felt better today on the hills, Cardio is improving but a long way to go. John S & I picked up Steve "clavicle" K at ooh dark thirty. We had a good time & enjoyed getting the miles, both John & I felt better today than yesterday. Planning on rides both days next weekend too. Steve had two flats unfortunately & had to call in a pick up. Keep an eye out for the nocians 26" studded tires for Steve, it was pretty slick. Here is the GPS Post

dave

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KLM Joins Precisionmtb.com team for 2010 season

2010-01-16T17:59:00.001-05:00

Welcome KLM Bike and Fitness.

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Winter Riding @ it's finest

2010-01-16T17:59:00.000-05:00

Garmin Connect - Activity Details for Dirt Road Ride with John

Found some places we had not been before today.

Ice Road Truckers - Mountian Bike Edition

2009-12-27T15:59:00.000-05:00

John S & I hit the dirt (er...ice roads today) Started out fun ended up fun but the middle of the ride was tough. 28 degree departure time temp and a 20 mph wind. It did not get warmer and the sun played hide and seek behind the clouds. We both really struggled with the road conditions. John went down once early & I was down 2x before the 1/2 way point. We managed to keep it together from there. Nothing hurt to bad as we were mostly frozen. As I am starting to thaw my hip feels like it was used as a landing pad, oh wait it was. Hard to be cool when your clipped in with hands on the grips and laying in the road. The second time I went down fast. The GPS popped off and I did not realize it was missing till we were 3/4 mile down the road. Was able to return to the scene of the crime and it was still there. It spend the rest of the ride in my pocket.

Somewhere north of lake orion as we were navigating the crowned road full of Ice 2 other team riders blew by us, they had to have had studs on their tires. We kept pace on the flats but after the first corner they were gone.

Below is the GPS from our loop. It felt much more hilly than the GPS post looks like. We were in the boondocks.

dave

GPS - Link http://connect.garmin.com/activity/21112489

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Turkey Roll 2009

2009-11-28T05:28:00.002-05:00

Ok so I was a punk this year and at 9:30 was still in my bathrobe, I'll spare you that picture but here is a picture captured of a group of real men and their bikes.

dave

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Thanksgiving ride PLRA @ 9:30

2009-11-23T07:34:00.002-05:00

Don't forget the annual ride Robert Herriman puts on. Who's in? 2008 Ride pic above.

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November 14th Riding in shorts and short sleaves - Gotta Love it!

2009-11-14T16:48:00.003-05:00

Paul, John G & I headed out to get a "easy ride" in. We always say that then hammer. Trails were a bit slick with the leaves, I went down 2x & John once. Paul was the sole survivor. Bald Mt. was surprisingly very wet in all the usual places. We finished with just under 30 miles on the day. Good times for sure.

dave

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Iceman Cometh

2009-11-13T18:42:00.006-05:00

I hate it; I love it; I hate it; I love it. Alright, I am not too sure about the Iceman Cometh Challenge. I hated the idea of it at first. 4000 people on one trail left me wondering what kind of abomination we had wrought. The thought of the race when I thought it was 3000 people back at the time of signing up in February was enough to make me reluctant. NOW 4000???

Well, my theory going into the season was this: train like I'm gonna race and if I do well, great. If not, at least enjoy the fitness level. So, I figured I would apply that to Iceman.

Prior to the race I started reading about all the logjams that could occur on the trail and I figured: screw it!! Go out and race and be ready to deal with everyone else that might get in my way. If things went badly, just treat it like a 27 mile weekend ride with beer at the end. What's not to like?

The start was one of the best I experienced in terms of anxiety level. I started in the same wave as a couple of guys I ride with frequently: Jim Senska and Jeremy Hansen. This helped since familiar faces in a wave of humanity always help settle me down.

My ride was pretty uneventful-- no major crashes, no discourteous riders, just good fun.

Well, until the cramps set in about 20 miles into it. I was able to manage them so that I did not lock up the quads, so that was a blessing. This was the first race I used Hammer's Endurolytes to manage my electrolytes. I was a bit conservative in using them and I think I would have been fine if I had followed the exact directions. Hammer indicates that you should take them every 45 minutes of hard exercise. I took some right before the start, but then abstained until about 90 minutes into the race when I started to feel the cramps come on. My mistake, but I felt better about having slight cramp issues than I did about really upping my usage on this supplement.

During the race, Jeremy and I rode together. About 5 miles in, I pulled away from Jeremy and was pretty much riding by myself. Jeremy eventually caught up to me at about mile 15. He was stronger at that point and I tried to latch on to the back of his wheel. I stayed with him for about a half a mile, but no dice. He had a great tempo and I was struggling. We talked for awhile, but I eventually let him go.

One funny event: me and a number of singlespeeders were walking up a hill (don't ask me which one; I was in the pain cave and they all looked the same to me). I was walking along and a guy in my class was off his bike and running up the hill, passing me. I mocked disapproval, telling him it was cheating to pass while walking. He replied, "I'm not walking." Touche. He was running and he went right by me. Rats!! But it was worth the laugh.

Also worth a grin was the aid station dude handing out bananas dressed as a banana.

Coming to the finish was fun. I passed a guy in my class with about 500 meters to go. The crowd was HUGE.

I was dazed and confused when I got off the bike. I really felt out of it. Luckily, I ran into a teammate, Jeff Jager. He was nice enough to buy me a water (thanks, Jeff).

All in all, it was a great weekend. Seeing all the teammates and other friends and familiar riders was a blast. Jeff Carek threw a nice party afterward with good beer and awesome chili.

I like Iceman. If for no other reason, I liked it because it is a great measuring stick. Looking at the race results, one can measure oneself against some of the best racers in the country. The prospect of doing the course x minutes faster next time would place me right there in my class and only y minutes behind the pros. That'll motivate me to spend more time on the trainer this winter.

Gotta go; I gotta go train.

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Iceman Team Results - Precisionmtb.com

2009-11-11T06:14:00.003-05:00

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Iceman Cometh 2009 Lives Up To The Hype

2009-11-10T19:04:00.015-05:00

Iceman Cometh 2009 lived up to the hype and I lived through the challenge.

Having never raced before, I signed up early this year with the thought that I had many months to prepare. It started with a great group of guys I have had the pleasure of riding with for the last couple years… the BERC boyz. Even though I was not able to put in the training hours to get to the level most of the group was at, we still did plenty of rides together. We were now all training for the Iceman.

What really kept me going was my good friend Steve D. We rode many miles together over the summer. Steve encouraged me to get out and ride when I was less inclined to. He was willing to ride with me at night when I was more available despite his preference for day time riding. Steve didn’t much care for the Dutton hill at night, but still let me incorporate it into many of our rides. I couldn’t have prepared for the Iceman like I did without Steve.

The week prior to the race I was nervous. I felt I did not get enough long-haul rides in over the summer. Still I was excited about the challenge. I did not have to worry about mechanical issues because I was assisted with a pre-race tune-up by Steve K, John S, and Dave S. Steve graciously opened up his workshop and offered his tools while Dave and John gave of their time and expertise. John also did a last minute derailleur adjustment for me the day we were leaving. The bike performed flawlessly during the race. I was unfortunate that Steve K could not join us at the Iceman due to his injury.

The Grand Traverse Resort was a good place to stay. Close proximity to the finish and not too far from Kalkaska. It was somewhat surreal to see all the bikes going in and out of the hotel. Some even riding them in the large lobby. I roomed with Paul M and John G. The room was very comfortable and had a great view of bay. We woke up to a fabulous day on Saturday. John said I missed a beautiful sunrise… I was still sleeping. Paul and John were great roommates and kept me on schedule. They even let me have one of the two beds to myself. I wonder why?

My goal heading into the race was simply to finish and have a good experience. Being it was my first race I had little data to set a time goal. On the first few tough climbs at the Iceman I saw some riders walking them. I then set another goal… I would ride up as many hills as possible, without walking, even if it meant crawling up very slowly on the granny gear. That plan was working until someone stopped dead in front of me, without warning, without pulling over, halfway up a hill. I had no choice but to stop. After that I think I intentionally dropped to my feet only once or twice. I do remember doing so at “Anita’s Hill”. I was halfway up when I felt my quads starting to give. I decided that it is better to walk rest of this hill and be able to finish the race. I may have walked up the very last climb as well. I can’t remember as I was delirious at that point.

It was interesting to see the dynamics of the conflict between the pro/expert racers and the sport/beginner riders. Some were there to win at any cost. Others were obviously over their heads or simply in it for the experience. I did my best to look behind and move aside for those that were fast approaching. Others were oblivious to the faster riders or were not courteous enough to keep right when possible. There were a few clashes I witnessed. One resulted in a crash. An aggressive racer came upon me as I was going downhill on a narrow single track. I was behind a slower rider and could not pull aside. The one behind yelled “passing on left”. I thought “you’re kidding”, but sure enough he was pushing beside me in the leaves. He then hit a hidden tree stump and went flying, hitting the guy in front of me and sending him into the brush. Somehow I avoided the tumble fest and stopped. The biker who caused the wreck quickly got up and asked “You OK?”. Without waiting for a response he jumped back on his bike and took off. The guy face down in the brush looked to be in his 50s and was a little disoriented. I helped him get on his feet and removed the leaves tangled in his bike. Outside of this incident, the majority of the riders were great sports.

Overall the event was well organized. The start of the race was great. I liked riding to the staging area from the parking lot. It gave me a chance to test the equipment and prepare mentally. Steve arrived minutes before the start and was able to find me. We started the Iceman together. I kept pace with Steve for a few miles, but he pulled ahead and I lost him. I was pacing myself to conserve for the duration. I felt pretty good for the first 2/3rds of the race. My hamstrings were bothering me most of the race. I got a little break when I came upon the traffic jam leading up to “The Wall”. There were at least 100 riders waiting to go down the backside of the hill through a very narrow switchback!

The last third of the race was grueling. I was overheating with my jacket on, but yet I did not want to stop to take it off. In hindsight I should have. The last few miles I anxiously looked for every next mile marker. The last climbs were the most painful. The sounds of the crowds and announcer at the finish kept me going. When I entered the chute towards the finish I felt an enormous sense of accomplishment. I started to tear up out of sheer joy of finishing. The tears quickly stopped when I needed to appear manlier as I passed all the people lining the finish and cheering me on. It was a great moment. When I came to a stop I put my feet down. My legs then seized and I could not move for about 10 minutes. When I could eventually get myself off the bike and walk I felt great, and have since.

After the race we cleaned up and napped at the hotel. We then went to a party at an old school house rented by Jeff C and his family. The house was really cool and the food was great, chili and chicken noodle soup. We relaxed and told race stories. Jeff, his wife, and mother were great hosts. It was a great end to a fabulous day.
I am in for the next year’s Iceman. Now I have a personal time to beat. I will be looking forward to the next biking season. I may even get out a few times this winter. Somehow I feel like the season was incomplete without the ‘ice’ part of the Iceman.

~Pablo

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AndyE Garmin riding summary

2009-11-10T11:47:00.002-05:00

Dave, good idea... as for Iceman, I was overall happy with my results; I did a longer race in a shorter time, on my single speed. My Garmin time (which accounts for pauses) was 2 h 29 min, so in a sense I accomplished my goal of less than 2.5 hours. But my official time was 2 h 34 min 50 sec. I felt pretty strong until the last 6 miles or so, then the cramps started getting to me. This year's race was a great time, great weather, really an enjoyable day. Glad to see some of the Berc guys after the race. Also ran into Kevin and Dearborn Don.

Considering the season until now, I'm not sure how many more miles I did this year (didn't keep good track last season), though considering my Iceman results, I think I need to get more high output miles.

Here is my Garmin cycling summary:

Count:	92 Activities
Distance:	2,234.49 mi
Time:	167:06:50 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:	149,839 ft
Avg Speed:	13.4 mph
Avg HR:	134 bpm
Avg Run Cadence:	--
Avg Bike Cadence:	75 rpm
Calories:	181,289 C

My Greenlight ride total mileage is 2,263, there was one ride in Marquette I didn't track with my GPS. Not sure about the total elevation gain... might be a glitch there. Cadence only applies to my Cannondale. I spread my miles across 4 bikes, with my Fisher 29er and Cannondale road rig getting most of the miles. My single speed miles is somewhere around 25% of the total, split fairly evenly between the XXIX 29er and my fixie.

A good season of riding, may have to consider doing some more races next year for the high intensity miles.

Dave 2009 YTD Riding Summary as of 11/10/09

2009-11-10T07:03:00.004-05:00

I ran a quick report off the garmin connect website to check miles for the year. This is the first year I've had enough data to gather how many I'd logged. and this is the first time I have added them all up. Didn't realize the software had a report feature so it was quite easy. I've heard many team mates and friends quoting miles recently and had no idae what I'd actually done. So below is the report. There was one BTT ride that said 214 miles, they are long sometimes but not that long so I deleted that one and re-ran the report.

On a side note - indoor training season is started, today was day 2 of riding the rollers in the am, there is an art to it. I have a fixed gear on the tri-cross flip flop hub. I hope to get good enough by the end of the winter to ride the fixie on the rollers.

I'd love to see more than just me posting to this blog come on BERC, BTT, and PrecisionMTB guys and Gal get on the ball and post up your Iceman & 2009 riding summaries! If you do not have author rights to this blog but would like them shoot me an email, for those that already have the permissions lets get posting!!!

Progress Summary Report for dfsmith2
2009 YTD Riding Summary as of 11/10/09
Count:	121 Activities
Distance:	2,479.33 mi
Time:	205:40:01 h:m:s
Elevation Gain:	138,382 ft
Avg Speed:	12.1 mph
Avg HR:	124 bpm
Avg Run Cadence:	--
Avg Bike Cadence:	67 rpm
Calories:	177,347 C

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Iceman 2009

2009-11-09T19:27:00.007-05:00

The Iceman 2009 Race was a blast. There were over 4,000 racers all converged on downtown Kalkaska last Saturday.

This was an interesting year for me from a training standpoint. Last year's Iceman was my first race ever. This year I had a full season of racing under my belt. I think last year I was in better shape and had trained harder for Iceman. This year my racing performance peaked in July and then life got kind of busy and riding took a second chair for the balance of the summer. It felt a bit like "show up and ride" this year.

Last year was 2:07 vs. 2:09 this year. The 2009 course was 1 mile longer than 2008 so I figure roughly the same time as last year. The course was really fast this year and I felt the 2x1 gear ratio cost me time on the flats but am not sure a taller gear would have netted a faster time as the hills would have been really tough. I think next year a carbon frame 1x3 would be the fast ticket. I was in wave 10 and had many of my single speed younger friends in wave 8 just ahead. Many friends were in various waves all over the entry field.

At around the 3 mile mark the rider immediately in front of me wiped out in a major sand pit and I promptly went over the bars on top of him. No damage and we were back on the course quickly. The rest of the way was fairly uneventful with a bit of a challange on the nutrition side. I used honey this year and the consistency made it a bit hard to get out of the flask quickly. The finish this year had many more vendors and activity than last year including local food vendors. We stayed and watched the pro's finish. The promoters had a large digital leader board and that was fun to see the names of teammates pop up.

It was a great year of racing for Team Precision MTB, thanks to Brian and Jimmy for everything this year. Jeff hosted a killer party in a one room school house just blocks from the finish with killer homemade Chili and Chicken Noodle soup, thanks Jeff & family.

I can't wait for next season and the winter rides that are soon to come.

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Poto SSWC 2009

2009-11-01T06:04:00.006-05:00

This years Poto SSWC (Single Speed World Championship) Group Ride (IT'S NOT A RACE REMEMBER) was a blast.

It was plenty slick and lots of fun. John G, Andy E, John S, Jim, and Jeremy were in attendance along with about 80 others from all over Michigan. There were some great costumes (see picture gallery). John G even dressed up briefly in a terry cloth towel wrap!

The loop is 18 miles, Andy & I took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up around 14 miles (GPS Post below) This is an event I look forward to every year, I hope the BERC & BTT single speed ranks continue to grow and we have more join us next year!

A big thank you to Jason Jones for making this event happen, GREAT JOB.

Link to the picture gallery from the ride and here is a link to the GPS data.

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http://psswc.blogspot.com/

Offending pedal at right, smashed the cage near mile 1 and could not clip in the rest of the way.

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Final BTT Ride of 2009 - The Windfest on the Water

2009-11-01T05:49:00.005-05:00

2009 Was my first full season of BTT participation. Stevie D turned me on to the ride during the early part of the 2008 season and I have been hooked since. I tried to get there most weekends and if my GPS posts are correct I made it down to the D on 15 Saturday mornings @ 6:30am. It will be weird when I wake up on Saturday now with no BTT ride to head to.

I met many new friends this season and got to spend time with old ones as well, and had a blast. The beauty of the BTT experience is it matters not where you come from, what you do, or where you live, just pedal and have fun is the rule of the ride. It was great to see Bill at breakfast and know he is on the mend and back on the bike, way to go Bill. It was good to see Jay as well and I will keep your wife in my prayers as she continues to heal.

Here is a link to the photo gallery from the ride.

I'm gonna miss the breakfast for sure next week.

Good luck @ the Iceman everyone. & Thanks Andy for a great BTT season!

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Stony Night Ride GPS

2009-10-22T07:54:00.000-04:00

Garmin Connect - Activity Details for BERC Night Ride @ Stony

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Water Crossing Bald Mt

2009-10-04T19:06:00.000-04:00

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Massive Fall Out 2009 - Group Ride

2009-10-03T18:12:00.002-04:00

Funn day dispite the weather. Thanks to John for getting us all off the couch this morning. We all logged on to the group page to find Mr. Schram had already been waxing poetic about the weather. Long story short we would not have gone not for his prodding. The 4 of us pictured left from my house and met up with Steve D, Paul, and Ryan at Stony. We started out at Stony and headed north to Addison, we were part of the first group to loop Addison. The single track held up very well actually. The food was fantastic, I loved the Chili with the fresh vegetables from the cooks garden. Bravo! We headed off to Bald Mt. next, it was basically under water. We wanted to exit @ Conklin road but were afraid it would be un-passable so we cut out after the lower 1/2 loop of the upper section. Andy has video of the water crossing we did at the pallet section. Andy & I put a foot down, Ryan made it earlier without getting out of the pedals. Water was 2/3's of the way to the hubs. What a fun day and a great group of friends. We should count ourselves quite fortionate. To be able to organise a group of 7 starting @ 6am is pretty fun. Single Speeds were the popular steed today with 4 out of 7.

Great times everyone. Even Steve "The Clavicle" K stopped up to say hey it's raining outside what are you so muddy?

Here is the GPS post I recorded during the ride.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/15199844

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Leadville 100 Movie Trailer

2009-09-30T00:10:00.004-04:00

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Recent Ride Posts - BTT & First Surly 1x1 ride

2009-09-27T21:59:00.002-04:00

Recent ride GPS posts

BTT from 9/26/09
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/14545766

First ride on Surly 1x1 (top speed of 39MPH)
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New Bike in the Stable - Surly 1x1

2009-09-27T20:57:00.002-04:00

Not totally sure how this happened but I bought this monster
yesterday. Took it out to Stony today with John S & did the 3 loops.
It was fun, it halls and carries great momentum. Pretty rough ride
with 40 psi in the tires. If I can figure out how to run 22-25 lbs in
the tires I think it would be perfect. I'm gonna see if Brian B can
make some recommendations on making Stan's work on this rig, if anyone
can figure it our he can. I rode up to the cider mill with Shelby and
everyone wanted to know "what your bike for" I was talking with Ryan
@ KLM and he gave me the sign they made for the bike that said "This
Bikes for Fun" everyone that came in the shop asked "what's that bike
for" so I told folks it was for fun. Supprisingly it held pretty
good in the turns, bigest issue I had was the ride being really
rough. Maxxis makes a downhill tire called the High Roller that will
be perfect for this thing and make it a killer "Snow Bike". Here is a
link to the pictures.

Any ideas on how to make stans work on this thing would be
appreciated.

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BTT & Tour De Troit Ride

2009-09-19T17:26:00.004-04:00

Great ride today came close to a century. Check out the GPS post below. There were literally thousands of cycisits, both rides (30 & 60 miles) crossed on Grand River at Gratiot and it was very cool.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/13605514

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Epic Labor Day Ride 2009

2009-09-07T14:31:00.003-04:00

We did a combo fall out / iceman run hitting Balt Mt North first, then over to Addison and then down to Stony. We were on track to do the marathon loop at Stony but time was running long. Good fun had by all. In attendance John S, John G, Steve K (not pictured), Paul, and me. We had multiple commutes but millage was north of 40 miles for all with some as high as 46-47.

Here is the GPS Link -
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/12803710

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2009 First Annual Kid's Back to School BTT Ride

2009-09-05T15:03:00.006-04:00

Something special happened on BTT today. 43 riders of all skill levels including a bunch of kid's and first time BTT riders. We had 2 groups and timing worked out perfectly as both met (unplanned) at http://www.heidelberg.org/ for the "Name Game" Click below to watch the Name Game. Can Andy remember everyone's name?

Click pictures below for link to album I took during the ride. Below is a link to the GPS of the Kid's Route.

Click Here for Andy's Name Game

Click Here for Shelby Crusing the Dequinder Cut

Click Here for a GPS map of the Kids route today

Click picture below for ride picture album

2009-09-05 BTT Kid's Ride

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Iceman Training Run Addison & Bald Mt with Pat & Peter

2009-09-02T17:57:00.003-04:00

Iceman Training run GPS

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/12453014

Stony XC Photos

2009-08-31T06:59:00.001-04:00

Here are the pictures from yesterday we took. Nice job to our photographers, my daughters! Thanks to the Gonway's for feeding us so well.

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2009-08-30 Stony XC

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BTT Ride 8/29/09

2009-08-30T06:56:00.002-04:00

Good fun in the D. had to cut this one a bit short to make it back to troy by 10:30. Breakfast next time.

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http://connect.garmin.com/activity/12141418

Garmin Connect Activity : Iceman 2009 Training Ride #2

2009-08-24T19:09:00.001-04:00

Check out this Garmin Connect activity: Iceman 2009 Training Ride #2
Iceman 2009 Training Ride #2

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http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11852740

Ride Post - BTT 8/22/09

2009-08-23T08:51:00.003-04:00

It was great to be back on the Train. We had 24 riders, rain, 5 flats (3 were mine) and good food. Saw the packard plant, hitsville USA, Boston Edison neighborhood, and all the other cool sites in the D. Not sure what's up with the flats on my specialized. I've had 4 this week? Going to get some rim strips and change the rear tire 7 see if that helps.

Check out this Garmin Connect activity: BTT 8-22-09 A bit of Rain and a bunch of flat tires
BTT 8-22-09 A bit of Rain and a bunch of flat tires

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Ride Post - Iceman 2009 Training Ride #1

2009-08-23T08:48:00.001-04:00

I'm going to use this loop as my iceman training loop, this was attempt #1

Check out this Garmin Connect activity: Iceman 2009 Training Ride #1
Iceman 2009 Training Ride #1

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Cool Story - Paint Creek Trail, a flat, and Paint Creek Bicycles

2009-08-23T08:22:00.004-04:00

John S & I were taking a easy ride on PCT getting some base miles. I ended up with a flat (somethings up I got 3 more the next day) we ended up on the trail with a patch kit, tube, pump, but no 15mm wrench to get the wheel off. Were were trying the pump it up and ride as fast as you can method to get back to my house, 4 miles away. It was not working well. Keith the owner @ http://paintcreekbicycles.com/ in Lake Orion came up (on his new Black Sheep- it's sweet) and asked if we were ok. Said yes & thanks and he headed on, I called back & asked if he had a 15mm wrench, he did not and we went about patching the flat & Keith headed back toward LO. He then offered to open his shop up for us to fix the tire. His shop was 1 mile away and we accepted. Rode there on the rim & got it fixed up. A HUGE thank you to Keith & Cary @ PCB for helping us out. That's what makes biking so fun is the people rock.

Check out this Garmin Connect activity: Paint Creek Trail - Keith from Paint Creek Cycles
Paint Creek Trail - Keith from Paint Creek Cycles

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BERC 2009 Weekend Trip Recap

2009-08-18T07:06:00.005-04:00

This years trip was fun and challenging. We learned to appreciate our broadband internet connections for sure as we tried to load the Iceman GPS over dial-up. We got in a night ride this year as well. Thanks to Andy for the use of a very cool farm house and thanks to all for the Beef Jerky, it was pretty good. This year we had 6 riders, this is a 50% increase over the 2008 trip and we hope more join us next year. We hope to figure out a way to head west next year. Joining us of the 2009 trip were: Andy E, Steve D, Pablo, John G, Paul, and Dave.

There were a few cuts and bruises and one broken chain but no major medical or mechanical issues.

John, Paul and I started out the weekend hitting Addison Oaks before we left town. Then we hit the Cadillac Pathway for a night ride. Saturday we did the Vasa Trail and Acadia Dunes Trail. Sunday was Big M and a dip in the Manistee River then on home.

POST Up some comments fellas, use the blog comment link if you were there to add you 2 cents

Ride GPS's

Addison - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11191413
Cadillac - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11337090
Vasa - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11336431
Acadia - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11336420
Big M - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/11336416

Trip picture gallery below

2009-08-16-09 BERC Weekend

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Garmin Connect Activity : Telluride Coonskin Mountain - Pioneer Trail

2009-08-05T21:35:00.001-04:00

Check out this Garmin Connect activity: Telluride Coonskin Mountain - Pioneer Trail
Telluride Coonskin Mountain - Pioneer Trail

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Family Ride in Telluride

2009-07-31T18:59:00.008-04:00

Today was the day for the family ride. We headed out bravely to tackle the Mt. Shelby and I rented our bikes after a walk to Baked in Telluride where we had the 2 best breakfast burritos we've ever had. One Chorizo and Egg the other Potato and Egg. We enjoyed swapping bites and hot sauce (only me on the hot sauce) WOW were they Yummy. We waited out the sudden rain storm with the Friday paper and a Chai Tea. (Shelby needed 5 ice cubes to reach the desired drinking temperature) Christy hit the weekly Friday farmers market and then we headed for the gondola too head up the Mt. The weather was giving us a run for it but after spending about 20 minutes waiting it out in a grounded Gondola car we ventured out. I feel a bit responsible as the ride host for leading my troops into battle and not preparing them properly. What seemed like great fun and easy riding just 2 days before had a whole new feel with Christy and the Girls along. They were troopers and we altered our route and decided to not pursue the geocache. The altered route was VERY steep and we were committed by the time we figured out it was not going to level out. Basically straight down the Mt. They felt more comfortable as it was wide track and not single track that they were really uncomfortable on. We walked down the Boomerang Road Trail to the Valley Floor Trail and then rode around for awhile along the river. The ride ended up back in town for nutella and banana crepes from a very cool street vendor that is also a cyclist so we enjoyed talking rides with him. Below are some pictures we snapped today. enjoy

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2009-07-31 Telluride Family Bike Ride

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Ride report from Telluride, Colorado

2009-07-29T14:34:00.003-04:00

Hey everyone - I just finished an incredible ride here in Telluride. The pictures do NOT do it justice for sure. It is so beautiful. I did just under 20 miles and took the gondola to the Mt. Top and rode around up top then down the other side of the Mt. It took a little getting used to going from the Qball to a 26" full suspension bike but I got used to it quick and was glad I had it. Single would have been one heck of a challenge. I tried to add captions to many of the pics to narate what I was seeing on the trail. It was fantastic, the only thing that would have made it better was to have my riding buddies with me. Lets plan a trip next year back here.

Enjoy the Pics

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2009-07-29 1st Bike Ride Telluride

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The Second Family Night ride at Stony

2009-07-20T10:18:00.002-04:00

Sorry I missed this one. Great photo Pablo, love the effects you used to shad the edges. Lets keep this going

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BTT 07-11-09 ride post

2009-07-11T16:53:00.003-04:00

A bit of rain today but not bad, logged good miles and nice pace. We got to see Hitsville with all the MJ tributes, Boston Edison, Henry Ford's house & Model T plant, The old Packard Plant, The Island, and even a few ships in the river. Breakfast rocked per usual. There were even claims of seeing "the council women" driving in a car, unsubstantiated reports that is.

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BERC Dad's and Kid's Ride Stony "The Pines"

2009-07-11T16:45:00.003-04:00

Here is a link to the gps data from the ride. Everyone had a BLAST. Pictures below as well

2009-07-09 Stony Family Bike Ride

Check out this Garmin Connect activity: BERC Dad's and Kids Stony Ride
BERC Dad's and Kids Stony Ride
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New Single Speeder in the Family

2009-07-01T17:28:00.005-04:00

Shelby's new bike arrived today from our ebay purchase. It was just as expected and very well packed. The rear tire has a slice in it so I will need to replace it tomorrow but other than that better than expected. Hear is a picture of the new "Single Speeder" notice the "your bike sucks" sticker, great for a 10 year old - gotta start them out right.

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Stony Marathon Race Video

2009-07-01T14:42:00.001-04:00

longer version of Matt's video from the race with podium shots and super slo-mo of Brian Brown on a rock garden at the 4:00 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD0Py75mcDc

Lake Orion Race Tuesday 6/30

2009-07-01T08:24:00.002-04:00

Reports are in and a good time was had by all. Here is an eye witness account:

And you should have seen how many medals we walked away with!! We hadso much bling we looked like a bunch of West Coast rappers that had the advance for their next album delivered straight to the pawn shop. Talking decadent, y'all. For real. Out. - John Gonway
A great time was had by all at the Dragon GAP Mountain bike race at Lake Orion High school. - Stevie D

Congrats to Paul, John, Steve, Drew, Jacob, Lucas, and Allie! way to go guys.

Garmin Connect Activity : Stony - Post Marathon Ride Tuesday

2009-06-30T14:47:00.001-04:00

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Stony - Post Marathon Ride Tuesday

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Garmin Connect Activity : Stony Post Marathon ride

2009-06-30T14:46:00.001-04:00

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Stony Post Marathon ride

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Garmin Connect Activity : John Gonway GPS Stony Marathon Race 062709

2009-06-28T09:58:00.001-04:00

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Stony Marathon Race 062709

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Stony Marathon Race

2009-06-27T17:31:00.002-04:00

Fun was had by all today! It was not to fun finising the last lap, this was a test for sure!! Thanks to everyone for riding today, we had a few podiums as well. Below is a link to the GPS data from my ride & a few pictures my daughters took. It was great to have the family there today.

dave

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/7638247

2009-06-27 Stoney Marathon

Kids Bike for Sale

2009-06-25T13:36:00.003-04:00

If anyone is interested I just through my Daughters 20" Trek up on MMBA. Here is a link

http://mmba.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=91015

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Stony XC Race Sat the 27th

2009-06-22T03:07:00.002-04:00

Just registered for the race, it's this Saturday 10am. Here is a link to the registration site

Who's In?

https://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=8904

** STONY CREEK MARATHON CROSS COUNTRY RACE ** 2009 USAC-MTB MICHIGAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP XC SERIES RACE #5 of 9

Presented by

Tailwind Enterprises

Shelby Twp., MI

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Online Registration Closes

Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 11:59 PM ET

Garmin Connect Activity : Fathers Day Ride

2009-06-21T20:03:00.001-04:00

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Fathers Day Ride

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Garmin Connect Activity : Monday Night Ride

2009-06-15T20:59:00.001-04:00

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Monday Night Ride

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Garmin Connect Activity : Holly Rec Area

2009-06-14T16:55:00.001-04:00

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Holly Rec Area

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Garmin Connect Activity : BTT - 6-13-09

2009-06-14T16:53:00.001-04:00

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BTT - 6-13-09

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Fwd: Early Morning Ride, Saturday, 061309

2009-06-13T20:18:00.001-04:00

nice ride this morning with me, Paul Mann and John S-- Stevie D. took a rehab ride with us, too, sticking to the Clinton River Trail into downtown Rochester and back. My Garmin info follows (by the way, it should pretty much be identical to John S's Garmin info for the Stony part since the SOB was right on my ass-- he was so close I think he was drinking from my Camelback; he even had enough energy to take in a 2nd lap while Paul and I went back home so I could make an 8:30 kickoff at Borden Park):

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/7107267

Fwd: Garmin Connect Activity : John G and Paul

2009-06-08T10:42:00.001-04:00

John G and Paul

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PLRA 2 laps

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--
Best regards,

John P. Gonway
248-844-2558 home
248-514-8382 mobile

Pics from Hanson Hills

2009-06-07T20:44:00.000-04:00

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2009-06-07 Hanson Hills MTB Race

Garmin Connect Activity : Hanson Hills MTB Race

2009-06-07T20:12:00.000-04:00

I will post up pictures later, great day had a blast.

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Hanson Hills MTB Race

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Garmin Connect Activity : Friday Mystery Ride - Where's Waldo

2009-06-05T19:14:00.001-04:00

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Friday Mystery Ride - Where's Waldo

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Garmin Connect Activity : Bald Mt South and North, Addison Oaks

2009-06-02T20:19:00.000-04:00

Today's Ride Got a bit long. Good Stress reliever. I'm getting lots of practice falling. On Bald Mt North in the wet section I missed the plank and hit the deep puddle at low speed.....splat

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Bald Mt South and North, Addison Oaks

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Garmin Connect Activity : Bald Mt and Addison Loop

2009-05-31T12:35:00.000-04:00

Thanks to John and John for slugging out early to make this ride a success. Had a great ride, early morning shove off, it was a bit cold but we quickly warmed up. John G got a special blast of warm air to assist on the inbound trail to BM N. Pretty much turned into a hammer fest, catch me if you can. It was a fun ride minus the low speed wipe out I had at BM S, the cut is kinda cool however.

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Bald Mt and Addison Loop

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Garmin Connect Activity : BTT 5-30-09

2009-05-31T12:32:00.000-04:00

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BTT 5-30-09

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Garmin Connect Activity : Bald Mt South and North Loop

2009-05-25T20:30:00.001-04:00

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Bald Mt South & North Loop

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Bloomer Race - XC

2009-05-24T20:47:00.003-04:00

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The www.precisionmtb.com team had a good showing today. Ray came in 2nd, John 4th, Dave 3rd. Not sure where Shannon finished I did not see him after the race & can not find the results online yet. We had a blast today (most of it) the course was hard. Ray rocked it in expert! Got to meet Shannon, and John & I got to ride together for most of the second half of the race. I had the pleasure of changing a flat "in race" not fun. Hello Stan's Tubeless. The course was very hilly and gave me a real run for the money. Below is the garmin data & some pictures my family took. It was fun to have my girls there (Christy too) Shelby did the kids race (her first) and came in third & had a great time.

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Bloomer XC Race
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/6112023

2009-05-24 Bloomer Race

BTT - 5/23/09 - Name Game Video and Ride Pictures

2009-05-23T15:12:00.003-04:00

Did the BTT ride this morning, 23 riders left the fort at 6:35 and took to the streets of Detroit. We had fantastic weather and a nice pace. We did most of the usual spots and had a number of first time BTT riders. Andy, as usual, rocked the name game. Below is a link to this mornings "name game" video.... I had an opportunity to meet many of Andy's family after the ride, wish it was under better circumstances but he has a nice and far flung clan. His brother Dave could start a BTT in Utah after listening to him name off all the cool rides he could host us on their.

The Name Game

Photos from the ride

2009-05-23 BTT

Garmin Connect Activity : Holdridge Lakes - West Loop & Gruber's Grinder

2009-05-22T12:28:00.001-04:00

This thing was a handfull!

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Holdridge Lakes - West Loop & Gruber's Grinder

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Holdridge Trail Guide

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Garmin Connect Activity : Tree Farm - Lakeshore Park Ride

2009-05-20T20:08:00.000-04:00

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Tree Farm - Lakeshore Park Ride

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http://connect.garmin.com/activity/5821265

Garmin Connect Activity : Poto Team Group Ride

2009-05-17T12:53:00.003-04:00

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Poto Team Group Ride

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Garmin Connect Activity : Lunch Meeting Commute

2009-05-17T12:53:00.001-04:00

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Lunch Meeting Commute

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Garmin Connect Activity : The Longest I have riden for a meal on a bike (it was good)

2009-05-12T13:52:00.000-04:00

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The Longest I have riden for a meal on a bike (it was good)

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/5229949

dave

Garmin Connect Activity : Bloomer & Stony Loops

2009-05-11T20:56:00.001-04:00

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Bloomer & Stony Loops

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/5216818

Single Speed Pictures

2009-05-10T20:11:00.002-04:00