Frozen Turkey Ride - Thanksgiving 2010

Dave G., Cori J., and Brandon (dressed like a robber)

I occasionally question my own sanity--especially this morning.  Leading up to the Frozen Turkey Ride, I kept texting Brandon weather reports. Nonetheless, we went forward with the ride.  It was cold this morning--possibly the coldest ride I've ever done. Brandon said it was 7 F.

I'm sure glad that I went.  Once we were climbing betty, my core was warmed up.  The sun eventually came out and made things even better.  We paused at the rock altar and expressed thanks for singletrack.

What a great way to start Thanksgiving.  On to Food, Family, and Football.

I'm looking forward to the draper velodrome

The Draper Velodrome, from what I understand, will be concrete.  The picture above is from the world championships.  There should be plenty of carnage when the newbies hit the track in Draper.

Big News

The weather is colder--I'm still riding.  Even with the snow/rain, the cat litter lined trails in the UC are rideable.

Anyways - two bits of cycling news that you probably have heard about.

1.  Draper continues to amaze me with their support of cycling.  The city recently approved the master plan for not only a velodrome, but a crit course, pump track, and more.  Check out the plan here.  I may have to move to Draper.

2. Cross is finally returning to Utah County.  Nov. 20 in American Fork.  Details here.

Hell-O-Ween 2010

The Hell-O-Ween Ride continues to grow. I'm not sure if anyone officially counted, but a guess was around 30 people.  Some sweet costumes.  The ride was a blast followed by a good breakfast at Denny's.

In addition to the Hell-O-Ween ride, the world night championship was held and a new belt holder was crowned.

Brandon and Rick also battled for a small prize to determine the winner from my small contest.  Rick won a beanie to help keep his bare head warm in the winter.



Hell-O-Ween Ride 2010 from atomicmiles on Vimeo.


Here is a link to the pic's I took

And the winner is.........

A couple of days ago, a small contest was posted. Of the entries sent in, no one had all of the answers correct on their first try.  I found it strange that within seconds of each other, Brandon and Rick finally submitted the correct answers.  Brandon's guilt must have got to him as he admitted a collaboration with Rick to get the correct answers.  Rick quickly pointed out that the "rules were clear... there were no rules".
To determine a winner, a race between Rick and Brandon will be held--maybe tonight at the Hell-o-ween ride.  Hopefully they put a serious amount of hurt on each other.

Answers:
1. Dave B.
2. Ricky M.
3. Rick S.
4. Kenny
5. Kenny's Bike he loans out
6. Dan Z.
7. Jon S.
8. Doug
9. Brandon
10. Rob R.
11. Brandon
12. Miles

A quick story about pic #11.  When we were riding the "whole enchilada" in Moab, Jason W. walked up to Brandon and asked, "Hey Brandon, what are these?"  He thought they were some new hi-tech bike part.  

A small contest

I commonly have problems with bike lust (I don't consider a it a problem or a disease, but my wife does).  Below are some pics of bikes from some of the riders from the UC lunch rides (there are some draper/CC bike(s) too). See if you can name the owners of the bikes.  EMAIL me atomicmiles at gmail.com.  I'll find a prize to the first one who emails me with all the correct answers.  

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The Whole Enchilada - Video

The Whole Enchilada from atomicmiles on Vimeo.