Hit the road

Well, all the thorns DID make us lose some air so we decided to take the road back....A nice ride apart from all the red-necks flying by...

Oklahoma loves Goat-head thorns....it seems.

Someone asked me a while back in "Stans" really work? Well, I pulled out about 30 thorns from each tire....so....yes.....it works :-P

Graduation Day.

We spent last weekend in Turner Falls and brought the bikes and did some riding out there. Not the most technical trails, but that was probably good since Grace Ann had just graduated to clip-less pedals :-)

RCP with the girls.

So, there has not been much riding lately, but I managed to get out to RCP ther other day with the girls.....It still a blast to ride, I'm just not doing it so fast anymore :-P

Warda, Texas, 1996

We had no idea who the guy was, but he beat the crap out of all the other Pro's that showed up. Turned out it was Floyd Landis. He's doing ok now...I know, because I see him on TV every morning, still beating the crap out of all the Pro's. This time it's not Warda, but Tour De France.
At least I can say that I was on the same page in Norba News as Floyd.
..as my friend used to say: The difference between us and those guys is the same as the difference between shooting a bullet, and throwing it.

Mountainbiking?...Not for a while.

So...it rained a bit this weekend. This, is White Rock Lake Park...or was. The spillway is....erh....spilling. And the park, not so much park, anymore. Sweet Jesus...that was a lot of water.

Racing...Not so much.

Wish I could say I did a lot of bad-ass racing...
Neither the foot or my fitness allowed for that. Did some riding though, and a lot of hiking. Awesome views out there.

Road trip

Long time, no blog.
Well, there has not been much riding going on. So, off to Lajitas we go.....

You hucking 30 footers with that bad-boy?

Downhill pedals on a road-bike? Well, what ever works....I can't fit my fat ankle in the road-shoes yet, and I went for my first ride today. 10 miles. It was ouchy in more ways than one.

The Unveiling

Good job Dr Turgeon.

Now, can I have my calf-muscle back?

One more day.....and I can burn this freaking thing. 

My new ride.

Absence makes the heart grow founder, I guess, as it's hard to imagine that I could enjoy 8 minutes on this piece of shit so much. But I did.

Gimpy chicken leg.

Fat foot. Skinny leg. As nasty as it looks (and feels), it is MUCH better than the cast. Now awaits Physical Therapy....and of course, trying to get on the trainer and turn a crank over.

The Bionic Man

Lots of hardware.....expensive too. All in all, this whole thing cost me about $1000. At least I have pretty pictures to remind me.
It's going to be fun going through the metal detectors at the airports now...

Useless Body-part.

This is completely useless. I'm done with it. If anybody wants it, let me know....
And, besides, where did Mr Morphine go? I liked him.

Morphine goooood, mmmk.

Ok, so that is now over and I have been introduced to a new friend, Mr Morphine.
I like him.
We'll see how well I'm doing when he leaves.

Xray.

It's like, broken, and stuff. I raced on that...for an hour...and finished 4th. What do I win? Stubborn of the year award? 

Not bad racing for a gimp.

Hard to believe that my leg is broken in the picture.
Ok...Here's the deal. On Friday at 7.00am I will go under the knife to get the bones reset and pinned. It will be done at Park Cities Medical Center by Dr Turgeon.
I should be out late the same day and then it will be 4 weeks until I can walk without crutches.
Though I am a bit apprehensive, I'm ready to get on with this thing.
Wish me good luck!

It aint all bad.

At least I have the best nurse in the world :-)

Maybe not.

Unfortunatly, that whole thing did not work out. Riding in 1st, I went down in a corner about half-way in to the first lap (of 3) and twisted my foot pretty bad. It hurt like hell, but I thought I could get my shit together and catch the lead-group that had now passed me....
Well, turns out that thing is broken. Big time. Now I'm waiting for get some plates and screws in that sucker so I can walk again.

Long time no blog.

So, time to pull that jersey back on and get back to racing. The first race in the DORBA series at Rowlett Creek. Should be fun.

50 miles on a MTB * 2

I rode out to the summer-house again and had a really shitty ride. It was *really* windy, raining off and on and I was not in a mood for either.
It was 50 miles of cursing.
The ride back was *much* better as the weather was perfect, almost no wind and I was accompanied by my brother-in-law so we could take turns on the front.

In Gothenburg with my God-daughter.

Caitlin and I doing some shopping.

Vacation picture. No bike content :-)

Sure is a nice place to visit....

Vacation picture. NB: Bike content!

Went out to the summer house today and had great ride, even though my cold is now is full swing, it was *very* nice to be on the bike.

I wear sunglasses at night.

Sweden is freaky in the summer. I had to wear shades on my evening ride that ended at 10.00 pm (when this picture was taken).

TdF Eurosport Style.

The crappy weather the first couple of days made me feel better about doing some of this:
Couch-surfing at my sisters house.