Lazy Days

We've all been bit by the bug of laziness here...even the weather has joined in...instead of working hard to provide glorious sunshine, it's been overcast and spitting rain now all week. The dogs have the right idea. I did somehow muster the strength to get out and grab a few rides this week, nothing to exciting but it was new roads/routes so that was nice. One of the nice things here in the Upstate is that all the "popular" routes to ride are marked...all you have to do is pick a route then follow the colored arrows on the road to find your way around, really makes it nice. One of the more popular rides is the "Bakery" ride...basically head up to Tigerville, Sc, park and ride the watershed up to Saluda, SC where there is a nice little local bakery, fuel up, then cruise home. Nothing special about the ride, pretty mellow...it is pretty much up-hill all the way there(16 miles)then you get to cruise home. To my knowledge there is nothing special about the little town of Saluda, as you can see by the pic of main st., other than being just another small town tucked in the shadows of the Blue Ridge mtns, regardless, it's a nice turn-a-round spot. JeffP and I decided to make the ride a bit longer on Tuesday...riding from my house, rolled by his house and let him jump in the draft then headed north towards Saluda. Weather held off on the way there, but inevitably on the way home it dumped....i said it dumped...for about an hour solid we road in POURING rain. Awesome. Luckily on the way home we were able to cut it a bit short and hop on the new Swamp Rabbbit trail and avoid what was certain death on wet roads with huge traffic. Day ended with 85 miles and 4500ft gained...oh and did i mention it was wet? Wednesday i got out and just road from Tigerville up to Saluda, only 35 miles, with TheaK in what turned into a 2 hour rain ride....wet again, not sure if the bike is ever gonna dry out. TheaK just won the SC Cat1 State Championships as well as becoming the newest member of the Colavita women's team...ya she's a strong rider...but she can't touch me on the downhills!! Here's a video of her a few weeks ago winning the SC Cat1 State Championship...congrats kid, I'm sure there are many more to come.


That was the week in a nutshell...pretty boring. Next on the table is the last race of the Dirty Spokes series. Right now I'm in the points lead for Clydesdale and sitting somewhere in the top 5 expert...after that it's the Swank65. Then it's time to let the bike hibernate for a few weeks while the fork is sent off to S-EX for some much needed TLC after a long season. Peace out.