MexicanDragon

Xavier finishing his first ever Time Trial. He came in last in the junior division, but he was the only kid in Chattanooga to even compete. 7 kids in his age group (9-12) and the other 6 were split evenly between two teams which came from at least 2 hours away, and almost every kid had Zipp 303, 404, or 808s... but one had some deeper-than-808 Reynolds wheels. We went out on a ride with a septuagenarian friend of mine about 2 hours after this pic was taken, and we got in an hour ride. When we were packing up after that ride, he told me "I forgot how much I love riding!" <3 **BRENT**

Wayne, listen to Stretch. **BRENT**

I need to remember to abuse this later, but I haven't had free time in a while. I haven't even gotten to post pix of Xavier's bike race, or that pic of Colin that he's going to hate me for. Jeff, hit me up next time you see me in chat and remind me. **BRENT**

Paging @tom_hankins **BRENT** Sent from my R1 HD using Tapatalk

FYI: Tidal has a "Friends and Family" deal where the primary member pays the full amount and you can add on up to 3-5 more people for half price (5$ for poor people music, 10$ for FLAC.) If anyone wants to go in on this, we could bring down the per-person cost a bit (2 for 30$, 3 for 40$, 4 for 50$, 5 (possibly) for 60$) which would make the cost for Roon basically what most of us are paying anyways. Post up if anyone is interested and we can take it from there. **BRENT**

Got it worked out; he races 8am Saturday morning. **BRENT**

Grrr... so it seems you have to have a license to race and I didn't realize it. I looked and it's a 200$ late fee, had I done it before 8:30am today. Otherwise, 35$ for the year + 15$ for the race. I emailed the contact from the race, but Xavier is really bummed about this. I'm hoping I can work something out. **BRENT**

More info: the crit is probably going to be about 20 kids, from 9-14. I talked to him some more and I think we're leaning more towards Time Trial as well. Steve, like Chris mentioned, he's a bit nervous when it comes to cornering at speed; it's not something we really get to practice since we only have a few turns on our usual routes we can take at speed, and he hasn't been out much lately. I'll go ahead and sign him up tonight before the late fee hits. **BRENT**

So there is a bike race -- The River Gorge Omnium -- with a junior division this weekend and Xavier and I are talking about entering him in it. For those of you with racing experience, there is a 4 mile Time Trial at 8:30am and a 20 minute criterium at noon. I think he's definitely open to doing one, but both are on the table. If you only had to pick one, which would it be? With 3 hours of rest between the TT and Crit, would that be enough? TT route Downtown crit route **BRENT**

Biscuits and Gravy with the Spanish Fly **BRENT**

So? **BRENT**

Fuck you, Chris! **BRENT**

Got some new-to-me wheels for the mtn bike. I probably dropped a solid half pound off the bike today. Front: Chris King with Mavic X517 Ceramic Rear: Nukeproof hub and rim Both with Specialized tires. **BRENT**

Mornin', Chris. **BRENT**

Haven't had a biscuit in weeks. Went to 80s and 90s club, then back at gay bar. Met tons of people and ran into friends I haven't seen in months. Having a blast. #PokémonGo **BRENT**

So I am at a gay bar right now... **BRENT**

I know that feeling all too well. **BRENT**

I'm going out with 300 people tonight on a bar crawl. I'll be sure to send you updates on the crazy twink scene that will be out. **BRENT**

That's weaksauce. I'm going on a Pokecrawl tonight after work that includes a ride on the Chattanooga Ducks (did you guys do that?) Going from one side of the river to the other in one of these. The Aquarium on the right and the building on the left are fantastic spots, and I hold up about 2-3 blocks from there when we play. I LOVE living 3 minutes from there. **BRENT**

21, almost 22. Zoë is 23. Xavier missed two weeks with grandparents but is catching up. Dude, we have spots that will blow your mind. Let's make it happen. **BRENT**

Raffy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deepak **BRENT**

Nate, the NV is the second sexiest rack out there, next to the NV 2.0. At full price, I'd say go with the 2, but for half price? That's fantastic! I wouldn't have known it was used if you didn't mention it was off CL. Very jealous. I just got home from a ride. It's scary that 90* with a RealFeel of 95 with 70% humidity feels good, relative to the past 2 months. https://www.strava.com/activities/671773128 **BRENT**

No wonder you have so many headphones. **BRENT**

I like how that doesn't explain why you didn't get a babysitter. I'm sure your list goes "Me > my kids > other people". Nope, my kids are way ahead of me. That's why I currently live in relative poverty so they can go to the best public school in the region, a school that was at one point rated the best magnet school in the country. **BRENT**

To annoy you 13 years in the future. **BRENT**