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I have had a breakthrough. The best way to cover up the dirt flavor of the Kale is to use little to no Kale. Real cutting edge stuff here. Apple Strawberries Bunch of Ice Almond Milk Small Handful of Kale Chia / Flax mix Pretty damn good.

Very impressive Nate. 50 miles on the bike non-stop seems pretty tough. Glad to see Xavier has less crashes per mile than his dad typically sees. Went on another awesome ride with Chris this morning. This one was his hill climb down by Mt. Vernon. Started out a bit rough when I hit the longest, steepest climb of the ride and found it pretty damn difficult. Got to the top and realized I had once again left the bike in the big ring in the upper middle of the cassette. After that it was a nice route with some decent climbs but nothing serious. Amounted to about 670' of climbing over the 20 mile ride. Not much for the real riders but dramatically better than I could do this time last year.

No way! If I am going to the trouble to drink Chia Pet seeds I am not putting unhealthy booze in there.

Oh yeah. I will pick up Alex, if he is able to come, and head to your house. I think 7:30 would be more manageable than 7:00 if I have to stop to pick him up.

I do not know. Would it be easier to park at your house or meet you along the route? I am not sure what the route is.

Okay. You mind if Alex from Fresh Bikes comes along?

Is that the neighborhood down by Mt. Vernon that you have to climb up a cliff?

I can do either, you want some hill climbing?

If you have a 90 minute route then we should do that. I only know my trail, Mt. Vernon and Rock Creek Park.

Yeah, I am up for a ride. Where? I put on the Garmin heart rate thing for the first time today. I am definitely in the Nate category with an average HR of 186. Pretty damn high.

Post ride Smoothie Kale Whole Peach 1/4 Cucumber 3 Strawberries Almond Milk Spectrum Decadent Blend Chia, Flax, Coconut and Cocoa mix. Good, but it needs more mix I think to cover some of the dirt flavor from the Kale.

Great to hear Dan. I just got back from a short 12 mile ride. Not too bad as long as you keep moving but it is pretty damn warm when you stop for stop lights. 5 PR with the proper speed / cadence center and 2+ MPH faster avg speed. Still not going to keep up with most of you guys but I was happy holding over 20MPH for the first 8 miles.

I MOCK YOU. Kidding Ari, I already have all that stuff except for the spare tire box and I have no spare tires. How is the bike shop going?

I was hoping to be out by 7 or 8. I am around for a Sunday ride if weather permits.

Definitely. I used my stand to put my new cadence / speed sensor on the Cervelo. No more 3MPH downhills for me. Getting up early for a ride tomorrow and trying to decide whether to take out the Calfee with the new wheels or the Cervelo to see what my average speed might be without the numerous speed gaps caused by the trees.

Yeah shelves will probably work just as well. I like the holes for all my Park Tools to slip into and the tray comes in handy for parts / screws.

Did you get the tray and the handlebar stays? I bought them and find the tray to be the most useful really.

The Park Tools stand is great.

I have the same water bottles. They work very well in the heat. I usually don't even bother with ice since I am out for an hour to an hour and a half at most.

Nice, you even have special cups for yours.

Had a successful experiment today. 1/4 of a Cucumber 5 Strawberries Bunch of Pineapple Milk Ice

I have made an awesome Roasted Red Pepper soup out of the Vitamix cook book in mine. Quite good. Tonight I failed again. Evidently when you don't pay attention at the grocery store and pick up Mustard Greens instead of Kale, you get a fairly spicy smoothie. 1 Peach 3 large Strawberries 3 Chunks of Mustard Greens

Took the Calfee out to try the new wheels and check out a route that I can take to get me to my normal Trail. Bike is greatly improved by losing that pound of wheels. The ride seems to be quite a bit smoother as well, similar to that of the Titanium DeSalvo with the big 28mm tires. The route works out pretty well but is only a 2 lane road with many stretches of no shoulder so it could be rough.

"Always buy the top model or you lose points." VPI 2011

Yeah I very much like mine and I am not a fan of Oakley typically.