7/2/08

The Iron Cross is still months away, but I'm already excited at it's possibilities. Today, while in the garage, we found these old 26x1.25 slicks. They have flat protection and the sidewalls look pretty good. The idea for the Iron cross this year was that I would just pump up my tires to 50 or 60 psi, and ride the Taurine, since I do not have a crossbike. But after finding these, I'm just gonna run them tubeless on my Stans wheels. They're gonna be fast on the pavement, and if it's dry, shouldn't be too bad on the trails. Both mountain bikes are in the shop, cause I'm switching the spider on the Taurine for a 4-bolt triple. Then I'm switching the cranksets so that the aluminum one is on the Rush and the carbon one is on the Taurine. The carbon one is heavier, but I'm doing it because the aluminum will hold up to rocks better. It's too hard to go easy on the road, so I didn't ride today. Instead I took my dogs up for a hike with my mom on some of the trails by the parking lot. I brought a small packsaw and was able to cut back some branches as well as build up log ramps on a fallen log, making it rideable. Tomorrow I'm going night riding for the first this year. I'd better get a ride in before the night tt. Gonna ride with my mom on the "beginner ride," save the ride as a course on my Garmin, and ride it again at night, hopefully without getting lost.