lazy monday

05.29.09 - goat group 10
Originally uploaded by solo_goat

in the spirit of a lazy monday, a short post.

mucho bike work in progress, drinking way too much coffee and enjoying the day off.

so should you.

sologoat out.

day off

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

whew, been a few hectic weeks as i am getting in some miles and building up and repairing bikes.

few melt downs last week trying to fix and repair bikes. never fails. at some point during a hectic week, my training bikes decide to act up. drives me nutz. now i'm back in business. just remember, 'when in doubt, switch it out." i should remember that more often.

this weekend - long recon mission at the shop and few other spots. should be good to get out on trails and not have to freak out about getting back into town for the joby job.

all parts in on the pivots - and dan the man is taking top secret blog pics as i type away at the shop.

have a good weekend, get in some miles, drink some good brew and coffee.

sologoat out

i'm feeling tarty

new video passed along by past fellow irma street posse member tris - tarty bikes Danny MacAskill showing off some skillz.

warning - when watching, prepare to have your mind blown away at 3:10 into it. unreal.

sologoat out

Ernesto DSG interview on CyclingDirt.com

full write up on the SPEEDGOAT BLOG.


sologoat out

dsg 12 hour - short write up

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

mud - and lots of it.

pulled out after two and half of laps - 1 1/2 of laps of pure mud hell. offical result - 6th place.

1. jb
2. harlan
3. andy a (offically not an ohio resident, but that's OK)

congrats to all that finished and who completed a lap - it's an epic that will be talked about for years to come.

now - gotta catch up on life. longer write up in the next day or two - until then, chekc out flickr (about 25 pics up)

sologoat out

DSG 12 hour pre-ride

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

at the dsg and hoping the rain won't come.

pre-rode today and yesterday - course has new sections which are holding up good, but the existing trails are pretty soaked and holding lots of water from the week worth of rain dumpage.

lets just hope the rain stays away - potential rain coming in tonight.

write up coming sometime sunday - for now, time to rest.

sologoat out

next up

2009 cohutta 01
Originally uploaded by solo_goat

dsg 12 hour

sologoat out

cohutta write up

2008 cohutta 100 - 08,
originally uploaded by solo_goat.

now up at the Speedgoat Blog.

for now - getting ready for the wobblenaught fit on pivot #01.

see you at the crits tomorrow if there's no rain as i stay faaaar away from wet sketchy pavement and twitchy bike riders.

sologoat out

cohutta quick recap

2009 cohutta 01,
originally uploaded by solo_goat.

hot in both pace and temps. 7:12 was my finish time, 21 minutes faster then last years. i placed top 15 but not 100% sure of exact placing as i took off for the drive home.

pace was hot, temps were even higher. i and most of the 100 field were dealing with cramps as early as 50 miles in.

gerry won single speed, andy came in 15 minutes behind me.

sorry for the lack of pics - been a hectic work week and i was soaking in the sun time which has not come often this year for this ohio rider.

full write up coming in the next day or two on the speedgoat site.

sologoat out

i like latte's so much, i run it in my tires

just in...

CaffeLatex will be now running in my tires. as a replacement to running stan's seaslant, caffelatex foams up within you tire to make for effective sealant.

stay tuned for install instructions and how to replace your current stans setup with caffelatex.

now - time to sleep. cohutta in the AM - fast and dry. pain train to commence at 7am.

all aboard!

sologoat out

RATL race 1 video

Race At the Lakes #1 from Mark Gorman on Vimeo.

video shot from a camera mounted to my bar at last weeks RATL - a lot of butt shots and it's a bit jumpy as the course is kind of rough. thanks for mark over at ohio outside for letting me borrow his camera and for the editing.

for video junkies out there, it was shot on an oregon scientific ATC5K camera - runs about $250'ish or so.

next race, we are going to try running it on the helmet to see if it steadies out.

check back friday - may put up some video later in the day going up the opening climb at the cohutta course.

sologoat out

bike work 101

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originally uploaded by solo_goat.

the past 4 days have been a long excercise in my bike wrenching skills. never fails - always when i am putting in big hours, something is bound to break. in an effort to save cash, i run things into the ground.

this past week - had a chain/cassette go out, snapped a spoke nipple (but luckily the spoke and rim are OK) and had a mavic rim sidewall wear out. nice.

that - and i somehow managed to get the pivot together - but i am missing a few parts here and there, so no full blown pics until i got the complete package together.

last week - my "suprise" attack at the local crit did not go un-noticed and i somehow managed to find 2 other partners in crime with me on my attack from the gun. about 50 guys started, about half got lapped. average speed for the first 45 minutes was around 26-27mph - finished up lucky number 13.

this weekend - slower and waaaaaaaaaay longer. the cohutta 100.

sologoat out

friday

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originally uploaded by solo_goat.

ride, work, ride, eat, sleep, repeat.

mucho thanks going out to the speedgoat gang and the following new sponsors...

JAGWIRE
Setting me up with HyFlow housing and disc brake pads to help me stop when I need to stop (which is always a good thing).

ALPHA Q
Will be setting up the bikes with ProLite post and stems and the XROC 3 degree oversized bar.


LAZER HELMETS
will soon be running the lazer genesis road helmet which runs their new Rollsys fit system for a super snug helmet that fits super nice.

build up pics and possible video coming soon!

sologoat out

another night ride in the bag

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

pivot build up number 1

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

is now complete - somewhat.

few parts to be finalized after i get my wobblenaught fit and we are waiting for a few others to come in. final parts and full coverage of the build ups by dan the man will soon be up on the speedgoat blog after frame #2 arrives in a short bit.

i9's, king ti cage xtr, foxl are just a few of the brands you'll see on the final builds - weight is actually around the same area as the asylums.

thanks for dan the man, jim, don and the whole speedgoat crew for pulling together a great build up for 2009.

now - off to sneak in a long ride before sunday dinner with the family.

sologoat out

long days

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

last night ride ended at 9:45pm as i snuck in both a long day at work and on the trail.

not mucho to report on these days as the meat of the season is fast approaching, but i am really looking forward to heading out to speedgoat shop to build up and pick up pivot #1, meet up with the guys and then get a good ride up linn run to hit up some of the local 'goat trails that i don't get to see enough of.

local road races are starting soon - hope to hit a few of those up to remind all of those roadies how mountain bike races start.

120% effort at the gun.

with that in mind - i'm out. possibility i may actually get a long ride in without having to use my lights.

sologoat out

2 saturdays, 2 derailleurs

2 saturdays, 2 derailleurs
Originally uploaded by solo_goat

somehow managed to snap 2 vintage sram 9.0sl rear derailleurs in the past week or so. nice. managed to to convert the niner to a hard tail to finish out the last hour and a half, making it the first unoffical single speed ride i've been on in about a year or so.

this week - back to normal life for me as i got my bonus for the quarter (racing fundage!) which is good as i need to ramp up the hours next week. i've been doing some double workouts since january, but now i need to get in some pretty hefty doubles to ramp up for the season.

also with the end of the quarter for me means that i can start concentrating on the pivot build ups which will start once i get my forks from the boyz over at FOX SHOX which will continue to sponsor me through the 2009 season.

no race for me today down at mohican - wanted to race, but i think i need an overall mental break, some extra hours on the bike, work on the bikes and a few extra hot cups of 'joe.

sologoat out

weekend wrap up

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

not mucho exciting - mostly on the bike paths this weekend as i try to avoid the main roads to stay away from cars and the jerks that are in them.

staying on the path doesn't seem to help avoid the jerks though.

mileage and fitness are on the way up and i think i may even venture out to a cross country race in the glorious state of O-hi-O this weekend. not the norm for me, but will be good to get out on the trails.

with that - gotta roll.

sologoat out

cane creek

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Originally uploaded by solo_goat

thanks to eric over at cane creek for setting up my red pivots with a set of the blue cane creek 110 headsets which should match up perfect with the blue and red from the I9 wheelsets.

build ups coming soon - in the meantime, counting down the days until the end of the month as i work towards some race fundage (quarterly bonus).

58 degrees in ohio tomorrow - it's going to be a heat wave.

sologoat out

mine is red