Jan
6

Cycling can be humbling…

Over the Holidays, I was lucky enough to spend some time with both my immediate and extended family on my Dad’s side. It was a blast. My family is so spread out across the country it’s a never ending struggle to see one another.

My grandparents live in Arkansas, and the weather this year was mild nationwide, but the high temps there were in the 50′s. I took a couple bikes down with us so that Jon (younger brother) and I could do a little riding. The weather in KC had been pretty rainy and dismal, and I’d been busy finishing my place in River Market, and so I was out of shape, and a little rusty to say the least.

See Proof:

I have no idea how this really happened.

Sometimes a little embarrassment is a good thing.

I was proud of Jon though. He tore it up, and had no significant falls. He was taking big drops left and right on my single speed, rigid suspension 29er I built earlier in the year.

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Quotes I Like…

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~Epictetus

Anyone who trades liberty for security, deserves neither liberty nor security. ~Benjamin Franklin

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as they do it from religeous conviction. ~Blaise Pascal

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching. ~Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton