yep, its def been awhile since i've had time to post up anything, but i've been busy and traveling. sue me, it happens. I've been going on some good rides lately and was feeling good the week before the icycle. of course being that im the shining beacon of health, i get sick on the tuesday before the race. i shut down all the hard or long riding and tryed to health it up by purging myself with sierra nevada. just kidding, but not really. welcome to my life! anyhow, thursday rolls around and a wake up feeling awesome. shit yeah time to go!! see, i've got a two fold reason to head to asheville- the riding is always amazing, but the girl is even better. i've totally gone soft. shes amazing though and im totally fallen for her. i can't believe i wrote that! anyways, yall don't care about that sappy shit you wanna hear about the race. we rode out at warren wilson campus on friday for good preride/hangover cleansor with the legend mikey viertel. its was a damn good time, warrens got some fun trails and kylie knows them all like the back of her hand which made it more fun for the rest of us. saturday rolls around and dispite my best efforts (i.e. less beer and a good nights sleep) i feel like crap for the start of the expert/pro xc race at the icycle. of course thirty seconds in up the first climb i throw breakfast up. did i mention i thought it was a good idea to race that class on my SS? how about me being too lazy to chnge the gear ratio from 34-16? im an idiot... yep i dropped the fuck out of that race and concentrated my efforts on the night dh race. i went ahead and entered pro/expert cause i'd never raced a dh event before and wanted to set the bar low in typical dan the retard fashion. i did have a secrect weapon though that was gonna blow the doors off a few dudes hopes at glory. Stevel's New dh specific led light. He got the first prototype done thursday morning and got it to me while it was still warm of the lathe for the trip. this thing is absurd yall. six times as bright as an hid and its only running at half its capicity right now. dudes dropped out at the start when i turned that thing on. we ( pretty high five, daisy dan, and ian) tested its limits this weekend with such rigorious tests as can it shine through a mans testicles (the answer is yes, very well), can it light up the road to fontana better than the headlights on jo's pathfinder (yep, totally as long as drunkass jo in the shotgun seat doesn't decide to look for deer instead of the next curve your trying to negociate), and my favorite lets make daylight in the car while ripping down the green river gorge late at night in the rain not quite functioning.
wow, got totally off subject! so, i was pretty ready for the night dh race by the time they called my number for the gate. long story short, got 7th out of 25 with a crash halfway down the course. missed the podium by 8 seconds, but dudes try to ride bulls that long and you know how that goes... pretty good i thought for my first dh race. headed back to the fla on sunday, that sucked had to say bye to the girl for a month and head out of the mtns. i coped with it by getting hammered in the back of the penisfinder and passing out by 2, only to wake up at maurices bbq. tight. well, back to te grind holla at yall later!
good quote-"fuck you pay me cash any fuckin way! the boss is back cashius muthafuckin clay! and the duval boys, we got that chemistry, and we fixin to be, killin the whole industry, an we in the street, we do the distritribution, gettin paid every day just for makin music!" -duval boys
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