Going Long and Hard.

[Sven Migot]

Up at the crack o’ dawn to pre-ride the Fat Bike Day Route.

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And possibly some extra curricular activities to make up for people possibly falling into the water 😂

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Speaking of water, I was able to cross at all the spots. Tide was way out this morning. Hopefully it’s a lot higher next week.

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You were about 3 hours ahead of low tide. Which I guess is about 3 hours after high tide.
GFBD will be starting just after high tide. So water gonna be higher.
Maybe the way back could have some options???

 

[Steve Vai]

You were about 3 hours ahead of low tide. Which I guess is about 3 hours after high tide.
GFBD will be starting just after high tide. So water gonna be higher.
Maybe the way back could have some options???

We don’t concern ourselves with simple concepts like tides.

 

[thegock]

We don’t concern ourselves with simple concepts like tides.

 

[Steve Vai]

Couple of light bike-related weeks coming up so bumping up the number of gym days. Don’t have anything longer planned until X-mas break where I’m planning to do the Festive500 as a single-push ride…Until then it’s 2 social weekends with GFBD and the NJ Rando Holiday 100k with 2 weeks of volunteer work at the Sanctuary.

And if anybody wants a kick at my Apple Music Top 10 which I think explains a lot 😂

 

[Steve Vai]

8° this morning at the Barnyard.

Spent my shift smashing pumpkins and carrying buckets of water to all the sheds because the hose was frozen.

 

[Steve Vai]

Global Fat Bike Day.

My street cred is gonna be shit after today. Everyone made it to the snack stop.

And back? No one drowned? No one fell over and quit 2 minutes into riding on the beach?

Although only Rich came back on the beach with me and rode the go-cart track and we still beat everyone back so, maybe there was some carnage after all?

Absurd glamour shot of Queen ElSSa.

 

[Steve Vai]

Piggy Day at the Sanctuary.

Got to work the other side of the Farm during today’s shift. Big pigs, then cute little pigs, then sheep, and finished by scooping Donkey Poop. So much poop.

 

[Kaleidopete]

 

[Red Mosquito]

For some reason the opening riff of Corona comes to mind

 

[Steve Vai]

For some reason the opening riff of Corona comes to mind

I honestly thought that was just a song written for Jackass until I looked it, just now.

 

[Red Mosquito]

I honestly thought that was just a song written for Jackass until I looked it, just now.

I knew it was its own thing but I had to look it up too. I was blown away when I figured out the O&A intro song Ecstasy of Gold was its own thing.

 

[Steve Vai]

Holiday Populaire today. 2 Formula369 bottles. 1 Skratch bar. Sent my FKT intent email to the Jersey Devil guy for Christmas Break. So today I just wanted to check my legs, no stops or pictures.

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[Steve Vai]

Lollygagging month (?) is over now 😢

Started the Festive 500 last night on the Zwift with the A Group. Of course it got spicier than I planned for, but was also the instigator most of the time so I have no one to blame but myself 🤷

Taking DT today to hydrate and prep the bike for my Jersey Devil FKT attempt tomorrow morning. This will be the first training ride towards a surprise first race of the season, the Huracan 400 WTF in February. Will be nice to go somewhere warm for a change.

FKT setup. I bought a long TT bag from Uncle Bezos. Running my Apidura Hydration Pack, 3 bottles, and the whole bag is filled with food so in theory, I shouldn’t have to get off the bike. Also, there isn’t a spot to stop on route until mile 95 so you really can’t stop anyway.

Running the Dyno front wheel. Bringing a rain jacket in my little Revelate bag because it’s supposed to snow at some point.

 

[Steve Vai]

Also, Single-Speed WORLDS!!

 

[Sven Migot]

Also, Single-Speed WORLDS!!

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In!

 

[Steve Vai]

Jersey Devil TT.



Was riding about 30 minutes ahead of pace and ripped my rear tire in the very last section of single track on course. Literally 30ish miles of road up to AC. My pump was broken and I was SOL. Walked about 4 or 5 miles to some fence place to hide in sorta warmth to wait for my wife. We were staying in AC for the night so it wasn’t that far of a trip. I had a floor pump in the car and could’ve fixed my tire but that’s against the rules so it wouldn’t have counted anyway.

Rode the first 200k in 10-hours.

 

[Steve Vai]

60ish miles in the Zwift to A) finish the NYC Badges and B) log miles for the Festive 500. I have 100 miles left I think. More importantly, I finished Transformers Season 1. I had to buy the original movie on DVD because my original is a VHS and that doesn’t help anyone. I think I’ve converted back to physical media because at some Uncle Bezos is gonna shut down Prime and anything we bought will disappear.

I also drove out to PA this morning to straight up trade for a project I’ve been searching for that’s so dumb I can’t even share it. But it’s gonna be awesome. To me and probably no one else.

 

[JDurk]

60ish miles in the Zwift to A) finish the NYC Badges and B) log miles for the Festive 500. I have 100 miles left I think. More importantly, I finished Transformers Season 1. I had to buy the original movie on DVD because my original is a VHS and that doesn’t help anyone. I think I’ve converted back to physical media because at some Uncle Bezos is gonna shut down Prime and anything we bought will disappear.

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I also drove out to PA this morning to straight up trade for a project I’ve been searching for that’s so dumb I can’t even share it. But it’s gonna be awesome. To me and probably no one else.

Is the project a drop bar SS fixie E-bike Lefty fat bike?

 

[Steve Vai]

Is the project a drop bar SS fixie E-bike Lefty fat bike?

Dumb. But never E-Bike dumb 😂