That loose dirt was pretty treacherous. Especially at the backside of the course where there were a bunch of solid wheel ruts. I just had to aim at them and go through as straight as possible, but on one of the laps I hit it at an angle and almost crashed!
Also, I've noticed a trend. You have a bit of a crush on Surly. I looked at the Cross Check. I might have gone for them as well, but all the Cross Checks I could find when I was in the market were poop brown. Previous years they've done a nice gray/white, and a black...but... this was all the way crapbrown. I seem to recall them not having the braze-ons for fenders and a rack, which was a concern for me, since the plan for the CX bike was to be my all around rider for 3/4 of the year, and a CX bike for 1/4.
(Would it excite you to know that I picked up a Surly ride yesterday? I have a Conundrum frame now. The Unicycle Bastards have been working on making nice with Surly. As a group we have a full Conundrum built up, with the Large Marge rim, and the Endomorph tire, like you'd find on the Surly Pugsley. They've discontinued the Conundrum, and allowed the Bastards to buy out the last of their stock at super cheap prices. If you wanted, I could build it up, and you could race uCX on it!)
Sorry about the whole ride thing. I had originally planned on taking the car with the bike rack on it, but my day precluded me from getting home and swapping out the cars. The whole work driving thing has become increasingly stressful. They're happy to let good people go for 3 speeding tickets, so I have to play it supersafe.
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Date: 2009-09-22 06:23 pm (UTC)Also, I've noticed a trend. You have a bit of a crush on Surly. I looked at the Cross Check. I might have gone for them as well, but all the Cross Checks I could find when I was in the market were poop brown. Previous years they've done a nice gray/white, and a black...but... this was all the way crapbrown. I seem to recall them not having the braze-ons for fenders and a rack, which was a concern for me, since the plan for the CX bike was to be my all around rider for 3/4 of the year, and a CX bike for 1/4.
(Would it excite you to know that I picked up a Surly ride yesterday? I have a Conundrum frame now. The Unicycle Bastards have been working on making nice with Surly. As a group we have a full Conundrum built up, with the Large Marge rim, and the Endomorph tire, like you'd find on the Surly Pugsley. They've discontinued the Conundrum, and allowed the Bastards to buy out the last of their stock at super cheap prices. If you wanted, I could build it up, and you could race uCX on it!)
Sorry about the whole ride thing. I had originally planned on taking the car with the bike rack on it, but my day precluded me from getting home and swapping out the cars. The whole work driving thing has become increasingly stressful. They're happy to let good people go for 3 speeding tickets, so I have to play it supersafe.