Days Like This....

I couldn't have asked for a better January Day for a five hour road ride. The wasn't a cloud in the sky and the temp was a couple degrees above zero all day. After riding for an hour I met up with Rob watt, Jeff Kerton, Justin Henry, Bryan Sheldon, Brandon Etzl, Ben Perry and Jessica Tripp and we headed towards Niagara on the lake. We had some fun riding over a snowbank when we stopped at Picard's for some munch and Justin and myself flipped over the bars more than once. From NOTL we headed along the parkway to the top of Queenston hights, then down York road back to St. Catharines for a stop at Timmy's. We split from there and I rode just past Thorold with Justin while he headed back home to Welland, then turned home form there. One of the highlights of the ride was when my left crank arm fell of on york road. When I lost my front shifting early in the ride I didn't put it together that my crank my have shifted, and thought something was wrong with my pedal or cleat when I felt play on the left side. Luckily I was riding slow when it popped off and didn't loose the bearing tension bolt, thanks to the guys who found it for me. Being a mechanic this was a bit embarrassing, but I didn't install the crank and haven't done any any maintenance on the bike since I first got it. To bad I slipped the Q-rings over the spider when I installed them rather than removing the crank. Too bad I forgot my cammy cause there where some great views along the way.

The Past few days at work I've been working hard to get the ceiling ready for paint. It's a dirty job that involves scrapping off peeling paint, rust and concrete off the steel beams. Also dusting everything off and sweeping the cob webs down. Its a good arm workout though and I felt it in my shoulders and forearms today. After the ceiling gets painted the place will get flooded with tradesmen as we get heating, plumbing, electrical and the floor grinded smooth for polishing. Our repair shop is set up upstairs and we are doing some repairs and bike building. If your bike needs work you can email Kurt to book it in and we'll take care of it.

Early in the week I was sick with a head cold, but after sleeping all day Tuesday I have been feeling great. It's crazy how hard it is to do nothing for a whole day, but sometimes that's what you have to do to recover. I didn't get the strength training done that I wanted to this week, but I rode for an hour before work on Thursday and Friday to get some cardio in. I will resume strength training tomorrow with high rep squats, leg curls, dead lifts and core work of coarse.

Thanks for stopping by y'all