Ride 2

Let me sum it up quickly. 3 1/2hrs Very enjoyable ride. The pace was moderate, a bit of waiting for brian who is new to trail riding. I kept occupied by spining the legs and riding in circles. I also managed to clean the infamous switch back of carr pond. It was clean without a dab of the foot but I did touch the 2 inch diameter tree left of the root. All the more reason to do it again.
Bobby Stine signing off.
The Daily Ride.
I leave you with this charecter.

9 am ride with the Legend

Here he is, the one the only Jim(the legend)Grimley. Along the side of the legend is the HEAD CEO of GRIND PROTECTIVE WEAR Jeff Heitz. Notice the cold look on Jim's face, He has no heat in the beater ass Ford P/U. Nothing like a nice cool 40 minute ride from E.P. to Exeter. To add to the agony, Jim left his shoe's in the truck over night. I figured sense Jim takes care of me with every riding/skiing need the least I can do is place his shoe's under the heat in my Jeep. One more note on the Legend, any day now Jim's wife Sara will be delivering there second child. CONGRATULATION'S GRIMLEY'S.

Jeff that is some sweet looking blaze orange protective wear. It is obviously warm, The sweet was dripping off Jeff's nose like a leaky hose. LOL. As soon as Jeff puts his site together I will post a link so the masses can purchase there protect wear. Hand made in Hope Valley RI. By Jeff him self.

Well I'm off for the second ride of the day, meeting up with the troop's @ the pickle park. I hope to have a few more pictures and a couple more word's to go with.
R Stine signing off THE DAILY RIDE
Peace

Burrrrrr

Boy was it cold out there today. The ride only lasted an hour and fifteen minute's, that was plenty long enough to freeze the digit's. I met up with a buddy who is just getting into trail riding, I can't be live he made it. He was a bit over dressed, nothing like sweating on a day with below 0 wind chill temps. We stop ed about fifteen minute's into the ride so he could shed his turtle fur, Dave pulls his hat off, his head is a steaming heap of what looked to be a wet mop. I think to myself, damn i wish I had some heat flowing Thur my finger's and toe's. We get back into the swing of thing's, It's just about dark and Dave says my tire is flat, I said keep riding it. It's to damn cold to stop. Before long we had to stop and throw some air in the tire to get him home. We got going once again, I notice Dave's pace has picked up a bit. I think the possibility of walking out of the wood's on a freezing cold day makes one panic or hurry. Other than the full moon there is not much to say about this short 1 hour ride. Till next time, This is Robert Stine signing off on The Daily Ride.

The daily Ride

So it has been a major issue for me to publish this first post, Nothing like third time's a charm. So here it is.
The Daily Ride first ever blogger post.
I'd like to amuse you all(all of 1, Myself) with yesterday's short but event full cross ride, Five minute's deep I feel the trickle of what I hoped to be snot and not blood dripping from the huge bump on my face that I call a nose.
Nope it's blood.
Picture this, some pedal head pedaling up a semi steep but short road with a bunch of traffic, thumb pressing the snot box closed to cut the blood flow. After a minute or two and a Wendy's parking lot I was able to stop the cracked nasal passage from bleeding.
Riding on, I get to an intersection where car's are known to cut Thur the opposite lane because the area is so wide.( New London tnpk and Division RD)I'm rolling slow to the stop sign so the pickup truck can turn in and I will cross the road and make a left. Nope I guess he didn't see me in my bright yellow riding jacket. ( Thank you Bikers Edge for the sweet weather jacket)
Here we are head on, I quickly lean to my left and steer clear of the truck's front end. The truck passes me on my right.
Long story short he got the big F bomb.

Finally I'm on the back road's around Carr pond and big river area's, there's some fun rolling false flat and small climbs in this area as well as middle maintenance road's Thur the park. I decide to cut Thur the park and get off the road, O how I love the tree's.
I get Thur the park and hit a road crossing between the riv and Carr pond where two women are at the gate entrance with there poodle's. O cute the dog's want to pester the pedal head, I 'm OK with this. I was feeling uneasy about approaching the road with dog's in chase, I did not want the little guy's to get smoked by a car. Next thing I know the dog is on my left calf then there it is the bite into the upper calf. I give a halla, get the hell outta here. The mutt retreats.

Back onto the road for a 10 minute cool down to the house. Dropping down the hill there's a few car's that zing by in a 25 zone, I'm doing all of that on the bike. We get to the bottom of the hill, one of the car's that passed is making a left across traffic so all the speeding car's come to a screeching halt. It just so happens that I am right on the side of them when this is all going down. thinking to my self, no shoulder and high curb, mail boxes, I'm screwed.
Luckily all was well and I dropped the hammer and pulled away. As i raged down the road I noticed that only one of the three car's that passed me on the down had not passed again. I give a glance back to see nothing but empty road behind me. Two out of the three driver's needed to speed to get to there turn off. O how I'd like to drop the F bomb on them.
Finally I was home safe and sound sucking down the recoverite and eating a couple of tuna wraps with bacon and cheese.

Today's ride was back in the wood's where I belong. Fred and I putted around for about two hrs. A nice mellow ride in preparation for this weekend 20 degree temp's.
Well this is all I have for today Daily Ride. Tune in for Friday's edition of The Daily Ride. Till then this Robert Stine signing off.
Peace out