And then there is the rest of The Crew and performances that you are accustom to seeing at the back, way back, in the pack:
- Mad Rhino: something like 6 laps. He had ‘issues’ around midnight. We call these issues The Demons. But Mad Rhino calls the ‘issues’ just ‘issues’. More on that some other day.
- The Judd: something like 3 laps. The phat dude was pounding out laps, cranking up the hills, smiling at all the ladies, blah blah blah. Then the phat dude simply said… “riding laps if F’n stoopid, more than slightly stooped, I want to go bike packing, I want to go to Colorado and cruise on The Trail.
- Duece: probably 2 laps. We lost count. He lost count. But that doesn’t matter. The dude showed up at 24HITEF to dominate the FatBike category but was placed in the SS Championship category. This issue freak’d the dude out. He collapsed under the pressure and decided to take it easy, back of the pack style
- Jolly: we have no idea what this freak put down. You see, he signed up for the Phat Bike category. AND he showed up with a Phat Bike that had PHAT GEARS. So, the dude promised to stay in Gear 10, Gear 10 out of Gear 27, and we said…. “ok. Sure, we won’t disqualify you because you are The Jolly and The Jolly Crew is f’n cool”. And then we turned our backs, laughed and decided that Jolly just secured his position at the back, way back
AND THEN… our buddies in Colorado. The Thelen’s that roll at The Back of the Pack but race ‘professionally’ for ProCycling. That’s right, at the back of the pack we hang with ‘pros’. Just because.
So Nick is / was The Official PIT BOSS (he was ‘tapering’ for something) and now Tracy is THE 24 HOUR SOLO NATIONAL CHAMPION. NATIONAL CHAMPION like THE CHAMPION in The United States of America.
How cool is that! Way to go Tracy! You are way tougher than any of us, plus you blew through the 200 mile barrier. AND, no matter what you say, we don’t give The Pit Boss any credit. You rode the bike. That dude just pounded Bud Lights like… like.. we pound IPA.
The Chaos:
And of course, aside from the biking, there was major chaos at the Back of the Pack pit. I didn’t take many notes, as I’m tired of begin The Hustorian… and The Philosofizer… and The Leader. I’m just tired. So, we have a few quotes that will make you shutter / wonder / or call the cops.
The Teenager #1: “Dad why can’t we have suspension?”
The Lt Col: “There’s going to be a lot of reprogramming on the drive home” as he shakes his head when The Teenagers explain TO THE GROUP what a helicopter ride really is. (MADRE! Do not click on that link! Actually, Madre, stop reading right here!)
Duece: “I drank too much and …. too recently.” (Sorry, I can’t complete that quote, as The Madre is probably still reading are REALLY get’s PISSED OFF when I’m ‘crude’ in The Ether that we call The Internet.)
- By the way, isn’t it crazy that we have this WORLD FAMOUS blog yet we can’t be ‘us’ because of Censorship. Yep, we live in America. I guess The Madre is just trying to protect us all from The NSA. F*^k’n spies. Although I’d like to work at the NSA and spy on all of you freaks. Ok, that may be boring.)
What’s next? Hell. I don’t know.
- I’m headed to Colorado to check out The Trail.
- Some of use are headed to Alaska for SSWC14… and liver transplants.
- And then there is The Colorado Trail Race.
- How about a trip to The UK… SSUK14. That may happen.
- And check out The Sponsors… dude
Enough Lingo… The Pics
The pictures that matter… because it’s about The LifeStyle and NOT The Laps
ok, that’s twisting the truth, just a bit.
More Pictures