Weather Forcast Inaccuracy

Well was planning on going to Dauset this morning even got so far as Forsyth before I turned back around due to the amount of rainfall and when the locals that lived in the Jackson area said it had been raining all day yesterday on them figured the trail would be to nasty to try. Driving back home as I got back into the Macon area thought about stopping at the Pig but it seemed as though the weather decided to follow me home. Since it was forcasted to rain this afternoon and not this morning I was a little irritated with the outcome but will try again tomorrow for Dauset again and see if I can't get the ride in this time. So if your out there I Will See You on the Trail!

Verdict is in Sigma Rox!

Well it has been just over a couple of weeks and about 6 or 7 rides since I switched out the Trek Incite Team computer for the Sigma Rox9 and it was a very worthwhile switch. The computer itself has a plethera of functions that monitor everything from your speed to the tempatures during your ride. The display can be set up for various functions with the ability to switch from one view to another easily during a ride. The display is also easily readable regardles of the number of functions. The computer download functions are outstanding with the capability to send and recieve data and use your computer to input settings for the cycle computer.
The after ride capabilities and displays of training info are outstanding as you can select which functions to display and what mode you want to display from total training, averages, and mins and maximums during the ride. All displayed in a easily readable graph with adjustable zoom capablility. The memory storage can hold quite a few rides depending on the save settings you input. Overall it has been a very useful tracking tool in monitoring my rides and progresion in base training overall. Using the data downloaded on the laptop from the computer allows me to see where I am maintaining my RPMs, speed and heart rates during the rides to see if I am improving. Overall I am really happy with the switch if your interested in getting a quality computer that has all the functions you need and is fairly simple to use I would recommend the Sigma Rox 8 or 9. I would also recommend a good place to buy one at either of The Bike Store locations in Warner Robins or Macon. Well enough of the reviews I am thinging of hitting Dauset hopefully on Sunday so we will see depending on weather and if it works out I Will See You on the Trail!

Snake Creek TT Suckfest

Well approximately 2yrs, two deployments and several races later I returned to the place that I keep telling myself I am never coming back to - Snake Creek TT. Weather conditions were outstanding the weather channel hit it right on the head except the part about it raining all night the night before and being misty and raining all morning. Well morning of was decision time as far as apparel went since it was 44 degrees out and suppose to get warmer I went with the leg and arm warmers and left the foot warmers in the bag. What I should have done is sprayed my entire bike down with Pam no stick so the mud would shed off. Had a good drive up to the start with Monti and Chad and a couple other guys were I decided to go with Monti's idea of getting a early start before the other 250 riders who would be tearing up the trail ahead of me, well since they would all pass me by the 17 mile mark it really didn't matter to much.
I lined up with Jesse at the start and hung with him for about the first two miles and then away he went. After the first water crossing the feet were soaked all the way through. The weather not only made the trail into soup the humidity kept fogging up my glasses so I couldn't see worth s$!t so in the interest of time I just kept them off for the most part. I had decided to run the IRC Trail Bear 2.25 tires on the bike, this turned out to be a good idea for the most part since the trail was in such bad conditions they gave me grip in areas I would have probably spun out in with other tires. In the rock garden it was a different story the rocks were so slick that the tread was too tall to hold it just slipped. Either way was a good and bad thing depending on where I was on the trail for the most part it was a good thing.
To add to the list of issues somewhere in the first 7 miles or so I broke a clip off the right pedal so the cleat wouldn't clip in correctly. I went over a few rollers going downhill with my foot slipping around until I figured out I had to rotate the clip to one side to get clipped in. On a good note the energy product I was trying called Enervitene seemed to work really well. Especially on that hill right at the start of the second 17 miles I was able to pedal my way up that with some pretty good consistency.
Overall it was the same suckfest I had forgotten about two years earlier only worse with the weather included. I was about 15min slower this time than I was in the previous TT I completed. There is something about this trail that I just have to keep trying, it is the only trail I have ridden out here that I don't feel like I have come away going I did it right. I leave here feeling like it kicked my A$$ every time and so I have to keep coming back until I at least don't feel like I started Mountain Biking the day before I arrived there! So while I still HATE this trail and will tell anybody who ask the fact it is the toughest challenge I can think of including ORAMM. So I will continue to return until I have accomplished the goal of having a Good Ride at the Snake Creek TT. So until that time I Will See You on the Trail!