Summer, It Has To Come Sometime

And when it does one need be ready. I’m not just talking for grilling but for all the other opportunities in partaking of God’s wondrous creation. Many would say it was all created intentionally for us to enjoy. Others that all things would be better off without us; humankind. To the latter I say lead the way.

For the rest of us, begin your Summer preparations at the Wheel and Sprocket Bike Expo going on now, this weekend only, in the exhibition center at State Fair Park. The colorful Gary Fischer himself will be there. I have more often than not seen my Alderman looking for some deals too. Or Emery’s is having a competing Trek sale through next weekend.

Metro Mountain Bikers will be holding down a booth as well as other organizations with various purposes from advocacy to bike tourism; everything from A to T. The next Metro meeting is Tuesday, where out of the nearly 1700 hours of volunteer time 23 members devoted more than 20 hours individually. They will be highly honored with the bestowing of t-shirts.

Life must be good. I am steadily achieving a small goal of having fashionable head coverings for every occasion. Nothing like a good hat. Not sure why they fell out of style. Of course they would be quite troublesome in these days of declining values as generally few remove their hats when they enter a building and say sit down for a lecture. I am in desperate need of a new bike helmet for when I am hitting the trails. Of course I never had a helmet when I was a child and endeavored in far more reckless acts than these days and I turned out fine, …depending on who you ask.

Summer! Here are some cycling activities to add to your calendar. Or smart phone as you can download WORS’ entire racer handbook. The only place to begin competitive mountain biking not matter what the age. Here’s the WEMS schedule for you hard core endurance types; you have three weeks to prepare for their first event. Some stand alone events that are popular these days are ‘The Ore to Shore’ August 9th, and the infamous ‘Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival’ which is already full, but they have a blog.

For the road bike, the La Crosse Omnium is coming, and they are on you/tube.

My wife and I are hoping to get to The Bike Expo tomorrow after church. I am interested in seeing the latest in electric drives and the costs and features of the latest bikes. Then we will be watching the ACM Awards. I not only need to lose 40lbs to compete again, I need a new bike. My old Trek 6700 has been demoted to a utility bike.