So Much To Do Saturday

And I am not talking the Winter’s Farmers Market, though that is a great way to start a Saturday; plenty of food vendors if you want something to eat on the spot.

The truly epic events this weekend are the Ray’s IMBA Weekend, where IMBA members can ride two for one; Buy one entry and get a second for a friend free (friend need not be a member) or buy one day for yourself and get the next day free. Become a member on the spot. Riding at Ray’s is worth the experience and with gas prices down it doesn’t matter as much how far away you are.

So… I heard that after you make this epic hill climb on your Fat Bike during the race you have to stop and drive a nail into a piece of wood before you can continue. Sounds like loads of fun if you enjoy objects to ridicule. I can be writing of none other than The Hugh Jass Fat Bike Series. Do you want to see how far you can throw a bike, among other things, than you don’t wan to miss the Hugh Jass. The event is clearly making a name for itself. Next race is tomorrow in Kletzch Park

You can rent a Fat Bike at the Hugh Jass or word is Fixation might have some demos for people to ride. There is also a Great Lakes Fat Bike Series.

The Milwaukee County Parks are reviewing their policy as to allowing Cyclocross races. In one park in particular there seems to be an issue of wear and tear. The biggest problem appears to be riders practicing continuously on fixed routes despite being told not to. So I understood from the last Metro Mountain Bikers’ monthly meeting.

Another question arose as to whether snow shoeing the trail, in order to groom the snow for Winter riding, should be considered volunteer hours. Only if you hate snow shoeing I say. Metro Mountain Bikers put in nearly 1,200 hours of volunteer work on our local trails. There will be an appreciation party.

Seriously it could be dangerous, if you don’t have a Fat Bike, to ride hard frozen trails. That’s my experience. It is also very destructive to the trails to ride them when they are soft, even in Winter.

It has to be on the coldest day of the year thus far. Our furnace n began to underperform leaving us cold, huddled under our blanket. I tried restarting it a couple times. And of course I hit it here and there with this wrench. The spring in the mechanism made sure I didn’t strike it too hard. But that is what we all did back in the day when something broke down; we hit it. Something a millennial may find beyond their comprehension. And it often worked. In our case we had to call the furnace repair man who replaced s sensor. The experience has caused me to turn our furnace way up.

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