The past two Mondays we have heard the sound of thunder.  How far off we sat and wondered.  I started humming a song from 1972.

I was a little too slow could have used better quads
Tight lycra shorts hardly renown
He was a green-helmeted beauty with big strong thighs
Drafter kit of his own, green and bright
Lycra green and bright

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Out in the saddle seat of my 64 Colnago-ee (?)
Workin on new routes without any clues
Workin on our draft moves
Tryin to make some frontpage cycling news
Workin on the draft moves
In the summertime
Mmm in the sweet summertime

We weren’t Cat 1, oh no far from it
We weren’t searchin for some Blue Mound State Park summit
We were just old and restless and bored
Livin 6 feet apart, oh Lord

And we’d steal away every chance we could
To the Hyer Loop, to Spring Valley, or the trusty woods
I drafted him, he drafted me, but neither one cared
We were gettin our share

Workin on our draft moves
Tryin to lose the Monday rainout blues
Workin on our draft moves
Mmm and it was summertime
Mmm sweet summertime summertime
Ohhh

We are going to shed the bad weather mojo surrounding Back Door to Church and ride a slightly shorter route on Monday July 6.  This should alleviate the angst many were feeling (though most of you have completed this route at some point over the past two weeks), and lengthen our beer drinking, pizza eating time in the back yard.  DEPARTURE from Glacier Ridge Road at 5PM. 

RideGPS Link

Download Map and Cue sheet: Short Cut Back Door to Church

If anyone is interested in some July 4th pedaling ideas, here is the map and cue sheet for the 70 mile route I posted to Black Earth- Hyde- Blue Mounds: Hyde Blue Mound Cue Sheet

In other cycling news: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 18 DRAFTERS WHO ENTERED THE POLISH MOON RIDE.  We rocked it, around the moon and back. No other team came close in numbers of riders or miles.  Well done.  Look for beer and t-shirts coming soon, according to the BikeFed website.  There was some suspicious behavior not conductive to the spirit of the game, but we will take the high road on our victory lap.  And not mention how a rider signed up on the last day, back logging miles to oust Vilks from first place.  Or a rider who waited to enter her last 3 rides until after BrickO’s were posted, cluthing victory by 2.57 miles.  These things are not worth mentioning.  I couldn’t be more proud of the Drafters.  We represent the spirit of cycling at a time when spirits are hard to keep high and light.  Well done.

Rain has been a foe to the Wednesday Dirty Draft as well, but yesterday we were able to get dirty at Quarry Ridge.  Huge thanks to Skipper and Porkchop for their coaching tips.  Footer and BrickO learned how to better handle the trail and some key MTB phrases: chunder, schralping loam, OTB (over the bars).

And a review of some familar terms: beer me.

Have a wonderful July 4th.  BrickO and Z Wrecks will be shredding (likely ourselves more than the trail) at Ringle the next few days if anyone wants to do a little MTBing.

Draft responsibly,

BrickO