learn your comp

i was checking around the web and found some good info on these guys. a lot of similar names at the otter and the cactus cup.
even the infamous roadie at the otter. seems he had a good day sunday and melted when it got hot down in the desert.

see what i mean, check and compare.

norba in az results

otter results
there might be a good show down next week end in so. cal.
im on the melon and going to shred.

yaaa

movin up

people ask me why not race pro, sand bagging it with the amateurs.


well i like to win., or if not win then do a good ride near the front. i like to rip the dh with nobody in the way. following a train of guys on a dh is a big kick to the balls. while the top 5 are ripping it up gaining minutes.

i dont want to get shelled by kabush by 20 mins and dice it with some tool for 40th.
pros are supposed to get paid. why should i race pro if none of them do. no money no prizes, no cash. whats the allure?

i know the top 3 guys probably get some money but other than that its a free for all.

i dont want free bikes and parts. i ride the stuff i think is best and lightest. parts that work. i dont want to put shit on my bike cuz the team said so.

i dont need pressure from teams to do good, i do that enough on my own.
i dont want to be 5 or 6 rows back on a short track and get pulled 5 mins into a race cuz that race is all about start position.

i have never won a big semi pro race, i got 2 coming up in a week or 2 and deer valley in june. we'll see what happens but right now i have no intention of moving up.
the cons out weigh the pros.
no pun intended.

its not the fact im looking at the glass half empty,
i do what i want and its not fun to race at the back in the dust and waiting for so called pros to get out of the way on the dh.

kid rock

We've travel this land packed tight in mini vans And all this for the fans, girls, money, and fame I played their game And as they scream my name I will show no shame. I live and die for this.

i was goin to stay in town this weekend and ride. but i found this race and im goin up to see tom at wobble naught. eric ransom lives in those parts so it should be a good race.

if anyone else wants to go, page me.

get your autographed copy now

boris gave me a 100 of these post cards. he promotes the E100 races with 10 different people on each one, gives them out to advertise his race series. so now im famous, along with 9 other people included kenny jones, lynda, dave h, and some other people who like to ride for 10 or more hours.

yaa
they are going fast so get yours now.

driving for 10 or more hours gives me time to think, about what i did right and wrong. im talking about analyzing my race performance, what i can do different. work on weakness' and race the strengths.

i came up with this, im not comparing the people in this story just the situation. 2 weeks in a row i was up against the same thing. 2 guys on the same teams, doing the same tactics. now i know there is a lesson here for growth but i cant figure it out yet so if you guys know, please enlighten me cuz i dont want it to happen again.

2 guys following, letting me work more.

2 guys faster than me, sitting and watching. hanging back for the kill.

2 guys on the same team or wearing the same kit

2 courses similar in length and terrain, short power climbs, not selective enough to get big time gains on steep climbs or long twisty down hills.

me cracking near the end and getting dropped.

me not drinking enough.

so the obvious is dont be at the front, and drink more. but im looking for something bigger and deeper than that. maybe there is nothing more, and it comes down to waiting and hydration.
i was upset yesterday about the way the race panned out at the end, those guys were better and i shouldnt have ripped them. i probably would have done the same move if i could have. its frustration nothing more. i dont like racing that way, thats why im not at a road race every week. ya i know all the roadies (burk, j-lao, dh, team rico, turbo and more) are laughing. ok get your kicks
Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile

blame it on the wind

to keep the theme going i named this for the wind storms we rode in today. 2 guys dropped me with a mile to go in a killer uphill head wind. they followed me all day then i was blown. ya dont lecture me about pulling into a head wind with 2 wheel suckers. these 2 from cali on the same team just followed me all day, i tried everything to get rid of them and it didnt work so i guess they were stronger and did the roadie move at the end. so i got 3rd in 2 hrs 40.

since we were racing at the same time as the pros i didnt get any pics except for this gem.

some times we had fast tail winds on this dirt road dh, hittin 50mph. then on the way back uphill we were goin like 5mph.

i couldnt believe nobody was near us. we were not goin any where fast but these 2 just sat behind me. yaaaaaaaa rmr at its best.

i was in the big ring all day, tried hammering the climbs and ripping the 1 track but they were on my wheel all day.

this one guy i dont know who he is but hes like 120 lbs 5' 5" from columbia then the announcer said hes some road guy.

figures he raced like one to a T.

going 3 mph on a climb then attacking me like track racer.

now that is really stupid, ya he won but it pisses me off and i told him that. he kept claiming he was blown too.

i dont know who won the pros i left, im goin to this bike swap in berkeley so no podium time, im on the road north bound.

oh ya i met jeff kerkove, he set me up with some new ergon grips/bar ends, thanks.

and my rear brake was broken the guys at sram/avid put a new caliper on it this morning the piston broke off. i think my bb bearings are blown too

nice

norba 2 and 3 in 2 weeks, santa barbara fontucky.

i better start the water melon. getting dropped on the last climb is a ball breaker

blame it on the rain

i dont like flailing or excuses but im going to blame this on the rain. or my tires. im not the pro team truck full of maxxis tires or power washers. clean clothes, prepared meals. ok thats enough.
thats why i dont race pro, cuz im not one. semi means amateur.

i was wondering how those guys put up with travel, training on the road, food, rest, mud, rain crappy weather sickness, missing everyday home town luxuries like your fave place to eat, your own bed, friends etc. the fast guys that hammer and win week after week in different time zones all over the world, thats not me. im the, you know the working guy that pays the bills buys the parts and gets all the glory.
this is a one man show goin on over here all the wins and failures boil down to me.

having watts comes down to not spinning the wheels in the mud going nowhere.

i thought tree farm won, but i had to leave and get warm. it was soaking wet and cold the course was a shit sandwich, i didnt like it but what can i do, it got delayed 3 hrs, not a good way to spend the afternoon sitting in the car with the heater on wondering when the pissing rain will stop.

i can call it day and go home get ready for the long one tomorrow. im not here racing for 10th so i was around 10th and pissed.

when im done im done so i left early. my bike and clothes are wrecked. i dont have a team mechanic so what, i need replace the brake pads they are gone, go to the car wash and fill the bb with sand, oh thats what that popping noise is. go to the bike shop get some brake pads, wash the clothes and oil the chain 10 times. the course tomorrow is sandy so i dont think it gets muddy.

i watched todd wells go from 3rd to 15th with one crash on the dh. thats got to suck.

well riding around in a grassy field in mushy soup sucks too.

the climbs here are steep

lets be positive

california sucks. i dont know why i keep coming back. too many people and cars. ya thats the positive side of it.

i just paid $125 to race a 20 min short track and a 40 mile xc. that better be some damn fine trophies for that kind of jack.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

little normy won the TT last night. i think its cuz i didnt go. kathy, thin and thinner and bryson are here, and turbo. i dont think anyone else from utah came out. i could be mistaken but that never happens. the green lantern almost came out with me but went to dtown. bart and jones are training in secret from the closet.

i have not been here since 03, i got 3rd that year. the course is longer and different so i did a lap, it took 85 mins. x 2 laps. thats a long race. i guess im used to it. the last 3 weeks have been over 2.5 hrs any way. its not 90 degrees so i can get away with 1 bottle and some blocks.

oh and guess what, its all big ring. ya its hard big ring but who cares. i must be puttin out

the watts to be hammerin gears like that.

i wonder when this place is going to fall in the ocean, its way over due.

this is a big race, they have like 50 things goin on at the same time. norba should take notes and copy them.

fitttty means loud

bart likes it at 18. but i need it loud. if he was here he would jump out and hitch hike.

atrain would stab his ear with the ice pick.

especially tonight. judge jules global warm up is crankin the beats and it kicks ass.

yaaa

where im goin

drivin on I-80 battle mtn nevada, its the arm pit of the earth.

that thar is arizona. hurricane utah is 7 miles north. we raced on the border, just like dem polygamist types.

what the hell did that mean i dont know.
nice pic though.
check out my new plate "00" ostertag style in the hizzzzzyy.

tommy need wingy

i killed that bird

i forgot to get a free sager T SHIRT for the podium. over night me one green lantern,, and this turkey was good. i bet you want some.

i changed my name to luda

what the hell, its cold

im leavin town early, i cant take the cold. im gettin soft,

im goin to the beach.

slay the otter.

short track sat, xc sunday plus a bike swap. good times on the west coast.
check out the new song, overseer slayed last on the play list.

projectplaylist.com

i dont ride in weather thats rainy under 50 degrees or snowy.

i picked up this old skool tioga kevlar disk drive wheel today. check out the tomes rippin it up at the 1992 cactus cup with the disk rear wheel.

this one wheel once sold for $500 bucks. back in the day that was like $2000.

yaaa

check out the specs on tomacs 1992 hard tail. its 25 pounds.

i wonder if i could go back in time with the scalpel, like 1989 and race the norba how i would stack up against old skool ned, tomes, myrah, weins, etc.

that would be funny. and they would flip over the 20 pound scalpel.

puffy dmx russel jay z yaa

it snowed last night

i do what i want

millcreek mile 6

east side bullies, these guys pushed me off the podium rock, just like in the race. they both tag teamed me into submission. bart the attention hog. check him out.

i went up past elbow fork and it looks like this. there are some patches of ice before this, so if you dont have any skills on the road bike you cant get this far up the canyon.

big ring up millcreek, that felt easy. good times.

this is right past the mile post 6. i walked up to the top of this snow field to see if ended and it didnt so i went down pipeline. stopped at canyon for some food then rode over to the zoo, jumped on shoreline and ripped it over to dry creek and across back down town.

3.5 hrs. so now its time to watch tv.

yaa

i had to copy these from matt, its too funny. ya i never crashed on my bike when i was little i always ripped it up.

i changed my name to prefontaine

not cuz im a runner, but i like his style. i dont run, except up volcanos.

Great Quotes from a Great Runner.


"Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative."


"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more. Nobody is going to win a 5,000 meter race after running an easy 2 miles. Not with me. If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself."


"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift."


"I don't just go out there and run. I like to give people watching something exciting."


"Something inside of me just said 'Hey, wait a minute, I want to beat him,' and I just took off."

"What I want is to be number one."

this guy kicks ass, im goin up millcreek to check on the snow levels, shred the gulch, get road miles on the scalpel. i'll post pics when i get back.

dont steal my bike or i'll kick your face in

buy it now on egay. i have about 50 of these so buy it all.

im trying to raise gas money for the double norba trip to so cal in a few weeks. im goin to hit up the norba 2 and 3, miss the 40 miles at 7 mile pass thank you.... i dont feel like following bart and sager, and probably jones for 3 hrs on dirt roads. so i will pay TBB $50 and get a podium shot at glory with some fontucky action. i got a place to stay so who ever wants to chill in LA for 10 days, ya lets roll.

all my fave shows on mtv are gone, cribs, boiling points, rob and big. a lot of others are gone too. so i've been watching deal or no deal. they should put me on that show i would clean up. go all the way and the banker could kiss my ass.

the other good show is discovery planet earth, with the slow motion sharks killing seals in africa. that reminds me of racing. im the shark, the predator, killing soft fur seals all for glory.

yaa

remember, all the norba XC main events and the sea otter is on "SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!!!"

said loud with a deep smokers voice, preferably red neck with veins popping out of the neck.

its easter or something

ya gears are for watches, or steep climbs in park city. there are no climbs in the desert the last 3 races i never used anything but the big ring. the master laid down the law, ya its stupid to pull but thats how i race, i go hard then get better. i dont follow wheels i destroy them.

chippo raced yesterday, he beat one guy so hes on the up and up. now hes at the pool in vegas at the mirage and says there are lots of hot chicks. i bet hes not talkin to them. bald head, rug for a chest, skinny shaved legs. ya not the best way to hook it up.

matt love has some cool videos over on his page check it out. the shit hits the fan, free ride jumps and some girl digging through garbage.

we went to the chollo challenge

ya its the chollo, like ali G, gansta chollo. it was hot and dusty. 88 degrees 35 miles with lots of whoops and sand. i was in the big ring all day so its my style of course but the green lantern duo forced me to pull for 22 miles then i cracked and limped in for 3rd.

oh well.

10 guys, 3rd place, 50 bucks, 2.5 hrs in the heat. 1 water bottle.

35 miles. all in a days work.

bart and sager came in together just like last time, i rolled in 3 mins later, then chris holley, 4 guys dropped out with heat stroke.

ya good times. results here, im sure in a few days.

i only did this cuz it says dont get on the animals, if the sign wasnt there i wouldnt have cared.

im goin to the catholic cathedral right now for easter bastisms, not me, just some friends. i dont think they would allow me to join anyway.

i have more pics so i will do those later

white line fever.

ya,... continued

yesterday was boring, blogging topics boring, that is what happens when i dont have much to do, laying around watching tv or being online for 12 hrs a day isnt too exciting to blog about.

i didnt do much. i felt tired so i rode around a tiny bit. tommy need sleepy.

i like to stay up late and get up late. thanks to chippo and the green lantern for before 7am texts. i guess hes pissed cuz usada woke him up early, so i get too as well.

i told him to pack light. this is how it goes. check out the plane trip. spare wheels and the pit bike. the mini 50 to burn hot laps on.

tofo cooler, tent, 2 pillows, extra pillows, back up latern, dog, hat, chair, pit bike, computer,

this is the list of crap the green lantern is bringin in the fox den. roll out,

5 bags 5 bikes and 5 weirdos.

so the topics are lame, but i bet after tomorrow we will have a few good stories to tell. since i have compilated 5 controversial personalities in one ride. we'll see what happens. it would be cool if we all took the top 3. since bz is laid up on lortabs we wont be seein the giant hard tail on the podium this week.

dont mistake pride for arrogance or confidence as cocky.

if you are confused then look closer.

ya

im going to la varkin tomorrow.
thats all

back to the old stand by

rippppp the BST, big ring.

i upgraded my d/a 11-27t to the xtr 11-34. its way easier to big ring it now. i met up with skyler and his 40lb free ride rig. so i laid the power down and made him hurt. then he bailed down bobsled.


the wild rose scale says 20.5 lbs. for the scalpel. at wild rose 7 drunk 1 speeders go shred dry creek every weds night at 7 so if you want to go get worked over just show up.

i got a full load goin down to the cholla. bart, sara, craig. looks like we are camping. the hotels are booked and i dont want to stay in sj. or pay $100 for a crappy 30 dollar room just cuz its the weekend in the spring they bleed us dry.

sea otter next week. lets get this train rollin, im goin for the short track xc double. yaa
time to hit the beach.

funny pic here i like the style.

and this sound track is working again. if you checked it and it turned red on the project player list. sharam kicks ass, 2 hours of house. i have not heard anything better for like 8 years.

this dude from cnn called me yesterday. they are doing a story on my life auction again, i need a webcam to make it work, i dont have one so email me if i can use yours.

i had to copy huff, ya im not at worlds but who cares. i got some hardware. add it to the wall of fame.

im takin sea otter in the spirit of free sager/bikehusla.com, coming soon.

check out my new dh bike, im going to rip some trail, shred krispy, pete and mizzness. they are old and slow.

the most bad ass 2 hours of music ever

if you have not seen this on myspace then go check it out. i dont know any other way to tell you but go and click on the right song.
essential mix 2006 sharam/deepdish.


the music box on myspace its got the badest 2 hours of progressive house ever made. its like a dance party in the fox den.
sandy needs to mix that shit up, umpacast 9 get on it.
yaaa

im headed up to heber for a few days on the ranch, maybe i'll stop by the sherwins and the firths.
i got back from driving yesterday and bobby told me kathys car blew up in flag. that sucks cuz i was leaving right about the same time as her. i think her xc went about that good too. she is fast, on form and willow took her out in a cactus, bent her bars, then the tech zone didnt have any tools to fix it. wow what a concept a tech zone with no tools.

what a bunch of tools.

so she stands there for 5 mins on the all 1 track course. im sure she would have been in the top 5. but thats racing. get next time beano. i will take a bent pedal over that any day.

im sure she will write a story about it, check it out.
i forgot this, in the xc we had a train of about 15 guys snaking through the desert, i was 3rd wheel, this guy at the front blew and pulled off, then i was 2nd. he flatted on the rocky dh so now im in the lead and i dont want to be so im chillin but nobody is complainin so there is this 3 foot rattle snake across the trail straight across, just laying there and it was alive so i jumped it like i was at wheeler, then all the guys behind started crying like a bunch of pansies i looked back and it was striking at the bikes and guys legs.

yaa , that reminds me of last time i was down there. a desert tortoise was chillin in the trail for like 3 laps in the same spot. he wasnt moving and he was big. like 1 foot high , like a big rock sitting in the trail and nobody hit him. he just slept on the trail while 400 bikers passed him.

i wonder if hes dead now.
wasatch state park, chillin on the ranch. i was up late till 4, i need a nap already so its good timing.

oh wow i cant wait to get hammered in the heat by bart and sager.
and who knows who else who is on form, like kday, tommy, brandon
ya maybe chucky and the wolf will bring the geared bikes.

bart aka yardman G

he got 15th in the TT, here he is ripping the 1 track making passes, nice socks.

drivvvvvvvvvin

xc drivin is the best, 10 hrs of passing slow people. i passed 5 cops goin 90 and they didnt care. they must have been asleep on the side of the road.





i had to stop in hurricane for a nap, i'll be back down here on friday for the cholla challenge.


hope everyone is coming down. its going to be hot here like it was yesterday in az.


i saw this chick driving with her bike and shovel. yaaaaa

if you dont have sattelite radio you are old probably and dont know how to dance too i bet like atrain.

racin 40 miles of rocks at 93 degrees

larry wants to know what vitamins im on, i didnt know. but i have been downing about 4 bottles of vitamin water a day. maybe thats the trick.

ya im blown and in the hurt locker. i cant decide which was harder last week in moab or today. i guess my antics over the last few days caught up with me. i kept the pedals turning but didnt have much pep in the step like the normal foxtrot and finished this hellish day in 3rd. with 40 miles of rocks and twisty 1 track under my tires. i hit a rock with my eggbeater ti and bent it good so my power transfer was off, im running 1.7" rear which is dumb. had a slow leak and had to baby it in on the last lap. oh well, excuses. but its hot as balls.

so this is a stage race and i got 3rd. im dehydrated and tired. last night i drove down to tucson at got to carmens at 12 and they were having this 80's party, i stayed there for a bit and then slept in the van at the bike swap i got up at 5am and these mexicans were already there buying crap. like 10 guys were selling stuff in the dark so i went to tommy o's bike shop and cleaned him out, i dropped 3 grand in 45 mins, it was 7am now so i went to dennys and got some eggs. i told that black waitress to whip me up sum eggs.

last night was the best race, i like the short track if the course is good. i won a thule roof rack in the prime. so im sellin that with my life, bonus feature.

yaaa

then i pinned the silver bullet at 85mph on I-10 got to ftn hills at 9am ready to race at 1030. it wasnt the perfect set up for domination but what can you do, i like bike swaps and the best one is in tucson today and one in november. gord fraser is always there hawking old cogs and used health net jerseys and today was no different.

so its 6pm in utah and the pros are still out racing in the heat. it cooled down to 87 when i left and kabush/wells were killin it off the front. 36min lap, mine was 38. not bad but lets see their last lap, mine sucked.

bz is doin pix today so i will get some good ones up later. im takin a nap, that was a crazy day.

sager raced 6 hrs in mud in arkansas today go check out his page he was in the pain cave all day.

pretty much like me.