http://blog.roadcx.net Bike racing, some travel, other junk..... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:11:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I haven't been exactly on form since my Estonia trip a few weeks ago.   The last week or so has been a bit crazy with work with the additional load of buying a house (I expect to close by the end of September).  The main reason I even went to ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/654 Well, I finally was able to meet up with the main interested buyer for my bike and now I am down by one bike...   I know it was the right thing to do ...to let it go, but it was time to move on.   Who needs 5 bikes anyway... ;-P This ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/649 Here are some photos from my 3 hour walkabout in Amsterdam last weekend.... I wasn't so bold as to use one of these open-air urinals.  I guess these are more popular in the evening. http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/634 Today I finished out the omnium for the BMW Omnium. I was pretty tired after the double climb road race on Saturday, but still managed to hang on okay. Unfortunately, there was a crash in the middle of the field that split the Masters 30+ race apart. ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/632 Day 1-BMW Omnium (Chattanooga) The long course was a tough, tough course.  In the Masters 30+ race, a break of about 6-7 rolled off the front in the first 10 miles... somewhere in there part of it came back... I was near the front on the transition from first pitches.  Crossing ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/630 If it is the fall, it is time to climb...in Chattanooga. My original plan was to race P123 this weekend at the BMW Omnium put on my old team Scenic City Velo. My week off the bike and general lack of feeling really awesome has led me to ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/624 It probably was crazy to think I would be alright racing a fast criterium (Elite cat 3 crit at Downers Grove) with 7 days off the bike and a 18 hour journey with jet lag. Things started out okay and I was moving up but the hill took its toll ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/618 As previous mentioned, I am out in Estonia this week (in the cold rain, as it were) for a work trip.  I am flying back to Memphis this Saturday...  So far, so good.  Just a normal trip (I have made over 30 of them in the last several years). Go back ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/612 I have been out to Estonia and specifically Ida-Virumaa (Kohtla-Jarve) at least 30 trips most of which are several weeks in length. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="IdaVirumaa"][/caption] From this experience and because I haven't been in over a year, I have some loose fun goals to fit in during this trip out ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/607 I will just post photos with captions... Steepest stairs...nearly a ladder. Saka Mois (Manor House). A bit rough around the edges... copper wire anyone...? -- Old marker... from the CCCP days.... --- Barbed wire on top of this pill box looking thing.... I don't know if this is a set-up or something crafted by the Soviet ... http://blog.roadcx.net/archives/594