Ghost house

I have not been posting much lately........

So you ask why.........

I guess it's off season + I have been working way too much and no good pictures ..

OK lousy excuse........

Riding records -- week of .....

8/25 - 132 miles
9/1 - 107
9/8 - 129
9/15 - 183
9/22 - 78
9/29 - 157
10/6 - 170
10/13 - 157
10/20 - 140
10/27 - 141
11/10 - 104
11/17 - 135
11/24 - 173
12/1 - 66
12/8 - Still gotta ride tomorrow.......................................

New - Bike TODAY 10/25/08

I Picked up this very SWEET Cannondale Ultragra CADD 9 Today for my off season / winter practice bike to save the S- Works for racing next season.

Bike wall in the MAN room with new addition ..............

CVC Team base camp for 2009 race season.......

33rd Annual Jamestown Classic Road Race 10/13/08

Jon + I are going to do this race as teammates we both are now menbers of CVC ( Capitol Velo Club) /Subaru of New England .

View from START - FINISH line .

JON'S RACE START - Jon is MID pack #13

Steve Before the race - still having fun !!

Steve Finish line SPRINT for 3rd.......

Whoooo Hooooooooo

3rd ANNUAL THREE VILLAGE TOUR ROAD RACE

Report a BIT late .........

Jon + I did our first ever bicycle road race - Saturday, September 20, 2008..

Jon's group Cat 5 18-39 -- went off 5 min in front of my group Cat 5 40+. We both meet our goals of not crashing and having a great time.

We both popped off the pack on the 2nd climb and ended up riding the last 7 miles with out a wheel + learned a lesson do not loose the main group.

Bike room in Cellar re-organized

Training Data - short version

Training week of :

7/21-7/27 – 110 miles
7/28-8/3 - 131.5
8/4 – 8/10 – 197.0
8/11 – 8/17 - 117.0
8/18-8/24 – 151.5

Lunch after Sunday ride 8/10/08

I made these for lunch for Keith, Jon _ I after our Sunday ride 8/10/08 Yummmmmm

Keiths House pre-ride nuckle heads 8-9-08

Steve D, Don P , Steve V + Keith - Pre-ride Photo opt. Sat 8/9/08

Ride #2 to the beach 7/27/08

Training week - 7/14/08 - 7/20/08

Number of Bike rides: 5 Road bike rides
Riding time: 9.5 hours / 140 miles .........
Best ride(s) of the week: Jon + I 40 mile ride southern Vermont
Other: Stretched + Core strenght workouts 10 this week - I est. 4 hours this week.
Notes: 0 Walks this week - Too Hot @ Lunch + lots of RAIN
Weight: Low for this week -157#
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 9.5 Hours Bike, Walks 0 hour, , Stretch 4 hours -Total Hours: = 13.5

Training week 7/7/08 - 7/13/08

Number of Bike rides: 2 Road bike rides + 1 mtn bike ride
Riding time: 6 hours / 65 miles .........
Best ride(s) of the week: Monday Vernon Cycle Group ride can you say attacks - Good fun !!
Other: Stretched + Core strenght workouts 6 this week - I est. 2 hours this week.
Notes: 2 Walks this week - 1 hours - SURGERY WEEK !!
Weight: Low for this week -157#
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 6 Hours Bike, Walks 1 hour, , Stretch 2 hours -
Total Hours: = 9

Training week 6/30/08 - 7/6/08

Number of Bike rides: 4 Road bike rides + 1 mtn bike ride
Riding time: 10 hours / 141 miles .........
Best ride(s) of the week: Sunday ride with Jon to beach
Other: Stretched + Core strenght workouts 10 this week - I est. 4 hours this week.
Notes: 5 Walks this week - 3.5 hours
Weight: Low for this week -156#
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 10 Hours Bike, Walks 3.5 hours, , Stretch 4 hours -
Total Hours: = 17.5

Gary and teammates Todd + Bobby @ Mt. Snow 7/19/08

MAVIC - Hub disassembly fun @ the Mt. Snow Nationals 7/27/08

I visited the Mavic Tent at the Mt. Snow mountain bike national races in Vt this past weekend.

The cool thing was the guys took apart my wheel set from the S-Works road bike and showed me how to do maintenence.

To start with on the rear hub - use a 5mm + a way bigger 8-12 MM wrench and take the hub apart.



Note - be very careful the 5mm part on the drive side is Titanium so do not over torque ( it will strip /break)!!

Check how the bearings look and replace if needed . Mine were OK so I will not worry - or check again till winter when I plan to clean up the hubs again + replace the bearings.

Slide the cassette off and you will see the 2 pauls in the below picture. Clean everything up and use mineral oil ( ONLY ) in re-assembly - better to order a bottle of MAVIC specific oil . I must do this !!!

When putting the cassette back on - Make sure the washer is on like in the below picture.


Again don't forget this machined part below is made of titainium - so only torque snug.

As far as the front hub I did not take pictures but need to do that and add to this post !!

The front hub needs a special tool which the MAVIC guy hooked me up with . To take the front hub apart you need -a 5mm hex wrench and the special tool.

To start with pop off the small black spacer +Take apart - clean up - check bearings ( Front ones were OK also), and re-assemble . When you have the 5mm hex + plactic tool in place snug up then back off 1/8 turn , slide the spacer back on and go RIDE !!!!

My GARDEN is rocking - picked 7/21/08

Fresh from the Garden for dinner

Green beans, Tomato's, Chives, Onions, + Parsley - steamed Yummmmmm..

1/2 a tomato, olive oil, Fresh basil, Dry parn cheese, Some ground up Garlic + Chives - Grill low for 20+ min's

Chill out after dinner

Sun set in the trees

Flower Power.......

More garden Pic's 7/9/09

Tomatoes rocking - been picking for a few weeks

Peppers SAD looking

Zuchini left - Summer squash right

Cucumbers in Pot on patio doing way better then one's in garden next picture ???????

More GArden Pic's 7/2/08

Training week - 6/23/08 -- 6/29/08

Number of Bike rides: 3 Road bike rides
Riding time: 5 hours / 76 miles .........
Best ride(s) of the week: Sunday ride with Keith and getting caught in thunder storm - It was like riding in a pinball machine.
Other: Stretched + Core strenght workouts 12 this week - I est. 5 hours this week.
Notes: 4 Walks this week - 3 hours
Weight: Low for this week -156#
TOTAL EXERCISE THIS WEEK: 5 Hours Bike, Walks 3 hours, , Stretch 5 hours - Total Hours: = 13

Garden Update 6/26/08