Back on the Bike !!!

Easter Friday...2 hours 50 up to la dole....evening.....flat on my back
Saturday....flat on my back
Sunday...flat on my back
Monday....75% on my back
Tuesday...50% on my back
Wed & Thurs....at work, but worked lying on my back...50%
Friday....25% on my back
Saturday....no time on my back 1 hour on the bike YES!!!!

I'm BACK!! sort of....

'scuse the pun...!!

I was racing last week...

She was standing next to me during the start...

...I tried to loose her but she kept following me!

Moved to 28/4 (26/4 - Petit Salève ride)

The vast majority could not make it today, so I suggest we move the ride to Thursday, April 28. Salève ride (depart from Douane de Veyrier) and dinner at home. Thanks to confirm.

Hi Joes,
Next Tuesday ride is tomorrow. Start from Douane de Veyrier at 6pm (remember new rules for those arriving late). Suggest Petit Salève unless BoumBoum or Labrico take us somewhere else.
Then dinner at home, 10 minutes from douane de Veyrier (address and link on the ride calendar).
I need to know by noon who's coming for dinner (to inform the cook).
See you guys tomorrow
Limoncello

Easter rides!

Hike a bike? Almost there?

Col de Porte almost within reach!

Ninering down la Dole...Missile and Nascar go vrooaaamm!

Labrico...see no rain in the Jura!

Nascar need some attention.

Oops!

Chicken!....What? You call me a chicken!

Enjoying the views on the way up to Le Voiron.

Boumboumland...Mr. Saleve next to Le Petit Saleve.

Enjoying the views and the culture on our way down.

Navigating the stairs after a new nice sweet single track!

Thanks to Labrico for sharing!

Stairs or a ladder?

Nascar + Geneva's jet d'eau.

The "putain keskil(s) fout(ent)" ride

 

Riders: Limoncello, Mike the Bike, Missile, Labrico, HP Yves, Husky, Honeybadger, Boum Boum

Distance: 41 km (well some of us did more!!)

Elevation Climbed: +-500 ?

Host With the Most ?

The "Man Most in need of a Garmin" Award: M.T.B for staying true to his history +1 for getting lost in the first 2 minutes !!

The "Ray Charles Award" Husky for cool shades +1

The "Have I missed the party dude" Award: M.T.B for arriving a la japonaise....aka just-in-time +1

The "dude, wheres your derailleur award": Limoncello for wrapping his derailleur where it hurts...+0.5 even
though, strictly, its a mechanical

The "dude, where the f&&& are u" award: +0.5 to Missile, BoumBoum and Labrico for returning to the scene of the crime....

The "dude....your're soooo slow award" :Boum Boum for surprising Missile mid descent ! +0.5

The "dude, screw it "now" award" : Honeybadger for mechanical assistance to limoncello +0.5

The "Electric Limoncello Award" Missile +0.5 and Boum Boum +0.5 for pushing Limoncello home...

The "We're faster than you award" - Limoncello, Missile, Boum Boum, Honey Badger - for arriving b4 the rest 0.25 each

The "Have I Got Juice for You" Award: Dopey for fine salad sauce!! +0.25

The "Hah....my juice is better than yours" award: Labrico for  20+ year old wine +1

more...

Dopey gets dinner points 0.5

Missile gets the first 5 ride bonus...1

See you for the next episode next week....score so far...

Sortie du 18.01.2011

Pour demain RDV à 18h00 à la douane de Veyrier, pour une sortie dans le soleil du Sud sur le beau Salève.


Merci de me confirmer rapidement votre présence pour que puisse organiser le souper chez moi.

A demain.

CLAUDE

The Clark Kent Ride

Who: Honeybadger, Dopey, Nascar, Limoncello, Missile
Where: Mont Mussy
How Long: 35km
Up: 500m

The Awards
The "Clark Kent" Award: But his kryptonite needs upgrading - only 18 metres flight!!! His name....Honyebadger! +1.8 points 0.1 for every metre!
The "Big Boy" Award: +1 Honeybadger for showing up with a twenty-niner!!
The "medevac" award: Limoncello & Dopey for making sure an inert Honeybadger was fine 0.5 each
The "I pump - you blow" award: Dopey for unburping Honeybadgers tire +0.25
The "host with the most" award: Missile +1 for post ride provisions (reminder: new rools 1 for the ride, 1 for the eats)

Dinner!!!!

Mont Mourex - From Missile's Place - 12 April

Hello Ladies - noone has offered to host a ride - and I had already claimed it...so...

Tomorrows ride is at 18:00 from my place:

Where to ?: Mont Mourex et al. No Camel Trophy this week.

For those that want dinner - let me know and I'll rustle up some spaghetti & sauce !

cheers

Missile

The Jet Lag Ride

Two Cats on a Jet Lag Ride in the Jussy Woods ! Papy on his way back from Australia, Singapore landed in gorgeous Geneva at 8am on a Friday...(where am I again..) Time to stop in office to tend business matters.. 4pm jumped on the saddle with riding mates Zulu (before his own departing to South Africa) and Jo Jetlag...(to make three). Results: About 27 kms, about 2 hours, dry tracks, parcours des douaniers just tasty. The sun and the ride felt good to both of us. Zulu had to choose to miss the beer or miss his plane... Points Claims: One "survival" point for Zulu who took the hairiest fall you can take in Juicy Woods and survived without injury.(come and I will show you where) One point for each of us for simply doing it ! Have seen no Dogs...but the one we chased ; - ))

The Garden Ride

Points Awarded as follows

Missile, Nascar, 3 Decis

40km, 650m climbing

The "Quote of the day" Award: 0.5 to 3 Decis: "Sh!t -  I forgot to fold my bike .....the sign in the train said all trotinettes must be folded...."

The "trotinettes "big brother" award": 0.5 to 3 Decis for the next one to decide to buy a 29er !

The "Swan Dive" award: 0.5 top Nascar for a perfectly executed O.T.B.

The "oweeee" award: 0.25 to 3 decis for a small amount of blood

The "its so cold here" award: all riders 0.25 points for not ogling too much the 2 pairs of perfectly formed jugs with dwarves thumbs poking though the t-shirts,  even though it was hard to resist

The "I beat nascar to the top of the hill" award: 0.5 to Missile for a)cleaning the "up" (0.25) and b)achieving what he set out to do at the beginning of the season (0.25)!!

The "I beat Missile award": 0.25 to Nascar for annihilating Missile on the last sprint !!

The "premature ejaculator" award: -0.25 to Missile for hammering the sprint waaaaaay to early having forgetten that Nascar was waiting to pounce"

Sunday 10'th April Ride - Le Jura Vous Acceuille

When: 8:30 at Missiles House or the 08:59 train at l'asse sur Nyon (get there early - you have to buy a ticket)
We will leave my house at 08:40 latest.

Ride: La Givrine - >> ?? for 2-3 hours easy ride


Beers chez moi afterwards

Let me know.

In: Dopey, 3 -decis, Nascar

Quiz.....!!

Camel Trophy Des Gonzesses - Ride Report

The roadies turned up with bikes with big wheels,
all rigid, no suspenders they wanted to see

if their skinny big wheels, could be matched with some rips
for dopey and missile had niners with grips

and speaking of grips, boum boum did now see
some nice new orange ones, only two and not three

then riding we went, a real camel trophy
make sure you have had a good dose of caffeine

cos then we went up and then down with no frown
many short ups, and when up, we went down

but missile got lost at the and of a path
whacking thru bushes, bah not a laugh

then down "twisted sister", new path of the dopey
the roadies had fun on this down that is slopey

the missile did end up with a slightly wet knee
he got poked in a river by a really small tree

and still we went up some more metres to climb
and down on some paths that were really fine

until we had done a quite a few, well a thousand
until our legs felt 'twas a like riding through sand

then the gonzesses that weren't, they called it a day
and decided to go to the cafe and say

"give me a steak with foie gras on top"
and then when were finished we'll just have to stop!

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Who; Dopey, Missile, Boum Boum, Labrico
What: Camel Trophy (old style)
How Long: 29 km
How High: 1000m

Points: all get extra 0.5 points for manic climbing:

Camel trophy?!....

Was it a ride? It killed me!

Next time tell us to bring:

- Safety glasses

- Chainsaw

- Canoe

- Doping...

Here are my points recommendations:

+ 0.25 Missile for turning around. The first and probably the last time he will do that....yes, he was bushwhacking again after Dopey told him this trail was not going anywhere.....

- 0.5 for calling your fellow Joe riders "names"...you are the guide!...that is something else as riding in front.

- 0.25 for Boumboum and Labrico for bringing a road bike to the Camel trophy. They were not complaining but riding in front of me at snail pace on the fun (DH) parts of the ride!

Orange grips! Wether you want them or not..... -4 grams!

The result of riding on a smooth (NOT) trail...

5'th April - Camel Trophy from Missile's

18:00 departure from chez moi (Missile's) followed by....

biking in the Jura (lights + clear glasses) .....followed by

Dinner In Crassier

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