My 1st bike @ 8 months old

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baby pastry chef

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Daisy May

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my poor daisy girl after TPLO surgery

Rans Recumbent Downhill - FAST!! (one handed)

Rans Recumbent Downhill - FAST!! (one handed)
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This is one of the larger hills along the Illinois Prairie Path. The Rans Stratus XP is so stable at speed that i really did not think about filming doing this downhill. So, I held the camera in one hand so I could control road noise, had to pass one person almost at top speed, and the bridge crossing are nutz, the bike will fade back and forth along the wooden planks. If i don't have to hit the brakes until the bridge, you can easily hit 35MPH!!

tomato jelly

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AMAZING Tomato salad

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5 different tomatoes fresh from the garden
green zebra, yellow pear, black-cherry, apero, striped german
joined by a sexy balsamic syrup, oaxacan sea salt, basil, and fresh mozzarella from the green farmers market in geneva

Sunset at 36,000ft

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New Pedals

Love them.
alittle heavy and not super grippy but they look tough as hell

paul from egostatic

paul from egostatic
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fido in the market

fido in the market
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First Garden Harvest

First things out of the new garden were this tasty D'Avignon Radishs from the Southern part of France.
Mmmm...

Hot Doug's

Hot Doug's Sausage Superstore

Heaven!! in Chicago......

Pheasant Sausage with a black truffle Mustard and sliced Foie Gras and sea salt


Duck Sausage with a Fig and Brandy sauce with cheese stuffed peppadew peppers

Karma

Have you ever received one of those phone calls that makes your day or even week? Well, I just received one that made my month!
My old jackass boss was demoted to my old job!
Hate to say it but "I told you so!".

Wildlife Hazards

There have been so many cool wildlife sightings for me lately.
Snapping turtles, birds of prey, herons, but in my last two rides I have come across 2 super cool animals.
A Western Fox snake and a Smooth Softshell turtle.

New Grips

Added new grips to the Stratus.
Ergon's - LOVE THEM!!
Numb hands are a thing of the past.
They do take a ride or three to get used to, but after the adjustment period for the grips and then correcting the angle, they are butter.
Why ride on anything else?

Touring Test Ride-Prairie Path(B/E/W/B)

First fully loaded test ride of the season. Steve on the Moots and me on the Stratus. The ride was from Batavia to Elgin on the Fox River Trail, from Elgin to Wheaton, Wheaton back to Batavia on the Prairie Path. Total around 40 miles on a combo of pavement and crushed limestone.

For the Stratus, things went well, new tires were champ and rack system was ok, rider-well he needs to train harder.
But back to racks, Steve had a major SNAFU just past South Elgin, the 2 screws holding the rack to the frame came loose. This is why you test ride fully loaded.

Garmin Edge 205

Latest gear Garmin Edge 205.
I love it, easy to use and computer access is simple.
A must have.

Windy Day down by the river

Aurora River Ride

The fox river trail south to aurora is closed until June. No biggie, but...
This will keep my quest to the Virgil-Gillman Trail at bay until then.

So....There is a forecast of 9" of snow for this weekend, but it was in the low 50's here today.
Come on spring. Good thing is that all the snow and ice is gone from the trails.
its always better to be riding.

Fermilab Sunday

Fox River Trail Ride - Batavia to South Elgin

Great Ride yesterday afternoon. It was very warm out (50F) and the Fox River Trail on the east side was free of snow and ice the whole way to South Elgin. There were some challenging spots in a muddy-limestoney areas but the new bike performed beautifully. The skinny tires worked well and i can't wait to new the stratus new shoes, thinking Conti-SportContact. This was also the first ride with the new Rans Chopper Fairing. So far I really like it. Its ugly and not super sexy, but it did hold the iPod and speakers and waterbottle with no problem, and i did notice a reduction in wind in my chest and leg area. Now all that wind goes right into your face. Also lost a super blinky from the back of the aerotrunk.

Nice Fermilab ride

Had a nice ride thru Fermilab with Steve (pictured) the other day. First nice day of early spring and one of steve's first rides thru Fermilab. Medium to heavy work traffic but plenty of cool things to see. Nickel tour included fishing ponds, main ring road, horse farms and BUFFALO.

Right around 15 miles total.