folks from lincoln

from my little bro the cowboy...

A Harley biker is visiting the zoo in Calgary, Alberta when he sees a little girl leaning into the bars of the lion's cage.

Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.

The biker without hesitation runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch.

Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the biker brings her to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly. A CBC reporter has watched the whole event.

The reporter addressing the biker says, 'Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I've seen a man do in my whole life.'

The Harley rider replies, 'Why, it was nothing, really, the lion was behind bars.

I just saw this little kid in danger and acted as I felt right.'

The reporter says, 'Well, I'll make sure this won't go unnoticed.

I'm a journalist, you know, and tomorrow's paper will have this story on the front page...

So, what do you do for a living and what political affiliation do you have?'

The biker replies, 'I'm a soldier in the Canadian military and a Conservative.' The journalist leaves.

The following morning the biker buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads, on the front page:

CANADIAN SOLDIER ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH

That pretty much sums up the media's approach to the news these days.

Animal Run 2010 - Hickman Feb 6th 10:00am

From Coach to all the runners out there....you know who you are.

just a few miles, just a dusting of snow

only 11 more months of woop ass left in 2010

so...

unless you stepped up to the plate in 2010 and brought your A game to the table you've been left in a snow bank...

lets see, towards the start of the month, we've had a butt load of snow shoin,
cross country skiing, and epic indoor knitting out in the west end of the state.

the last few days have opened up the gauntlet of gravel goodness to the few of us foolish enough, or lucky enough to spend some time enjoying the rolling hills. here's to a hearty week of good miles, get em while the gettins good...

sure as their are feathers on a chicken you know were gonna get some miles in...

55 miles of Gravel to Cortland and back...

up at 7am to start the bacon, coffee, export of morning matter, and import of needed ride fuel...

breakfast of champs oatmeal and gatorade

Cornbread called the departure time at 8am,
I knew it would be late, and of course it was.

the bathroom cleared out at 8:20 and we were out the door.

first pit stop to drop a layer

make some text messages to a few stragglers,

sorry you missed the departure time, hope you make the next one.

I'm sure this will be a normal occurance from here out, meeting at D street and heading out for an am weekend ride.

it was fricken epic out this am, little chilly but
once you got to working, it was allllright

couple of flatts

the pace picked up right outside of town, I was purdy content with sitting at 13-14 mph while I just watched the rest of the group ride up the road and away from me. No discouragement here, I'm just not at that level this time of the year, after a few more weeks of this though.. I'll be able to sit in a little longer...

till then, screw em, I'm going my pace, and that's just the way it is..

the group splintered apart with Dk, W, Fob and I dangling off the back and riding around with each other following the speedy guys tracks.

what was left of the group came back together at the Cortland cenex station. mmmm hotdogs, and some type of spicy chicken wrap... it was warm, and tasted like energy..

the group stayed together for a bit on the way back into town but then Cornbread, Aaron and Dane decided to go get a few extra miles in and
took off east after a while..

thanks for the ride guys,

sorry I won't be making the sunday ride, maybe part of it, but I have to work so it will be a shorty if anything fer me.

Saturday morning bike ride

Riding bikes..

Saturday @

8 AM from D Street.

Heading south toward Cortland and then maybe onto Wilbur or Beatrice. All are welcome.

Dress warm!

hell, even cvo is gettin up and going...