there's another way... My commute is a little shorter from Maplewood to Kenilworth. I take Vauxhall Rd over 78 (the only real sketchy part at rush hour) and make my way past Union HS to the footbridge over 22 just east of PC Richards. Once you cross 22, the route is super chill along the golf...
there's unsanctioned chainsawing going on in my parks, I just hope they bring a friend along so they don't bleed out! Also, isn't biking with a machete worse than running with scissors?
I haven't had debilitating allergeeez since going on a diet from a book my wife's company was publishing called the Virgin Diet. (insert virgin jokes here) It's basically paleo, which nixes gluten and dairy and some other stuff. My theory is that I can handle the pollen now since my allergy...
Thanks MTBNJ crew for another sick event! Almost didn't get to race, my sasquatch feet broke the chainring on my fatbike riding home from work on Friday, nobody has c'dale SI rings with fatbike specific offset in stock... so weird! luckily a dud I know bailed me out and lent me his rigid Spech'...
can I sandbag down to cat2 since no U-SAC license is required to race? I haven't renewed my cat1 license or raced in a couple of years, thinking fatbike category for maximum fun!
the course markings were part of the challenge! I only got goofed up once when there was a group of racers u-turning to look for a course marker when they should have just kept going, we lost a little time there. A pro passed me about 4 times b/c she kept flying past route markers that I saw...