Going Long and Hard.

Steve Vai said:
Knob Gobbler.

This race was surprisingly fun, and hard.

Started sort of near the front, I knew being on Pinky I was gonna get dropped during the Start against geared Gravel Bikes. And I sure did. Spent the first few miles going backwards through the field completely spun out. Then we started hitting the climbs and brutal headwinds and I began to go forward through the field. Came out of Lap 1 in 27th.

Laps 2 and 3 I didn’t make up any ground and thought this was it for me today, at this point I had a good lead on 2nd place SS. I took my first pit to swap bottles going into Lap 4. I also stripped my LS off because I was cooking.

Lap 4 I was finally warmed up and picked up the pace a lot, the climbs were effortless and I started picking off the geared guys.

Lap 5 I caught the front of the MTB Field and sat in to hide from the wind and wait for the time to go all in. Back half of the course had a few punchy climbs into the wind followed by some long open sections so that’s where I went for it. Rode 3 guys off my wheel and just buried myself to make it stick.

Lap 6 I really quickly grabbed new bottles so I could go all in the next 2 laps without worrying about fuel. I could see the 3 guys in sections of the course chasing but it looked like my gap was holding. Climbing into the wind was starting to sting a little but I kept the pace.

Lap 7 I kept pushing. Same pace. Just on autopilot. Taking in the views. And done.

Good day. Was running a 32x17 but easily could’ve ridden a 15t.

Won the SS Class by a Lap.
Won Overall MTB by 2-minutes.
Came in 12th Overall Overall.

These dudes put on a solid event, glad I took the 15 minute drive out there 😂

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I took zero pictures because there were photographers everywhere. Will post those when they post them and then I’ll post that post to this post, post this post.

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Nice winSS 🤘🏻
I heard there wuz tons of trash talking...from your mom 🗑️
 
Steve Vai said:
Photo of me riding a bicycle in a dump AKA Staten Island.

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Chimney Rock before work because, it gon’ rain!!

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@Patrick can you allow .heic photo uploads so I don’t have to run everything through Photoshop first? K, thanks love you bye.😘
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I'll see if there is an extension. It isn't available in the base package.

Going with low res screen grab and paste...

♥️U2
 
Steve Vai said:
@Patrick can you allow .heic photo uploads so I don’t have to run everything through Photoshop first? K, thanks love you bye.😘
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My first thought was to change the format setting to snap a jpg like a normal person, then I double-checked and realized I have heic enabled on my phone. I have no trouble uploading pics as heic. Are you using safari?

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qclabrat said:
Being a former dump they can't build homes or businesses on top. The only option is the cap it well, throw fill dirt on top then call it a park. If it's special you get to call it a Trump golf course.
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Yeah I used to commute to NYC by bus from Staten Island for many of the years they were capping it with sheets of plastic and tons of dirt. Still amazes me they can even put a park on it.
 
Something along the way is doing the conversion behind the scene for me. I noticed it takes a little longer to upload photos at times, I’m assuming this is why.


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