Don’t Hate The Bike!
I’m considering selling my racing bike because it just hasn’t raced in about four years. That’s a very long time in bike years. And Suzie took all the good biking genes in our family. And we’ve both had lots of close relationships with the pavement.     
Okay, maybe they weren’t that dramatic.
I’ve always loved swimming and running. Not so much biking.  After the bike portion of my last triathlon, I asked someone to please throw my bike in the lake. Â
But it wasn’t the bike’s fault!  Â
My problems with bike racing started when I was very young. 
This picture was taken at the beginning of my very successful career of bike crashes.  I’m still sporting the stitches scar under my chin where I rode this bike off the porch.Â
Oh sure, I started out with the right equipment. Look at those disc wheels!  And with a frame that small, who needs carbon fiber or titanium? Â
I think my problem is one of cycling attire. From a very early age on, I just never got it right.Â
 A fluffy dress and sweater buttoned at the top equal lots of wind resistance. Good thing I was able to shave minutes off my time with that sleek haircut.Â
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August 7th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
NO WONDER President Nixon told you that you were a “cute baby”, baby!
August 7th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
kinda had them bangs cut up hi didnt ya? breathing thru the mouth……ortho shoes….ridin in the flower bed.
sorry but i cant help it…..looks like a tarded val kilmer baby pic.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Cut those bangs yourself? Guess that ended your career as a hairdresser. But, thanks to your family’s ability to dress you up for photos and pose you on a bike in a flowerbed - it appears you were well on your way to the Little Miss Sunshine contest. Did your grandfather coach you for talent? You would have been great doing a dance number to H&J’s “Pooped Twice and Fell Down”. Apparently you had the scar on your chin to show off during your performance to prove you really did fall down.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Woa! Tommy and debo–have you been drinking the hateraid?
August 7th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
tommy, are you my mom?
I LOVED “Little Miss Sunshine”!
Knew you guys would appreciate that picture! That’s how I rolled.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Even I have to say, I’m surprised that forehead didn’t break your fall!
August 7th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
not like me to attack like that. long day. i was married to a bike chick. brought out the mean in me i guess. memories of ruined saturday mornings putting the bike rack on her car, pumping up the tires, adjusting the gears and lubing the chain. filling water bottles with gatorade. listening to stories about cadence etc etc…heart rate…drafting…yak yak. cannondale, litespeed, trek…aghhhh
i snapped………i get queezy at the smell of schwin chain cleaner
August 7th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Did she have short, choppy bangs and a big forehead?
August 7th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
nope….big ole boobies….thats why i put up with the other stuff. im a shallow hal kind of guy i guess.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Sounds like tommy was the bike chick’s - hmmm, can I say that on this blog - sounds like “witch”. It appears that you are no longer together. Did she leave you for another bike chick?
August 8th, 2008 at 9:13 am
p-whipped dude. im better now. live and learn.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Sherri, are those spinners on that trike?
August 8th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I think it’s playing cards and clothes pins.
August 9th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Hey! Next time you have a spill, compress the spot, stop the bleeding, and then use SUPER GLUE to close it up! No joke, super glue was made during WWII for soldiers to use in combat, it helps to seal the open wound & also DOES’NT LEAVE A SCAR!