Warning - Dangerous School Busses out there

Ya'd think, a bus full of kids might be driven in a responsible, conservative, safe manner, wouldn't ya?

Well i would hope so, esp when they are loaded with kids, and with stuff like company and city logos all over them.

Nice close call this morning, if you couldn't already figure out where i'm going with the retoric. I just cross over Rochambeau going south on Hope and I hear a Honk... okay no worries, but there are cars all along the side of the road, no on coming traffic... no big deal, i'm not riding in the middle of the road, and woosh - big yellow school bus drives past inches away from me. After honking. And well... me being me, and not always able to just 'let go' (sometimes and i've been getting better at it I will), i just had to see about following/chasing down the bus... So i went redline, 12 degrees outside, and i'm redlined, HR up at max, lactate building up, sprinting uphill into the wind and not giving up too much ground on the bus. Almost catch him at the stop sign, and then he turns, turns onto a side street and stops to unload. Ahhh sweetness. So... I ride around the driver's side of the bus... and his window's open, perfect... i open it up a little more and confront the driver regarding his reckless and endagering behavior (Kendra Payne story still floating around in my conciousness). He tries to close the window on my fingers but he must be a weaksonofabitch that or i was amped up like some meth induced rage. I mentioned i have every right to be on that road, ask him what he expected me to do "stop, get off the road, something" cause he said "I wasn't gonna cross that yellow line." BULL yeah - ooh wouldn't want to cross the yellow line on a deserted street. Yes the street is often packed with cars, typically with the pre-8am rush of people going to work and then the pre 9am rush. I was traveling in the middle of those two times, on a noticably quiet Hope Street. Ah well, i left him with the comment "i'm going to file a complaint." And i did. With Laidlaw headquarters. We'll see what happens from there - see if anything is made of the complaint. I felt better at anyrate.

And i mentioned, it was cold this morning. And what did i do? I rode my bike in. Damn straight. Of course i had an extra bit of adrenaline to warm me up. That didn't hurt.

But i even made it out on Sunday. A great ride. Finally made it out on a hill ride. But sadly i didn't find the hills challenging. I did manage to discover, too late, a bit of glass that had made its way through one of the numerous cuts in the tread on my tires. Making for the 3rd flat or is it 4th flat on that rear tire. Time for something new i think... It was cold, but not unbearably cold... and the roads, despite the snow on saturday, were pretty remarkably clear.

no asshole school bus drivers on the road either...

and sadly... i discovered... i'm almost fat again. but not in body fat % just getting heavy... no extra gut yet, it hasn't shown up again, nor have the love handles... but... i am now only 2-4 pounds under the 200 mark. So there's hope of racing clydesdale (if they do that here in the N.E. for Mt bikes). I am getting faster, but people tell me "wow, you are fast" but part of me says, 'okay, who's saying that and does it mean anything?' i generally come to the conclusion that, no i'm not fast, still, and i don't have a clue how i will race on the mental level. The collegiate stuff, esp the crits, i would show up, able to ride anyone except one off my wheel on a training ride, and i'd be off the back on the first or second lap... I never quite figured out how to overcome that. Road races i'd do much better... for some reason, and the Michigan Cross races were somewhat inbetween. but i've got a good few months to figure out what to do, meanwhile i get to just focus on getting some miles in, and sooner than later i guess i work on going really fast... downside of the ride, my bike is covered in salt, as are my Sidi mt shoes... maybe more of a downside... it doesn't really bother me. I think it should... but it doesn't... Good thing i rode the P-mount instead of the cross bike, cause then i'd bother me...

Time to stop jabbering and start stuffin my face... and yall watch out for vindictive yellow schoolbus drivers...