Its friday

and the day is nearly done...

a busy one at that... and that's good. being busy and in demand is a comforting thing at this point with the state things are headed...

gonna meet up with the gang at 9 it looks like for a nice cold sunday ride. Church of the Big Ring, for those who aren't driving to some exotic location this weekend.

Gonna be a cold one. Esp for down here. But then it is about right. Isn't this the weekend Wrentham has generally be on? So well that's about as cold as it gets around here and this guy who loves racing, the colder the better, is going to save some coin and not burn a mix of FAMES and Petroleum Fuel Oil. Save the cash. Gotta work on cutting expenses down. Good time of year. Cross is over and no more races to pay for, hopefully no more gear that NEEDS to be purchased. Settle down into coast mode.

I really want to hit the Ice Weasels race, really really want to. Fresh Promoter blood in the mix. That's a good thing. Close. Good time of the year. But. Man, the timing of it all. Gonna be lucky to even make the last Opa Opa race.

But well. It is pitch black out there now. But the weather is looking almost warm and there should be a decent tail wind. Maybe not so bad tonight.

I've been running with the niterider hooked up to the helmet. Total Red-Green kludge job with the mount. I took the plastic part out of the neoprene headband and use a combination of zip-ties and tape to hold it on. Problem is where I've been running it it is pointed too low. Gonna try and fix it now so I can see without sitting up no hands to see down the path.

I will say I love how far down this beam points. This 15W Niterider just pokes a yellowish hole through the night a long ass way. No way to out run this lamp on a path. In the woods with it on the bars? Sure Yah Ya betcha. Lighting up the bushes for 50 feet in the wrong direction helps ya negotiate twisty single track.

I keep thinking about new lights. Fancy Lights and Motion 700s. Or Dinotes. 400 lumens of goodness. Problem is lumens run between $0.75 and $1.75/lumen. And my ancient early 90's halogen lamp with the 10,000Ah battery, lasts a loooooooong time between charges. And it works. Well. Not the lightest. Or the brightest.

But it works. And thats the name of the game. If it works why replace it.

Well time to saddle up and hit the cold.

stay warm, race well. One of these years i'll make it to Lon-GUY-lan for Myles race. just not this year

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