Finally Cut My Hair Tour ✂️

No ride planned but finally broke down and cut my hair so....why not? Just an easy 25 to the SF Nature Center. 😁 I sweat more when I cut my hair compared to riding my bike. 😄

It was a trip today, I saw some dude out there drafting a big guy, good for them. I went up to my turn around point then headed back. Only 25 miles wanting to save time in order to get back for some quality time with Gina. No ride plan but I just rode to get in a few more miles for the month.

Actually did pretty good for being the hottest month so far, maybe ever. Darn it's been hot! 472 miles in the month of August, so I'm good.

So on the return, I see the two guys off a ramp. Seems the big guy is leaving the trail. A double underpass so I can see them from several yards away. Just as I'm approaching that ramp, the tiny guy hops on the trail. I'd say he's 5'3 and maybe 130 pound, pretty small but looks like a pro ha ha ha!

Just as I'm about to arrive, he hops back on the trail and heads my direction. He didn't see me coming, probably a bad thing, another clueless unsafe rider but oh well, plenty of those in the world. I see him start pedaling so I just hang back giving him a chance to pull away figuring he looks like a pro, I don't want to interfere. But he's slow in getting organized but I just hold back not wanting to get in his way.

But a mile down the road, he seems to be struggling with the wind. He's about 40 yards ahead and by his appearance, I can see he's fading in the wind. Well heck, I'm just doing my thing and at this point, if I continue to hold back, he's actually in my way. So I go around him and stay far to the left so he gets the idea that I ride alone and don't care to carry anybody on a ride. Heck, I don't need anyone or expect anyone to carry me on my ride.

So I stay really far left for about 50 yards then to be safe, I look to my right before moving back over into the lane to be safe. I look back and out of my peripheral vision, I don't see anything, WTF did he go? So I look to my left and there he is wedged between me and a fence. I'm like 5 feet from the fence so WTF is he there?

I look back at him in the eye and give him the look. In my case, it's the "here we go again" look. So I sit up and swing far to the right so he can pass and I'll let him go. But he tries to stay behind so I really slow down. I have ear buds in listening to rock music so when he rolled by muttering something, I had no idea what he said so I gave him the other look. The "I don't need a little tiny mofo sucking my wheel! 😁

SO he rolls by muttering and I just look at him and don't really GAF what he said. I just gave him another look, the GTF outta here look!

So he did. He took off lifting the pace, good for him and good for me, I'm doing my own thing now. SO he gets about 75 yards ahead rather quickly but then all of a sudden, I see his motions screaming, "I'm struggling!".

Yup, he sure is and about a mile and half before the end of my ride. A couple more minutes, he's really struggling. About a mile left and I'm closing rather quickly without too much effort. Then I'm about 15 yards back, if I go by, he's going to take my wheel so I dropped the hammer. HR went from 130 to 165, probably my max but I blew by him. Didn't give him any stupid looks or mutter anything, I just hammered him. I didn't look back but I knew there was no way he was going to be able to hop on my wheel, I made sure of that ha h ha!

Heck, what do I need some tiny guy sucking my wheel? I've had too many experiences with the type. Benefitting off my draft then when it's time to go to the front, the sprint around or they cry claiming that they can't fight the wind so they stay behind me, then sprint around.

Reminds me of a forum member I met years ago. Green River to Huntington Beach and back. 60 miles round trip. He sucked my wheel for the first 20 with a ride plan to ride together. Getting frustrated, I asked him to go to the front and he said he couldn't hold my pace. So what? I need to recover even if you do 12 mph. But he wouldn't so I just kept going and asked a few more times but nothing but whining.

Round trip 60 miles, no help enjoying the benefits then the last 1/2 mile, he sprinted around. WTF!!! I asked him at the end why he did that . His response was that he felt good having some extra energy so he wanted to burn it off.

Then he asked when we were going to ride again. Uhh, I'll call you, don't call me! Do I really need little guys sucking my wheel when you know they aren't going to want to help? Nope!

Post ride meal with my Honey. Fish, lil rice, and a potato at Mille's. Gina always get excited and carried away with the salt but today it was the pepper. I mentioned the mess she made using the pepper then I put some on my food. It was all over the place too. Oh, it was that we were sitting under a fan. Took us a minute to figure it out. We're not usually this messy! 😄😁😁

Cruisin' Like Smokey Tour 🔥 Request Return to Cycling Forum

Solo 40, still warm but going easy. Never left my small ring forcing myself to go easy with the heat. Felt good! No heat related suffering. I must be crazy, no other cyclists in the parking lot. 🤪

Funny thing, I was loading up my bike after the ride. Had my earphones on thinking I thought I heard something. Looked around, didn't see anything then heard something again. Hmm! Just then the phone rang as I saw a cyclist at the fence rolling away from my area. Speaking with Gina now but saw the dude rolling away but stopping heading back my direction. The gate was locked to the golf course off the trail so he was not able to ride around and had been calling me from the trail fence. Oh, it's David who I had run into a few times. He was concerned after having a flat using his only spare tube and not having patches. He asked if I had an extra, yeah! I catty a little self adhesive type in case others might need one. He was the one I guess ha ha ha! So I gave him one of the three that I had. I carry 2 tubes as well.

Gave him a patch for the road just in case. But he mentioned tossing a tube after the first patch. I told him that I toss the tubes after 2 patches, going on the third. He said he didn't trust the patches much so I asked if he used the vulcanizing. He had never heard of them, what? So I educated him and he says he's going to look them up. Hopefully he invests 3 or 4 dollars as they are far better than the self sticky ones that are actually designed for emergency get home trips only. Some last but why take chances?

 Just another day in SoCal. Strangely enough, many forum viewers had mentioned how revealing some of the images had been over the years that I've posted from the beach. Funny thing is that nowadays, this is not far off from what chicks, and their mothers are wearing at the malls.

Warm but not as hot as it has been the last few days

Got a little sweat going on the legs.

I must be crazy, nobody out here but us chickens

Powered but the chile relleno ha ha ha! Still the best at Los Jarritos. For anybody familiar, there will be a second store opening in La Verne where the Tenderloin used to be. Yummy!

This was pretty cool. I was contacted by someone who deals with the operations of a cycling forum. I posted there like 2009 some. Then later having lost access to my account. Not even sure what email it was but I created a new account years later and posted for a bit. Then stopped posting but tried to sign on again much later but only having access through Google. I'm not real sure about all this stuff and Google accounts etc. I know my blog is signed on through Google but that's about all I know ha ha ha!

So I posted under a name that was assigned to me but you know me, I like my Mr. Beanz!

So I posted there a while but got really sick of the puppets and all the fake ass posters who like to insult others then cry about it when I return fire. So one creep did just that so said F it, I'm outta here. No goodbyes, just quit posting. 

Much like other cycling forums, of fake cycling forums, there are a bunch of idiots who don't cycle and much of their material is about alcohol, losers in love, sick fukkers, and lots of excuses of why they can't ride a bike. That crap gets tiresome as well, signing on a cycling forum to read about a bunch of alcoholic losers ha ha ha!

So I had posted ride reports, pics, videos etc but stopped when I realized the idiots were  just like any other forum. I just stopped a few weeks ago not needing any more cycling forum idiots than I had dealt with in the past.

Surprisingly, I received and email from a lady who has to do with their operations asking me why I stopped posting. I was straight up as always, I'm tired of the fake ass posters who are allowed to insult others with no worries. I explained that many cycling forums I had been on that seemed to follow the same pattern and the weak ass admins don't do sheot about those moronic posters. She said she understood and hoped that I would return having been a good rep for cycling posting actual ride reports etc. 

Oh cool, I was totally surprised to hear from them but I mentioned the fact that I was assigned a name by Google when I signed on a few months ago. Then I mentioned that I might return but if I did, I would like my name changed to Mr. Beanz.

DONE !!!!!! Ha pretty cool to have someone actually value ride reports, pics, vidoes vs those admins that give more concern to the bunch of drunks who don't even really ride a bike. Heck, look at most forums nowadays, no ride reports, just a bunch of drunks whining about their wives being unhappy and sad sacks hoping to score model wives and girlfriends while trying to get sober ha ha ha!

Only Hot 🔥 When You Stop Tour / Pico Golf Course closing 3 in weeks, forever

Solo 41 miles.  Just some spinning in the sun. Felt really good and only felt hot when I stopped at the park along the return.  Didn't really feel the heat much I'm thinking because I went easy.  Of course,  Oatmeal for breakfast.  I don't know what that factory is but they did an emergency broadcast test right as I was rolling by. Opposite side of the river but it almost blew me off the bike! 🤣 LOUD!!! The entire time riding,  I didn't look at the temp on my GPS because I didn't want to know,  and I wasn't feeling the heat. 😁 Average 91, high 104.

I'm pretty happy that the heat isn't affecting me too much already. Been really hot around here but I continue to ride in the heat if even easy rides just to get acclimated. I think it is working because today was freaking hot again and I actually felt great. Didn't feel the heat in my breathing and the hips/shoulders felt great. Unlike the usual getting used to the heat rides where I feel the fatigue in my hips and shoulders,

But sadly, TC sent a video in a text. I TV report confirming that the Pico Rivera golf course will be closing during September. The totally closed date is the last day of the month but all amenities will be ceased on the 18th I believe. I'll have to watch the video again and try to post it here  but I do know half way through the month, all our conveniences will be at a halt, sadly! I did look at a sign posted just outside of the golf course on the trail today. It shows what section of the trails are going to be closed and open. I'm not very familiar with the hood, or residential area so I myself have no idea what will be there for a detour.

A short video recorded by TC with his cell. I saved it and posted it here. Nothing spectacular but you get the message.

                                                           Sweaty legs at break time!

I always find it strange that I don't sweat on the bike. Maybe my sweat evaporates quickly but I rarely drip if I'm moving. I did stop at the park and yeah, when I stand still, my legs start dripping and even get a coating but still, my face, nope! It's over 100 degrees in the pic and my face is dry like it was 75.

Have no idea what this place is but they have one heck of an alarm system.

My oatmeal with some strawberries. I cheat and use the dehydrated fruit. But the grapes I eat on the way to the ride are real ha ha ha!

I was supposed to ride yesterday, Tuesday but I got lazy and it's so freaking hot. So I cheesed out and decided to go to Millie's for breakfast instead ha ha ha! Yeah, I broke a sweat drinking coffee but I always get a glass of ice water and a cup of ice too. I drink a cup or 1 1/2, or 2 depending on the timing of getting a refill.  Then after I'm nice and hot, I start on the ice water to cool down before I leave. Of course 2 cups of coffee, 2 glasses of ice water, I'm always heading to the little boys room before I leave ha ha ha! Yeah, breakfast then a nice cool visit to the mall to chill out.

Super Man Hot Ride Tour

 Solo 40 miles. Hot 😁 Took it easy but still....... hot. 🤣 Sweat today, on the legs anyway. So hot that the adhesive of the rubber strip that keeps my computer mount on the handlebars melted. 🫠 swinging mount all the way back, very annoying 😒 Average 100 degrees according to Garmin Connect, high of 107. 🔥 🥵 🔥

I might have to look into starting earlier ha ha ha, 11 am is pretty warm. But I survived once again. Good thing that I have been riding in the heat the last couple of weeks because being really hot today, hottest day so far, I actually feel pretty good. Hips feel a little fatigued from the heat but everything else is good. No head or stomach issues from the heat.

Another visit wit Omar at the Chalan Rest Stop. Nice bottle of cold water. I get one on the way up then ask him to reserve one for my way down ha ha ha! Good guy supporting the cyclists out there.

After the ride, had a chance to sit down and chat with a dude named Tim who Team Skipper. A long distance endurance type cycling team. Says he has a documentary on Amazon Prime. He says he'll be able to tell if I watch it or not, computer tech or something but I don't have Amazon Prime TV anyway, not even really sure what it is ha ha ha!

Funny thing is that he knows a cyclist really well. One of the forum members from back in like 2005. Back then the member had completed RAM like 5 times. I've told the story many times, dude dissed my bike, training habits, and whatever else he could. Said if he had a really bad day and I had a good one, I MIGHT keep up with him. $10,000 bike back in 2005 and I was riding my $1,050 Cannondale CAD3.

Big resume, Paris Brest Paris, other countries, brevets, the works. But on the actual timed event ride, I spanked him by over an hour on the 100 mile ride with 10,000 ft of gain. I always love telling this story. I told it to Tim and he got a pretty good laugh about it personally knowing the forum member ha ha ha!

But a cool guy and we had a good chat about bikes and rides. But at the SF nature center, on the return, I stopped to refill my bottles. The dude mentioned the heat and I acknowledged that it was warm but he said, NO IT'S HOT!!

Chatted a bit more then he asked how far I was riding, 40 miles. He asked how many bottles I was carrying, 2 but I had already downed about 11 bottles refilling along the way, He was impressed saying 40 miles in this heat, YOU'RE SUPERMAN!!! Ha ha ha funny how new riders are so easily impressed. He and his wife rode from the Damn Climb to the nature center which is about 4 miles (?). RT would be 8 to 10 so he was impressed with the 40.

Oh, and by the way a woman told me that I looked really good. And because it was a respectable woman, I'll have to take her word for it. 😄 Nice to know the efforts taken towards my goal of trying to stay healthy are recognized. 👍

Dripping sweaty legs at break. Really strange, my legs will drip sweat but rarely do I drip from my face or other places. Pretty sure I do but it must evaporate quickly. Always a nice feature because ride partners never know if I'm tired or struggling ha ha ha!

So hot ha ha ha! An image I caught in the video before, or as it was happening. I didn't notice it till it had slipped around to the bottom of the handle bars about 10 miles later on the way down. This is the rubber strip with an adhesive hacking on it that goes between my mount and the bars to create the proper diameter for mounting. Seems the glue on the rubber started to melt and soften allowing my mount to lose grip. Actually, an event came up that actually made me appreciate the malfunction giving me a reason to stop for a few minutes. I'll bring that up later ha ha ha!

Stuff for along the way

Then of course my chicken dinner after the ride and a salad. Gina teasing me with chicken wings again.

Sunday recovery rest day meal at Black Angus

One thing I don't understand is why a meal for two comes with dessert for one. 😋

Gina salmon and au gratin potatoes

Me, rib eye and mashies. A little disappointed, I think Sizzler is tastier ha ha ha!

My potato soup

Gina's salad

Our appetizer

Doing LSD in the Sun Tour 🌞

 Doing LSD in the Sun Tour 🌞.....Long Slow Distance. 😄 I don't know if that's actually LONG, but it's slow. 😆 Going easy for the heat warning. Not too bad but downed about 11 large bottles of fluids to be sure, electrolytes and water. Good thing I'm the type to pay attention to my surroundings, tree 🌳 down! 😲 Target is 300 miles per month hitting 324 today so I'm doing ay't! 😁

                                             Almost done, 6 miles left. Time for a photoshoot

Felt good on the ride. Cleaned and lubed the chain so the bike ran really well and smoothly. I'm really surprised at how well it is running. I always tell myself that when I win the lotto, I'm going to buy a new tech roadie but lately, being back on the Madone, I really don't think I need all the new stuff. Heck, it's all about riding the bike. Seeing all these wussies bailing out for e-bikes, I can't help but think that I'm doing more than well enough actually pedaling my bike unlike all those, well you, pussies out there. Like I said, I believe in doing my own physical work. If I can't ride 100 ore 60 miles someday, I'll do 40. If I can't do 40, I'll do 20 as long as I don't puss out. And one thing I really dislike nowadays is the wussies using motors boasting about how far they rode their bikes. In some bike groups, postings by wussies claiming to have hit so many miles this month. SO What you wuss, try pedaling your bike!!!

Tree down and across the trail

Seal Beach. The pier is down the way and this area, way too far to see the water, not much action

I was totally shocked! I suggested Gina take off a day from work on Tuesday. She's been doing 11 hour days and 5 to 8 on Saturdays. Very busy at work and the others in her position have left. Another new hire that worked there for a few weeks then decided to leave because of small children, the drive, and the long hours as well as Saturdays. Another employee there but I won't say much about that ha ha ha! So, I told her that she should take a day off as all the others have taken several but Gina is the doesn't call into work type. So I suggested it saying that once the other gal leaves, she's going to have a hard time taking a day off. She agreed so we spent the day together. 

Lunch at Los Jarritos. Always good but don't visit much any longer avoiding the things that are just too good and not good for my health ha ha ha! I did cheat, shared a small order of nachos as well then to the Montclair Plaza, our old hangout. A visit to Candy Land where they have some really cool old candies that I remember from the 60's. So heck, already cheated today so might as well make the best of it, had a couple candy bars too and sharing with Gina, maybe not as bad as I could have been ha ha ha!

Gina did see some Clark sandals on sale at Macy's so I talked her into buying them. Better than just switching her old sandals with the new ones and leaving them there ha ha ha! That's a joke for the slow people. But she was really happy with her new sandals, she just tossed the old ones into the bag and then into the trash. It was time!

Came across a post in a bike group that asked, what got you cycling?  Reminded me of how I got started as an adult. This is my story. 1992 when I started cycling on a challenge.

I've always played sports and at 29, still playing on a traveling softball team. Working at a company that had over 2,000 employees, we had a gym, various leagues in different sports. Always being an athlete, I did well in all of them but 3 VEGETARIANS that worked with me about 10% body fat said that I was strong, could run fast but they bet only for a short time. They bet that I did not have any cardio so they challenged me to get a bike, hybrids and claimed that I would not be able to keep up with them on a 60 mile bike ride. Uhhh ok! I was 6'1 and 220 pounds. They were 5'10 max and 150 pounds I'm guessing. We started the ride, I checked what they had then they got tired so I took the front pushing the pace. After the first 20 miles, one puked and the other pooped out and decided to turn back. I won the bet but best of all, I started to like the cycling. 1992 and I haven't stopped yet. Big mistake too many cyclist make, underestimating the big guys. Done some timed events, 100 miles with 10,000 ft climbing and did very well. This was 1992 when the skinny people said there was no way I could keep up with them, I was too big! 😆

Decisions decisions!!!🤣 Friday $6.99 breakfast special with Angus. Which piece of toast to eat last with grape jelly? For those that don't know, Angus Young is the guitar player for AC/DC. 😁 Of course dinner last night with my Honey. Like Eve, she tempted me into eating a couple of her chicken wings. I feel so guilty! 😆😄😆