Ez but not Ez after Laughlin

 Solo 25 25 mph average.  First ride back.

Tried to go easy but uphill one way and windy the other.  That's ok  felt better than I expected.  After all the pigging 🐖 out in Laughlin, back to good habits. 6oz steak, cup of potatoes, and cucumbers 🥒 and salad 🥗 😋.  Had to take a pic from the back to make sure what little leg 🦵 muscle I have,  is still there. 😁

Laughlin Road Trip & Sizzler VIP Status

 Took Ceecee and Gina to Laughlin for the weekend, Friday thru Sunday morning.

The Laughlin Weekend video. Another good weekend but sadly, for one family on the I-40, 4 killed in an accident. Caught some of the aftermath on the way home. On the return, did catch a few little sprinkles so didn't worry about it thinking it cleared up by Barstow. But then Gina drove from there and it started pouring hard. Low visibility, thunder, lightening, crowded freeway doing about 40 MPH. But Gina did very well keeping it safe. There did seem to be some great food deals in Laughlin this weekend. 😄

When you know you hit SIZZLER VIP STATUS.  After reaching home, Gina and I stopped at Sizzler.  It was packed,  maybe 30 people ahead of us in line so I even thought about going somewhere else but Our Girl Angelina hooked us up. Just as I was thinking about leaving, she poked her head out through the back door, the exit door from the dining room but no to the outside. Psst, Beanz and Gina, this way!

She sat us down at a reserved table then asked Gina for her card and took it up to the register and ordered for us, Heck Yeah!!! Gina tried the new Shrinp Scampi and I the usual 6 ounce petite steak trying to get back onto a healthy diet after the weekend in Laughlin, junk food ha ha ha! Gina and her usual, " I don't think I can eat because I'm still full and I don't feel like eating."

Of course, once she tasted it, she wiped it out ha ha ha! I tasted the shrimp, it was as good as Angelina had mentioned about a month ago alerting us that the dish was returning to the menu and suggested we try it.

Some Laughlin pics, story later.

I do not in anyway, condone, encourage, or participate in the use of miracle drugs. I do have an inlaw relative that is suffering from some serious cancer issues. Several years of suffering and just found it, he may have another bout heading his way. He's into the stuff and so I picked up this watch at the Barstow Station on the way back from Laughlin. Kind of gawdy and outrageous but I thought it was funny that he might really like it. I doubt he'll wear it but it is a funny conversation piece for someone who enjoys this type of thing and knowing he might appreciate the thought. Yeah, spoke with him and he was quite happy that someone thought of him having faced some pretty serious difficult times medically and personally. Life is tough for an ill person so hope I could lighten up his day, if anything just for a minute.

Solo 35 for the Simps

 Let me make this simple for the simps who lack reading comprehension.

See Mr. Beanz ride his bike.

Mr. Beanz rode 35 miles.

Mr. Beanz felt good.

Mr. Beanz made and ate breakfast.

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Wow, amazing at the ass hats that lack comprehension then try turning things around into something hoping to cause trouble I guess. Had another bitch ass hat leave a stupid comment on my FB bike group post. Age gap between me and my bike but they're to stupid to realize it and try turning it into a post about me having a younger girl, I guess. Too stupid to comprehende' so I made it simple for the simps on this one ha ha ha!

Update edit: Ha ha ha, now the dumb bitch is commenting on my FB post that my breakfast looks gross. OK, I replied, you should try it, it will more than likely improve your performance from what I've seen on you RELIVE videos (linked to FB).

Living in Cathedral City and riding area, she's doing 20 mile rides at 15 mph. C'mon man, I've done Tour de Palm Springs, and easy ride solo 3 or 4 times at 17.3 average speed. So yeah, make fun of my breakfast just to be a beotch but it might benefit you to eat this gross looking stuff ha ha ha!

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But anyway, felt great on the ride! I thought it was a little windy heading up to the mountains but I wasn't pushing too hard. Made it to the top then headed down and surprisingly, it wasn't nearly as hard as I expected thinking I had a tailwind heading up. I was expecting a big headwind on the way down but nope, quite nice. But as I have mentioned before, getting back in control of my sugar seems to make a huge difference on the way I feel.

Had a great time coming down eventually hitting a headwind but still feeling good. I will admit, I mis my ice cream though ha ha ha! Just won't be worth it in the long run if I don't take control now, knowing too many relatives who didn't and it all ended up......BAD. If I can avoid some of this trouble, I'll be proud of myself.

Made my breakfast, 2 eggs, turkey sausage, and a slice of bread. Sure seems like a lot of food nowadays having gotten more used to eating smaller dishes. Not to mention, having been using any electrolyte type drinks on the rides, no bars, gu or anything of the sort. I am using the little chew things, one every 7 miles throughout. Backing off near the end of the ride hoping to avoid any kind of sodium or phosphorus type of overdoses, as I've mentioned before.

I have seen several posts about cyclists taking in way too many sources. Gels, gu, drinks, bars, goodies, treats, way too many. Heck, I remember on some cycling forums, some posters mentioning taking in something every 10 miles.

Wow, I can do 40 easily with nothing other than water. I will try a diluted mix of Liquid IV when it gets hot again, But for now, I don't think I'm sweating much at all with a 75-80 degree temp. But when 990 to 100 comes, I'm thinking I might need something on longer rides.

On a better note. Making history today. Aren't we all? Funny that people are here one day telling life stories then they are gone. It's all history now. Well today, breakfast 2 eggs, turkey sausage, and a slice of bread. Lunch grapes and a cucumber. Tried to eat the cuc without vinegar but couldn't. Needs something like vinegar to make it enjoyable. Then had Cecee touch up the back of my hair line getting ready for the weekend. Wow, crazy having white hair, but at least I have hair at my age ha ha ha! This day is going down in history because someday, it will all be gone and a memory of the day I took a pic of the back of my head ha ha ha! Oh yeah, and can't help but be proud of my homemade haircut. Enjoying life and trying to stay healthy, while I can. 😄

Short 20 and Age Gap Relationships

How do you feel about Big Age Gap Relationships? I will be 62 in May and she just turned 28 in January. My trusty Cannondale CAD3 ha ha ha! Love this bike!

 Gee, always windy lately but I did beat the rain. Solo quickie 20 seeing it's supposed to R**N on Saturday. Lousy forecast today wanting a longer ride but settled for a short one just in case. Used my Garmin Edge 500 as well today just to see if it still works ha ha ha! Skipped breakfast being in a rush so I settled for this protein bar. Good and gentle on us older folk with delicate dentals. 😁

People are so freaking uptight! I posted this on a fb group. One ass hat lady commented that it is unnecessary to post our ages in a bike group. Reminds me of those drunks in the cycling forums who ask if I'm drunk but yet admit to drinking too much and others doing drugs. Yeah, I'm the guy with the problem ha ha ha! Another poster who tells me how I should treat Gina but yet, at an old age, she's moving on to other men. Guessing her long time partner got tired of her sheot ha ha ha! Ain't that strange? I do everything wrong according to those ass hats but yet Gina and I have been together 37 years, never a drinker or drugs but constantly judged by others, who are actually F ups! Like one rider said that I met, an excellent rider, says he avoids cycling forums as most is all BS. I see it for sure. Heck, one of the mods and/or admins is some dumbass beotch that doesn't even cycle. I guess walking and not knowing much about actual riding a bike makes her an expert on cycling forums. More like kissing ass ha ha ha!

I actually like these, like those chocolate wafer cookies. Easy to eat, think I got them at Target but they can be found online with a search as well. I ate it before my ride so it was good. I did eat one mid ride last week. Good but it crumbles very little but the chocolate can get a lil messy. But easy on the teefs.

BTW, looking at some light hardware, I came across these Cygolite mounts that I already have but thought I'd sahre. The one with the rubber mount, I use on the back of my helmet. Wraps nicely around the very back column of the helmet, angle it down as one rides the handlebars to be seen by drivers. Works nicely and though I have used other setups, I didn't realize this one in my stuff box would work nicely. Pretty inexpensive too!

This one I bought specifically to use on the seat post mounting the red blinkie Cygolite. I removed the screw so it works just like a GoPro mount. 

I used a seatpost mount with an extension and a go pro mount adapter. Then used a GoPro screw to mount the adapter then slipped the light in place. Works great and it extends far enough and angled to avoid the seat pack to be seen well at night.  One thing about seat post lights is that they are usually blocked by the seat pack and I need one at night so this idea worked well. Everything is clear of one another and the light is in clear view. 

Oh, and I do have a few extensions in different lengths to extend far enough back to clear the pack. I do like my little GoPro mount stuff, just tickles me messing with the stuff.

You can see it here on my seatpost. Black seat post clamp, black extension, the mount held on with a red head screw and the light clipped into place clearing my seat pack nicely.

The black plate that mounts on to the rack removed of course. Only the clip section that has the go pro type mount tabs.

 

First Paid Vacation Ride

 Easy FIRST Paid Vacation Ride . Solo 23 easy miles from the Pico Rivera Golf Course to the Santa Fe Dam and back. Cool and dark but very nice. Felt good! Made my breakfast, 2 eggs, turkey sausage and a slice of bread. I must be getting old because it seemed like a lot of food.

Was a good ride though, feeling great like Tony the Tiger ha ha ha!  Thought I had a tailwind going uphill but turned around and didn't feel that bad either. So either I was feeling good or the wind loved me this day. But I'm thinking the eating well is paying off bigtime. Sadly I see so many around me going downhill with issues that should be given some attention but it's rough for some to muster up the will to take care of themselves, sadly.  But eating and controlling my intake is key at my age. Just about 62 and feeling great, can't ask for more, I'll take it! Comfortable on the bike and feeling strong, nothing wrong with that!

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Kind of cool, these graphs. One can see where I went across the dam, nice and flat.

                            Then after dinner, coffee at the mall with my friend Naomi.