Classics

4hrs of scrubbing and one 1965 dime later, the gray (grey) chair has been released from the laundry/storage room.  The sticky-to-the-touch factor is largely gone.  Having gotten off my butt I can now - as The Fonz would say - sit on it (the chair and my derriere).

I'm thinking 1hr of work removes ~8-10yrs of grime.  If that '65 dime is any clue, I could put in another hr or two of detailing work.  It's fit for the "Madmen" set, as is, eh?  Well, give or take a decade.

Sunny 90F weather this week.  Went to the Ag Center for a change of riding scenery.   90 degrees + recently spread manure made me acutely aware of wind direction - sometimes you don't want a tailwind. Regardless, well worth the 20min drive.  An endless diet of Rock Creek and River Road gets old.

  A thousand words may not do it justice.  
Visions of Ken Kesey behind the wheel.

Just a few miles from 495

The biggest sporting event of the Belgian calendar went off last weekend.  Think Superbowl and World Series.  The Tour of Flanders ("Ronde van Vlaanderen") an annual event since 1913.  One day and 162miles of narrow roads, cobblestones, hills, mud and fans.

Next weekend: Paris-Roubaix (1893), "the hell of the north," another legendary one-day cobbled classic renowned for it's 17 (more?) sections of cobblestone roads.  Riders will be digging into their suitcase of courage, eh Paul?

American rider George Hincapie in Flanders. 

from cyclingnews.com