I have a greater respect for my friend and teammate Stephen Badger. (
www.skntcycling.com). Not because he is the promoter of one of the best events of the year (Tour De Roxbury...duh) but more because he has not gotten his ass kicked out of the house by his wonderful wife, Belinda. Belinda, how you do it, I do not know. You are indeed an angel.
So the NYC crew drove up ffrom the city on Saturday, Oct. 21 for the big event. Tour
de Roxbury...Badger's 63 mile offroad, cyclocross purgatory. Yeah, Me, Johnson, Baz, and Tracey piled into my car, stacked the bikes on top, and off we went. The idea was dinner with the Badger's hacienda, then beers around the campfire until we were all drunk enough to make the ride that much more horendous the next day. When we arrived, Belinda had a PHENOMENAL Meal prepared (Thanks again to the Badger houselhold) Chicken, Pasta, Salad, Wine..you name it...that girl can cook! We ate like crazy, and then out to start the fire, and start drinking and YES...OH YES...SMORES! I mean...what good is a campfire without roasting marshmallows right? Tracey proved to have the optimal roasting technique...Just brown enough. I, on the other hand tend to just set them on fire. The drinking continues....
Next morning, Belinda has an equally impressive breakfast waiting for us...we eat..ALOT...and off we go. Turnout was great for the TDR. 25 riders...meeting at the local Starbuck's. We roll out. W
eather was perfect...started out cold, around 35 degrees, and the sun was out. 2 and a half hours in and Belinda and Tracey meet us with water, gatorade, cokes, oatmeal raisen cookies, and yes...Fig Newtons. We finished with everyone in about 5 hours including the stop, and yes...it was brutal. Gravel roads, long climbs, short steep clim
bs, paved sections, single-track, and yes a grass runway of the HUGE Woodbury Airport.
After, pizza, beer....coma. No seriously , we had the Pizza and the beer, then some espresso, and back
to NYC. I haven't had that much fun on a bike since I was in Colorado last Thanksgiving...that says a lot.
Badger...Thanks again, and Belinda, thank you for putting up with the Badger...Its a full time job...I know.
I have a greater respect for my friend and teammate Stephen Badger. (www.skntcycling.com). Not because he is the promoter of one of the best events of the year (Tour De Roxbury...duh) but more because he has not gotten his ass kicked out of the house by his wonderful wife, Belinda. Belinda, how you do it, I do not know. You are indeed an angel.
So the NYC crew drove up ffrom the city on Saturday, Oct. 21 for the big event. Tour
de Roxbury...Badger's 63 mile offroad, cyclocross purgatory. Yeah, Me, Johnson, Baz, and Tracey piled into my car, stacked the bikes on top, and off we went. The idea was dinner with the Badger's hacienda, then beers around the campfire until we were all drunk enough to make the ride that much more horendous the next day. When we arrived, Belinda had a PHENOMENAL Meal prepared (Thanks again to the Badger houselhold) Chicken, Pasta, Salad, Wine..you name it...that girl can cook! We ate like crazy, and then out to start the fire, and start drinking and YES...OH YES...SMORES! I mean...what good is a campfire without roasting marshmallows right? Tracey proved to have the optimal roasting technique...Just brown enough. I, on the other hand tend to just set them on fire. The drinking continues....
Next morning, Belinda has an equally impressive breakfast waiting for us...we eat..ALOT...and off we go. Turnout was great for the TDR. 25 riders...meeting at the local Starbuck's. We roll out. W
eather was perfect...started out cold, around 35 degrees, and the sun was out. 2 and a half hours in and Belinda and Tracey meet us with water, gatorade, cokes, oatmeal raisen cookies, and yes...Fig Newtons. We finished with everyone in about 5 hours including the stop, and yes...it was brutal. Gravel roads, long climbs, short steep clim
bs, paved sections, single-track, and yes a grass runway of the HUGE Woodbury Airport.
After, pizza, beer....coma. No seriously , we had the Pizza and the beer, then some espresso, and back 
to NYC. I haven't had that much fun on a bike since I was in Colorado last Thanksgiving...that says a lot.
Badger...Thanks again, and Belinda, thank you for putting up with the Badger...Its a full time job...I know.
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