More Beers, Less Gears

So Josh is off work now, we are both sumarily hungover, what better to do than go Single-Speed Mountain Bike Riding on some single-wide dirt trails.....Heidi has been killing it in the Expert category riding for the Chipolte squad,and since she was racing the next day at Eldora for the Colorado State Champs..it only made sense to pre-ride the course with her...and drink some of the good sponsor's beer, Oskar Blues, (http://www.oskarblues.com/) Makers of Dale's Pale Ale and Old Chubb Scottish Ale. So Heidi said I could ride her puss...er..maybe I should start over...So Heidi said I could BORROW her Pink Ugly Single Speed (P.U.S.S. by Bianchi), and we would all go turn a few hot laps. Then it started raining....so...I guess we'll wait it out in the truck...like this.. That's the thing about Boulder...the Mountains can cause some crazy weather, and its no big deal to wait out a little afternoon rain shower. So we grabbed some beer form the beer tent, (Heidi got the only Pale Ale, and Josh and I got the 8.5% by Volume Old Chubb) and we just hung out. Finally it stapped raining , and we were able to hit it. So much fun to be back in the woods again. There is no amount of road racing that you can do that will give you the handling skills that riding a mountain bike can...and there is no amount of weight training that you can do that will equal single-speeding the mountains of the front range....Also, be it known, that drinking a really thick beer like Old Chubb before doing the former, WILL make you throw up. So, Heidi was entertaining the idea of doing the Single Speed category on Sunday, and Josh and I were puching her to do it....I mean, she's been taking all comers on the gears...why not step it up, and slum it on the SS for a while...that show all those sissy gear-head girls what tough is all about. So we roll on...andof course it starts to rain....and thenit starts to RAIN. and THUNDER and LIGHTNING (Heidi is screaming at the top of her lungs at this point, because she is dealthly afraid of the lightning) Of Course we do the most logical thing we can thing of: LAUGH AT HER. We hide under some trees and laugh our asses off until it stops.....It stopped just long enough to get back to the parking lot, when it starting pouring even harder, and hailing as well....sweet. We were going to head to the Pig Palace (Mountain View Brew Pub and BBQ in Nederland) but the power was out in Ned, so we hit some Mexican grub in Wondervu... Single Speeds are fun. Don't ever forget it bitches.