Lost Valley pre race day ride.

Guess we got a bit of a chill out there today. My toes were frozen and it was only 34 degrees. It was only four weeks ago that we were riding in the 20's and I was without issues with the cold. I had the wrong socks today. Too thick, twisting off my toe jugular. If your shoes are too tight when it is cold because your socks are too thick, forget about it. I already have gangrene, I know it

It was just last week when Thrasher was dusting off his sleeveless jersey for the oglers on race day. That's ok Craig, I go sleeveless to the coffee shop. And neither our wives understand the respect that going sleeveless deserves. It will come back "in" someday and they will think a lot of you and I for being the trendsetters. I am thinking sleeveless jersey/arm warmer combo pajamas for your next style channel submission.

So we role out for a couple of laps at Lost Valley this morning, conversation pace and Schuck couldn't make it to the trial head without peeing. There is a mile of chat before arriving at the drop in. I was thinking he needs to be checked for stones or prostate stuff, frequency is a bad sign at his age. Anyway, Thrasher, the smartest man in the world, says: "Don't freak out or nothing, but if you get caught going to the bathroom outdoors you have to register as a sex offender". Now, I think I might have heard that before, or remembered something about a college kid getting busted for urinating in public, that he was a fraternity boy, caused a real mess. I'm thinking, "what a crazy world we live in if that is the case?" I can imagine some kid getting ticketed for letting loose at the entrance to Schnuck's. But to get arrested for peeing in the woods is pretty harsh. It is as much an earned right as a human being as riding a bike on the road, don't take my rights away.

Yes, there is "just something about" the freedom that rings when walking down the trail, or better yet, threading some sweet singletrack and without thinking and all in one motion, you pull off the trail and let it go. Not that I have ever done it of course. But that is lore. I have heard that this God given right qualifies under Civil Disobedience. I am thinking sit-in at the Jail if Schuck gets busted. Where did the cavemen go to the bathroom, Grrrr on the spot? Where did they register?