Great Riding Weather!

Another fantastic turn out for the Tuesday Night Worlds. Riding fast is really getting popular in the boonies.

It seemed like the entire Antietam Velo Club was in attendance and it's a good thing...

How many AVC'ers does it take to......(do whatever TTT is doing)

The featured rider this week

Ray Train

Ray Train making fun of the rest of us after hammering up this hill

It's very exciting to blog about Ray Train this week as I had a little help from his better half Judy on some of the more important details. Judy is an awesome wife, the mother of their two boys and quite blogworthy herself.

Here we go with the basics...Ray Train hails from Niagara County, NY. He races for NCVC. His favorite color is grey. He got his nickname for the enormous strength he brings to our group rides. When you are riding behind RT it is truly like a freight train moving. RT prefers Levi's to Wranglers, enjoys making waffles and used to be quite the trumpet player.

Here's where it gets a little more complicated...There have been sightings of RT playing and hanging out with a clown band and a German Umpah band. Oh my! AND evidently he can dance a mean Polka! There was a little in house controversy as to being voted most likely to succeed vs. most talented in his high school class.

Regardless, RT is a truly gifted athlete and great person.

Special thanks to Judy for all her input

Tuesday Night Worlds with PhilBilly

I'm a little slow in getting this out but a great time was had by all this week at the Worlds!

A new structure was added to the ride. It's a little hard to explain and even harder to execute. Check it out at Frederick Velo it involves riding in waves. Bascially we ended up doing our normal ride with organized sprint and hump points. Lots of leg crushing fun.

Our featured rider this week is none other than PhilBilly!

Phil Billy ready to roll at the Worlds

Phil Billy (PB) made the trek east to join our ride this week. He races bikes for Evolution Cycling Club , drives a Prius like Lumpy, has an awesome girlfriend and is a Cat. 3. His favorite race is Tour de' Toona. We graduated high school together~TJ class of '83! PB is famous for what I call Philysms. These are sayings that I have either never heard or heard them for the first time from Phil.

Some of my favorite Philyms:

The sound of angry shopping carts - referring to the sound heard when a group of cyclist crash.

Taco'd my Zipp's - crashing and ruining very expensive cool wheels - I believe this happened twice to Phil Billy:(

Getting the Ya Ya's out - randomly attacking your group ride to test your legs.

Spinning the dinner plate - trying to climb a mountain in your easiest gear.

I'm Batch'in it - when Phil isn't spending the weekend with his girlfriend.

You better hurry up before RIGAMORTIS sets in - one of my favorites, click on rigamortis. (ok, my granddad used to say this one)

And hot off the press the newest Philysm is......A sock in the frappenheimer-showing up in the results for a race without even going

Along with a few local riders, The Grinder & PhilBilly joined Fred and I on a cycling vacation a few years ago to the beautiful of Majorca off the coast of Spain. This is where the nickname Big Ring Phil came about. He conquered all the brutal climbs in the big ring! Ok, so he got a little sick by the end of the trip but he really did do this.

PB enjoying a plate of paella at a mountain top restaurant in Valldemosa

Phil Billy adds alot of character to our local peloton and is an all around strong rider and nice guy!

Helmet tip to you buddy.

Racing in the rain....

Fred had a chance to take our tricked out little Miata to Summit Point Motorsports Park for a track day on the Shenandoah Circuit. The weather wasn't so cooperative but the show must go on.

Fred and his buddy Wade looking optimistic-that's our little white Miata and the party umbrella

Not so much now

Oops ! Wade went off track trying to keep up with Fred- it's a little slippery

A couple times actually

Ed had a really bad day - he was the organizer of the event

Fun times...

Emma and Alyson

My cousin's 4 yr. old twin's, Emma and Alyson were up for a visit.
I brought them the first Poppy that opened from our garden.
We got in a little Mr. Potato Head
And it wouldn't be a visit in the country if you didn't dig for worms.