a photo from the HPVA race in Xenia last october - that's me getting drafted for 45 minutes by those lazy gits.  For that 45 minute race I was 5th place behind the liked of dennis grelk and other HPVA superstars with 80 tooth front cogs!  However, I still maintained above a 23mph pace for the full 45 minutes on a bike I'd never even ridden before - a fujin SL.  
 
 I will also inclde the picture of the resulting injury from the chain rub against the back of my thigh - I have a small scar from it even now!  How's that for committment?

One of the wife and I at Ragbrai this past year:
 

That's amazing, all those people...  would make you miss "open road" real quick!!!!!