May Ride Recap

What do you get when you mix a couple dozen business people, a couple dozen bikes, a few dozen miles and a sky full of sunshine?

This ride!

I don’t think we could have ordered a much better day.  Sky threatened rain until about 2:01, when the sun broke out and stayed out for the duration of the ride.  Post-ride beverages at Seester’s didn’t disappoint, neither did the conversation.  As always, lots of bike talk mixed with business talk and getting to know new people.

Sorry, no pictures to post from the ride, so I did the next best thing – I stole some images from the Web.  Pictures are not exactly accurate… use your imagination:

Al Krueger and Jason Boynton look to dethrone Denny Yunk as King of the Mountain on Glacier Hill

Mark Lampe climbing Glacier Hill with 8 total miles under his belt for 2012…

I’ll see you ALL next month!

Next ride is Wednesday, June 13th.  Be there!

March Ride wrap-up

Riders as far as the eye can see...

Record temperatures, record number of riders and one of the most beautiful days Wisconsin has ever seen in mid-March!

March’s Networking ride saw just shy of 30 riders hit the road for some early season riding and camaraderie.  Bolstered by the FOX 6 piece on the news the day before and the ridiculous weather, people were coming out of the woodwork to make this one happen.  

Rich Tennessen from eppstein uhen architects donated some of the name plates they use on their annual ride to help everyone put a name with the face (or butt in this case…).

Afterward, we all crowded the outdoor scene at Seester’s and enjoyed a couple of well-deserved cervezas before heading home.

If you were on this one, you’re probably clearing the schedule for April 11th already.  If you weren’t, you’ll probably just tell your grand-kids  in 20 years that you were (kind of like Woodstock).

Get your priorities straight – clear the deck:

Next ride is Wednesday, April 11th @ 2:00!

Cubicle-Free Zone!

Executive order forces riders outdoors!

Ride tomorrow is OUTSIDE!

Details here: http://networkingrides.wordpress.com/about/

Next Networking ride; Wednesday, March 14th – featured on FOX 6!

Excuse-Hounds,

For gosh sakes, it’s 65° today!!  Bikini weather is right around the corner…

The next Networking ride will take place INSIDE at Attitude Sports in Pewaukee.

Next Wednesday, March 14th, at 2:00

This will be the LAST indoor ride, in April we will once again take to the roads of Lake Country.

Weather.com says 50+° and sunny next Wednesday.  We moved indoors for the Winter to accommodate

a wider variety of riders, let’s fill it up this time.

FOX 6 News is interested in doing a segment on our ride, so if they decide to do so someone will

be at Attitude to film some segments for the news.  They are also interested in getting some of the

CompuTrainers set up at the FOX 6 studios on Tuesday morning to do a live segment about the ride.

I’m working on both of these, and I know that if they show up, they will want to see lots of butts on seats.

As always, ride details here:

http://networkingrides.wordpress.com/about/

Tags: attitude, bicycle, bikes, computrainer, kayzar, network ride, ride, training

February Networking ride wrap up

Here’s what you are missing!

February’s Networking ride is in the books.  4 of us gathered for some indoor sweat n chat, while Bill King did his reps outdoors.  If you haven’t seen Attitude’s CompuTrainer room, or for that matter EVER ridden a CompuTrainer, you are missing out.  Let’s face it, the vast majority of you probably put your bikes away just before you start carving pumpkins.  

Riding indoors is normally about as much fun as listening to Ben Stein read the white pages, but add people, a predetermined course, computer-controlled resistance and a pinch of healthy competition and it’s far more tolerable.  There are 12 stations at Attitude, and plenty of room for additional trainers and or rollers.  Music, an LCD display that shows your progress and stats and a full service bike shop with shower facilities!

Everyone rides the same course, but at their own pace.  60 year-old next to 20 year-old, weekend warrior next to Cat 1 racer, etc.

We picked a slightly uphill course and just did a healthy chat pace for an hour or so.  Then rolled to Seester’s for chips, guac and a couple of beverages, courtesy of Pat Wirth - the coolest CPA around.

Next month’s ride is March 14th, 2:00, at Attitude.

What possible excuse could you have for not coming?

Tags: attitude, bicycle, bike, computrainer, group ride, jason kayzar, networking ride, power, racing, trainer

December Networking ride wrap-up

“Testing, 1,2,3… Hello… Is this thing on?”

The December ride is in the books.  4 people (Jason Kayzar, Billy O, John Grosz and John Beauchamp) rode a crazy hilly TT Computrainer course from the Coors Classic:

while Bill King spun on his rollers

After a warm-up and cool-down, we were only on the bikes for about an hour and we got a great workout in.  Post-ride we  headed over to Seester’s for an assortment of Mexican beer and some great conversation.

Now I KNOW there are more than 5 people on this ride list.  Normally, we’d have ridden outside with John Fleckenstein leading the way.  But this year, we all decided that this ride was about Networking, not a test of manliness (or womanliness…).  So we’ve moved indoors for the Winter months to accommodate ALL riders – male/female, fair weather/hardcore,  novice/pro.  At the same time, Attitude moved their Computrainers to a giant private room with tons of extra space.

Now we just need people to get onboard!  Even after I cleaned it up a bit, there are still 301 people on the distribution list.  C’mon!

Make it happen next month – there’s plenty of room!

Next ride is Wednesday, January 11th @ 2:00.

Indoors.  Now what’s your excuse?

 

November Ride wrap-up

Winter is upon us.  And so it will go for the next 5 months in beautiful Wisconsin.

For the past 2 years, we (“we” in this case refers to a small handful of nut-jobs) rode outside for all 12 months.

...aaahh, the good old days

While I and a few others still prefer it – riding outside in February does nothing for the Networking side of this ride, which is really the focus.  So, we (“we” in this case refers to everyone reading this) have moved indoors until the grass greens up in 2012.

Our first indoor ride took place yesterday at Attitude.  While we were happy to be hanging out and riding bikes instead of replying to endless emails and growing our posteriors, we were more anxious to be done and move to Seester’s for adult beverages.

Men & women. Riding together. MADNESS!

 Topics of discussion during the ride revolved around getting to know each other, new jobs, recruiting new employees and referring business opportunities back and forth.  A good time was had by all, and we had a great conversation over a couple of beers afterward about riding, training and improving over time.

Next month’s ride is Wednesday, December 14 at Attitude.

We’re riding inside, and I guarantee that no one will be left behind!

Be there or face eternal ridicule.