Floyd wants you . . .

. . . to ride your bike.

Excuse the gratuitous Floyd post. But this picture, lifted from Velo News, was too good to pass up. The Tour starts next Saturday with a short prologue TT in Strasbourg. This is French Menno country, so it's almost as if Floyd is racing on home territory. The cable is hooked up. Coverage starts at 7:30 am. Bring your yerba and fruit loops to the official FGBC TdF headquarters in my basement. Coffee and meaningless chatter will be provided.

Looks like a good weekend for bike riding is shaping up. Perfect way to kick off summer. A whole whack of folks are heading out to Spruce Woods for the weekend. Officially billed as "Family Camping," I believe, this could also be considered training for the Blunderd Hunderd--Paddy H's race consisting of 4 laps of the Epinette trail. This takes place on July 2--next Sunday. Camping and drinks on Saturday. A relatively low-key affair, as far as races go. And no race license required, so a good opportunity to line up against the locals. Would be nice to put in a showing on behalf of FGBC, especially since we missed out on the single speed champeenship.

I believe I've successfully fixed my shifting problems. And Unger has found the source of his chain-skipping woes. No more excuses.