BYE

Yeah I'm late with anything related to the Backyard Experience.  I'm sure you've already read the recap from TheMutt earlier this week, and probably Dicky's too...  So I'll keep the words to a minimum and let the pictures do the story telling.

The day started off with a beer in the woods.

Our first waffle zone was missed as the racers took a wrong turn... we still had fun.  

It's alright, because we regrouped and spread the joy.  Some people enjoyed the waffles... look at him snap for that waffle!!

Them waffles were good!!  Riders enjoyed delicious treats along the way

PERFECT!!

YUM!!

But some people didn't like them for some reason...

Looking scared

And dodging the gifts of waffles showered upon them.

Others even put in pre-orders with special instructions - "I want to be covered in waffles!"  You better believe that request was obliged!

Waffles from every angle!

A good time had by all

Oh, you can't get covered in one pass by... our hard working waffle tossers got her again when the trail can back by.

Even giving her helmet a little waffle love!

Then there were others... they ate so many waffles they just had to sit down to enjoy the last few bites.  Even the bikes got waffles!!

And then, things got weird...

Come by next year for the waffles... or the bike race... or both?

getting there

Haven't been riding lately.  BUT, I did get the bike haven cleaned (at least preliminarily so) and trying to figure out how it will be organized so I can get going on work bench building and the hanging of some bikes.

After that I tore the Glow Worm down an cleaned it up, put it back together again... but didn't ride it.

Sunday I "rode" the HiFi out at the BYT as I spectated and took pictures of the BYE.  I was more of the idea man of some of the spectator shenanigans out there, but TheMutt really brought it to life with the aid of a few friends.  I'm still working through the photos from the event.  Some you will see here.  Some you will see over at B-43 - I've got to share the love.

Today I do have some photos from a race I went to a while back that I never got to share.  D-Wayne was in town for a cross race.  I don't race cross, but I certainly will spectate when the race is less than a mile from my house.

In cyclocross you:

Run through sand.

Run up a hill.

Continue to push your bike up said hill.

Ride your bike, and sometimes even hit a sweet jump

Then you get to pick up your bike (again) and jump over wooden barriers, repeatedly.

Some more riding.

Goof off with the spectators.

And after a predetermined time limit of just killing yourself out there you finally see the end is near.

D-Wayne did well out there, but I had no idea it was a nail biter of a finish... or at least it was in that guys estimation.