November 1, 2009 – Dia de los Muertos
(WARNING – lots of words and pix here.  If you just want to scroll through and look at the pix, I won’t be offended.)
Just like my EB ride, it looks like my ride report is going to come in last.  I’ve really enjoyed reading what everyone has had [...]

Just some background. I’m the old man/newbie rider of TGR. I’m 40 and have been riding for about a year and a half. Last year, I kept track of the original EB threads and read the reports in awe of what the guys did. I told myself then, “I’m going to do that next year [...]

At Tender Gooch, we have tender hearts. That’s why we share our time with shiny new things, like these:

Now that the food and beer have had time to settle, I guess I’ll provide my “ride” report.
For the first time I actually got a good nights sleep.  Maybe it was the 3/4 Pepperoni Pizza from Yahgis but I felt pretty good when I awoke at 4 AM.  Breakfast was a big slice of bacon, [...]

The EB has been moved from Saturday, October 10th to Sunday, the November 1st.
After months of extremely hot weather and drought conditions here in Austin, we’re now getting our asses kicked by El Niño. Austin has been acting like Portland for quite a while now. These wet conditions have created havoc for the mountain biking [...]

Since the EB was postponed, we did the basic route (road-side) on our fancy road bikes. It was cold, so we made cold weather faces for the camera.
After the 60-72 mile ride (depending on whether you rode from home or not), we stuffed ourselves with burgers from Phil’s Icehouse, Waterloo, or burritos from Chipotle. The [...]