UCI world tour

	From	To	Event	Ctry	Class
	17.01.2012	22.01.2012	Tour Down Under	AUS
	04.03.2012	11.03.2012	Paris - Nice	FRA
	07.03.2012	13.03.2012	Tirreno-Adriatico	ITA
	17.03.2012	17.03.2012	Milano-Sanremo	ITA
	19.03.2012	25.03.2012	Volta Ciclista a Catalunya	ESP
	23.03.2012	23.03.2012	E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke	BEL
	25.03.2012	25.03.2012	Gent - Wevelgem	BEL
	01.04.2012	01.04.2012	Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres	BEL
	02.04.2012	07.04.2012	Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco	ESP
	08.04.2012	08.04.2012	Paris - Roubaix	FRA
	15.04.2012	15.04.2012	Amstel Gold Race	NED
	18.04.2012	18.04.2012	La Flèche Wallonne	BEL
	22.04.2012	22.04.2012	Liège - Bastogne - Liège	BEL
	24.04.2012	29.04.2012	Tour de Romandie	SUI
	05.05.2012	27.05.2012	Giro d'Italia	ITA
	03.06.2012	10.06.2012	Critérium du Dauphiné	FRA
	09.06.2012	17.06.2012	Tour de Suisse	SUI
	30.06.2012	22.07.2012	Tour de France	FRA
	10.07.2012	16.07.2012	Tour de Pologne	POL
	06.08.2012	12.08.2012	Eneco Tour	---
	14.08.2012	14.08.2012	Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian	ESP
	18.08.2012	09.09.2012	Vuelta a España	ESP
	19.08.2012	19.08.2012	Vattenfall Cyclassics	GER
	26.08.2012	26.08.2012	GP Ouest France - Plouay	FRA
	07.09.2012	07.09.2012	Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec	CAN
	09.09.2012	09.09.2012	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	CAN
	29.09.2012	29.09.2012	Il Lombardia	ITA
	10.10.2012	14.10.2012	Tour of Beijing	CHN

Ahh Ya!

Might have to find some dirt this weekend

First ride of the year!

 2.7 miles, 15 minutes, vicious head wind, but we toughed it out.

Got bored with the trailer, so we picked up trash in the neighborhood.

Got a minute and rode down to the Bare Bulb. First ride on Redline.

 Mmm!

To shave or not to shave?

 Its time to get serious. The new season is just ahead. For me this will be my first full season of road racing. It is very different from mountain bike racing. For one, I probably won't have my kids with me, (although we are still going to race MTB, if they want to). For two, I hear people are not as friendly as they are at mountain bike races. But I will have my team to hang with. Douloscycling.com Road racing is much more different than MTB racing. Not as much beer drinking or grilling burgers. The parking lot of a mountain bike race is usually filled with trucks, a Subaru or two, tents, families, and people enjoying themselves. The parking lot of a road race is usually filled with Honda's, Audi's, Volkswagen's, a few team vehicles, and a group of angry looking cyclists. After a mountain bike race you have people reluctant to leave, wishing the day would go on. After a road race you have an empty parking lot with swirls of debris caused by the rapid exit of egos. I think that will not be the case with Team Doulos because half of our team are mountain bikers. Its going to be fun! 
 Iv'e changed my training a little this winter, more road riding. In the past I ran a lot, and rode the mountain bike more. I think I only have 3.4 miles on the Jet 9 since October (fried green fifty). The experts say cross training is good when the weather turns ugly, but in Georgia the weather allows for year long riding. I pretty much cross train all year anyway, running, mountain bike. And now that I have me a "cross" bike we can add that. 

So lets get serious. To shave or not to shave. No one likes to look at an unshaven leg with all that funk coming out from under that Lycra. According to DZ, shaving is all the rage among cyclist and metrosexuals.
 If not for yourself, shave for freedom, shave for sport, shave for your fellow cyclist, and most of all, shave proudly!....Later

WBL #7 Putnal

This is the guy that beat BK

 Doulos kit debut! Everyone had nothing but good things to say about the kits. Like, that pattern looks like the one on the side of Scooby Doo's van. Or Ya'll look like Shrek with those leg warmers!
 Charlie put together an awesome route, nice and hilly 83 miles 4:16:33 Doulos represented well with eight of us: BK, Buck, John, Chip, Kenny, Randy, Charlie and me. I think all of us rode strong and with good form all day. It had been four weeks since my last long ride, and it showed at about mile 75. When everyone started to accelerate with a salvo of attacks, I had nothing to respond with. It reminded me that I'm just a middle of the packer, with a good day every now and then. Today was a good workout, but not a day to mix it up in the attack zone. But, BK was the man all day. We shared pulls a few times, and the last one leading up to the attack zone did me in. He put a hurt in my legs, and if he could have gotten some help from his team, he would have won the sprint. 
 Another great day on the bike....BK, hopefully I can help you next time.
I wish I had a picture of the kit, but the camera on the "crackberry" quit working....Later