YoUr My OBsESsION!!

Monday Evening I brought the Fat Tire Fixed gear to ride home.

It had been a 10 hour work day and the Boys were already harassing me for dinner, I had resolved to HAMMER that thing home.

Got on the road, keeping the TEMPO high, man was it painful, but 2 hours and 6 minutes later I got to Wal Mart, did a little bit of Groceries, then rode said Groceries home to feed the boys. What a NIGHT.

Indeed, it was hard to keep that fast pace, but I was looking at the speedometer I saw alot of 15's and a lot of 16's and even some 17's on there. Felt good about that. All the riding is paying off. Its as if my fitness is like an IVY plant, that only needs a little bit of nourishment and attention and out of control it grows.

I was planning on riding back to work Tuesday morning, but the legs felt cracked, and the crotch was still a bit chapped. I made a mental note, the harder I ride the easier it is to chap my crack, so, lube well when expecting to put down the hammer. I had done the entire NK ride, in full tilt mode and I had done the 65 miles with out any perennial lube.

Was going to ride in this morning as I have both my cars at work, but at 4am the body still felt tired. I figured with the impending feat I have coming up this weekend, rest is probably a good thing, tomorrow I will ride in with the easy bike and save all my Fixed gear medicine for the Saturday.

I have decided, just recently matter of fact, to start my Huracan LOOP from Minneola so that I may leave my vehicle at Rob Roberts house. I figure it will be safer there since it is Memorial weekend and people may be in especially mischievous alcohol fueled moods.

This changes thing, for weeks I had thought of where I would camp and reload at, now, I still got my reload spots down, but camping is up in the air, specifically night one. How far I will ride and what I will do remains to be seen I have a couple of good Ideas. I know I will need to make sure I restock and eat in Apopka, then maybe pick up some more stuff before I begin the Wekiva to rock springs to Seminole woods to Maggie Jones section. That will be a long stretch with no supplies or real water. Then in Paisley I have to shop for food and restock cause from that point I begin the traverse of the Ocala National Forest and there are no supplies for 60 plus miles. I can get water in the forest, but food is a NO GO.

Once I clear the forest I wonder if I will push thru that first day and try to camp by the Oklawaha river OR will I just camp somewhere along the way or will I push to Santos, It all really depends. I may want to take a little nap after Paisley to fuel and rest at the campgrounds before making the big push, that may allow me to push well into the night if I feel rested and recharged.

Or I may just wanna keep moving till I make it deep into the Forest and push all the way thru or stop along the way, I guess it all depends how I feel at the moment and I plan on planning my stops and at the same time, keeping the options open for flexibility. Once I get that first big night out of the way, the mornings are way too fresh and cool to spend sleeping so early I will be rolling towards Santos, where I will make a modest restock to get me across to SR 200 where I can go off route and hit the Wal Mart for another big restock till I make the Withlacoochee. Now depending on the time of the day, I may be able to restock on the Withlacoochee at any number of the small towns along the way. I will have to watch the clock closely, because if I am getting late into the eve, that may mean that I have to ride 70 miles before I can get more food, so restocks need to be planned and be well thought out which may prove difficult depending on my exhaustion level.

Once I get to Croom, I will ride close to 20 miles of singletrack, being able to freshen up at Tucker hill and refuel on water there, then its decision time. Do I go off course before I get to Ritchloam track and stock up on food for the haul to Clermont, OR, do I PUSH. Most likely I will have no choice but to go off course and refuel as Tucker Hill To Croom is 80 miles thru very remote land areas. Once I get on 27, it will be giant Rollers and huge Hills till I coast back into Minneola and sleigh the Huracan Fixed Gear Record.

NOW you know why this post was called OBSESSION!!!

Take Care,

Laters,

The NaKeD InDiaN