The Furnace Creek 508 was this past weekend. For a couple years now I've had a bit of a dream to do that ride, admitedly it is considerably harder, both in terms of hill climbing and distance than anything I have ever done (Toronto ON to Rochester NY in a day) but it still sounds like one awsome ride, if for no other reason than for 508 miles I would not have to worry about riding in the rain.
One thing I find very annoying is, for the life of me, I cannot find a final 2010 results page. I am curious to find out who won. Peter Oyler went, I understand he came in fourth or fifth, but I am curious about a few others, some of the guys who compete in the 508 are surely worthy of admiration. For example, one guy, Michael Emde, has competed in the Furnace Creek several times, he came 3'rd in 2005, 2'nd in 2009, and 1'st in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Imagine riding 508 miles in the desert and being the fastest guy to do it... three times! In a row! That has gotta count for something.
Anyway I am on call for the week to come, I am going to try to ride, in considerably colder weather than The Death Valley, to work each day. But this weekend I will have to stay close to the computer, so I guess I will be cleaning up Jordan. But a good cleaning will be a good thing, a clean bike is a healthy bike!
Actually a good overhaul is in order, Jordan ought to be past the 1000km mark since the last tyre change. So I will probably try to do the following:
Friday night:
* Clean chain and leave out to dry.
* Take off cassette and soak in solvent
Saturday:
* Take off all parts and clean
Sunday:
* Reassemble
* Tidy basement
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