The Boss, made by Saris, solves a problem all owners of bicycles without kickstands have. It holds your bike up without scarring the bike or a wall in your house. It does this by holding your bike by the non-drive side rear axle with soft rubber coated fingers. It fits wheels sizes from 20 inchs to 29 inches and most disc brake bikes. The Boss easily folds flat for storage or travel. I recommend The Boss to all my friends. It's great at work, home or any cycling involved event. Another great product from Saris! The Boss is available to all bicycle shops and has an MSRP of $44.99. Click here to visit the Saris web site.
The Saris Boss folded down
The wheel tray of The Boss bicycle stand
The Boss holds the bicycle by the rear axle on the non-drive side of the rear wheel
The rear wheel held securely by Saris The Boss
This is how the bicycle sits in The Boss
Waterford R-33 held up by a Saris The Boss bike stand. Notice nothing is going to scratch the bicycle or the wall!
Two cows and two donkey's grazing on the nice green grass in their pasture on Waterworks Rd. in Clemmons, NC.
We've had a lot of rainy days that have made it hard to get in a ride. The rain and mild temperatures have also made the grass green and many flowers and trees bloom. This afternoon was sunny and 75 degrees with some wind blowing.
One of my long time cycling routes from my house is approximately 40 miles in length and whines through Davidson County and the community of Welcome, NC. I've done this route so many times it's like being on Auto-Pilot.
Riding on Enterprise towards Welcome, NC. Music: "I'm from Texas" by Lee Graves
Enterprise is a nice smooth road with some stretches that are good to crank up the speed on. At the end of the road you end up on Hwy 150 (a two lane road with a wide shoulder). Hwy 150 takes you right through the middle of Welcome, NC. Today I rode down into the RCR (Richard Childress Racing) complex that is located just off of the main drag on the south side of Welcome.
RCR takes up many buildings and looks like an large industrial park.
This is Richard Childress Racing's Race Museum.
I saw at least three of Dale Earnhart's former cars through the front windows as I rode by on my bike.
The offices of Richard Childress Racing.
These are just a couple of the RCR buildings in the small town of Welcome, NC. There are buildings that look like factories for body and chassis fabrication, engine building, engineering and on and on. It's impressive just to ride through and see it.
It was a little warm at times today.
These four horses on Circle Drive in Davidson County were trying to crowd into the only shade tree in their pasture.
The day was getting on into going home from work traffic when I started to head in. I have found over the years that it is not a problem on Hampton Road going towards Clemmons in the afternoon. Most of the traffic seems to be going the other way in the evenings.
This is Richard Childress's house that also happens to be on the route. It is located on Hampton Road between Welcome and Clemmons, NC. It's a big house on a hill surrounded by a vineyard. He also has a winery.
Of course, I had a strong headwind all the way into Clemmons on Hampton Road. I just shifted into an easier gear and kept my cadence up. When you get a chance to ride on a beautiful day like today you can't let windy conditions ruin your ride. It was a nice day to ride and I enjoyed seeing the many green fields and animals grazing.
Two horses and a donkey grazing in a pasture along Hampton Road, just outside of Clemmons, NC.
Once I got home I cleaned up my bicycle and got something to eat. I don't have to worry about anything as long as Poor Ole' Joe is on the job guarding it.
Today I got out with a couple of my friends, Jake and Tim, to go for a ride. This morning was foggy and overcast, but by lunch time the clouds cleared away and the temperature climbed into the 70s. Our plan was for all three of us to do a 20 minute field test to dial in our power zones for training. Riding on Shallowford Road before and after our field tests was fun. The field test was painful as it always is, but beneficial for all of us.
Field Testing on Shallowford Road.
You can see tree's and other plants blooming along the road in the video above. Just a beautiful day for riding a bike or being outside. Hope everyone got out and enjoyed the day.
I rode past this pasture with Ponies, Lamas and a Donkey on the way home.
Once I was home Poor Ole' Joe kept me company as I cleaned my bike.
I met Tim and Jake this afternoon at the Lewisville Square. We talked about the workout we planned to do that day as we warmed up. Hauser Road is a short distance from The Square and has a smooth surface with little traffic. We all did our own interval work outs. The combined time of the working intervals and the recovery intervals was about an hour and a half. After that we got in a nice 30 minutes of easy spinning. The temperature was in the 60s and overcast with a light breeze. This all combined to make a good day for riding. By the time I rode back home I had in a ride time of approximately 3 and a half hours. Since Day Light Saving Time is now in effect, I had time to eat supper and play some fetch with Poor Ole' Joe.
Poor Ole' Joe was glad to see me when I arrived home.
Temperatures were in the 60s this afternoon in the Winston-Salem, NC area. I headed out from my house around 1:30 on my bike headed to the Town Square in Lewisville, NC. While riding on Harper Road, out in the country, I sensed someone coming up on me from behind. I looked back and was glad to see my friend Kelly Holmes gaining on me quickly. Kelly and I have been riding together off and on for over twenty years now. We often see each other on the road unplanned and go for a nice ride.
The Cat 8 group assembling before the ride
At the square we saw several members of the Cat 8 group assembling before the ride. This is a great group of riders that ride from the Lewisville Square on Saturday and Sunday. I'm not able to join in with them on Saturday's because I am working. On Sundays they ride at 2:00 in the afternoon this time of year. They were planning on riding a loop called "Liberty Church". A planned distance of approximately 40 miles. Kelly and I joined in and rode at the back chatting. The group rode in a single file paceline for a couple of miles until we were out of town. Once we were out in the country and not an impediment to traffic we switched to a double paceline. There were lots of long fairly straight stretches on the route we rode today. We rode smooth and steady. Once back to the square Mark Speas checked his Garmin and reported an average speed for the ride of 19.4 miles per hour. That's a good pace, but didn't seem too hard since we just kept rolling the whole time. This was a good group ride. After riding to and from the ride I ended up with a total distance of right at 60 miles.
Poor Ole' Joe supervised me wiping down my bike once I returned home.
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