WEIRD weekly

These are some of the FUN events here ITP ATL

Mondays - Riding Dirty. 8pm from Savage Pizza, Little 5 points

Tuesdays -Dirty Mustasche - 830pm off road ride from flying biscuit on McClendon

                   Melton Ap & Tap / Bike south road rides at 630pm. Decatur area

Wednesdays - Oakhurst Running club 5 miler 7pm from One Step at a Time, Oakhurst village

Thursdays - CVS road ride 630pm from CVS/MelloMushroom, Decatur

Friday - Critical Mass last Fri of month/Courteous Mass 2nd Friday of month. 630pm 

               Woodruff Park DT ATL

Midnight ride 1159pm. Margret Mitchell square DT ATL (near GP bldg/library)

These have been my favorite rides so far  here. WEIRD will be adding more off road options, and there are some sweet hilly dirt roads west of town for a nice brevet (series??). Lets here from you...What are your fav's?

Clean up your plate!

Post rain storm trail cleanup of "Plate of Spaghetti" trail, and minor clearing in Mason Mill. This week after the heavy stuff clears. Call 920-371-2227 for times, or check back soon.

Officially a city rider

I completed my city initiation into the cycling community by competing in FM24, a 24 hour urban adventure. I did 20 laps in 23 hr 36 min. 12 mile course. I did the first three laps on my fixie/no brakes. Then my TRI bike until dark, when I rode my trike recumbent 4 laps. Finished stron on the TRI bike. There is such a huge market for these types of "underground" events. Exactly what WEIRD has been doing for the last 16 years, and with terrain to boot!! Look for some new WEIRD events coming soon. ATL has gotten pounded by rain the last week, and our in town trails will need some cleaning. 

DIRT ITP

I've finally found some off road trails inside the perimeter. These are close to Decatur and can ride to them from home. Yahoo!! WEIRD will offer tours and skill classes on these trails. WEIRD will also do some night trail riding on these. There are 4 larger mtb parks just outside the perimeter that WEIRD will be offering tours and classes on should we get a larger group.  WEIRD is working on putting some singletrack down on the miles of linear park space around town. There is already some interest and movement on  connecting the neighborhoods with dirt paths. You just have to know where to look. More to follow on this initiative.....

Do the Du or Di

multi sport participants will find this one to their liking. Bike and run. Or Run and bike. Maybe swim and bike. One thing for sure is a transition, or a "brick", as the pro's call it. Change of gear will be required, or bike in your running shoes?? Your call. Transition area will be  monitored for security. Respond for times and locations

sticking to roots

WEIRD is sticking to its roots and is going to start offering WEIRD tours to Atlantans. There is no way WEIRD can become GEIRD. WEIRD is what sells. There are over 100 club rides a month here. It seems everyone here identifies themselves as a triathlete. People are looking for a safe and unique way to enjoy the exercise of choice. There are not as many off road options for WEIRD inside the perimeter. I have been out to Conyers, at the International Horse Park, where the very first MTB Olympic venue was held in 1996. There is a nice trail system 11 miles from home, kinda like Triangle/Bairds, but signed and longer hills, called Yellow River Trails. There are a lot of linear parks inside the perimeter. Narrow, deep valleys, great for scrambling around. As we get settled with ByBicycles, WEIRD will arise, like a phoenix..

WEIRD meet up

I am going to use the "meet up" business model for some of my events. There is a huge market for the GEIRD workouts, as I've been finding out on the local hammerfests. They will most likely be nightly or a few nights a week at 7pm out of the Decatur MARTA stop.  Most rides start at 630 here, where as in my old home town they'd get going about 5:30. They will be promoted and invitations will come from meetup.com. It's very cool. There is a "meet up" for just about anything you could want.  More to follow. 

Its time

We've been here 1 month! What a ride we've had so far. There is so much opportunity here, its hard to contain ourselves. We got overtaken by a pack of inline skaters the other night. There was like 30 in the pack as they swallowed us up on our trike tandem. There are alleycats galore. Fixies everywhere. And lots of riders use toe clips here?? I have found some dirt paths in the greenspaces, but have not ridden my MTB's yet. There are 4 nice mtb parks within 1 hour of our home in Decatur. Remember they had the Olympics here a few years back. So there is the olympic CC course at Conyers horse park. They say it's very sweet. Soon, WEIRD will arise, like a pheonix......

settling in

It is time to start getting busy. I am going to focus my attention on bicycle advocacy while I learn the streets and trails. I will be sending most of my blog information to our buisness blog at www.bybicycles.blogspot.com. It might be a few weeks until I feel comfortable leading WEIRD tours. We have identified there is a need for clunker club here, so the CCC and the CCC will take place here in Decatur. The possibilities are unlimited.

Free bikes

Cruising around Emory U we noticed these commuter bikes for let. Nice urban comfort bikes with metal racks and locks. A very bike friendly university. Tommorrow we will ride in the "Georgia ride to the Capitol". An advocate ride that gets about a 1000 riders, on a weekday! Great opportunity to network our buisnesses to the ATL community.

Just like home

Well, they said it could snow in ATL. It did. 2 inches, big wet flakes. I still had studs on my fixed mtb, so out the door I went. Here I am in the decatur cemetary. There were many Decaturites out and about enjoying the snow. Every street had families out making snow people, walking, playing with the dogs. During the ride there was thunder snow with lightning! Tommorrow it'll be 55, warming into the 70s by weeks end. Ahhhh.

Stone Mt loop

Here is a shot on the 7 mile stone Mt loop. Very active bike loop. Vehicle traffic one lane, one way. Then a two way bike lane. Then a running\walking lane. Then a sidewalk. Lots of training going on

Bike highway

Here is a bike super highway on the Emory university. Idyllic!

Free tours

As a way to get local input, I'd like to offer any local recreationalists some free tours or trainings. As we get our businesses rolling here in Atlanta, it would be in my best interest to get your opinions on conditions inside the perimiter. Call 9203712227 to reserve a spot or discuss. PLEASE?

Little 5 intersection

Another great day. Walk in the AM. Went to an exibit at Atlantic Station "dialog in the dark", a 1 hour tour in pitch blackness. Wild. Then a nice afternoon bike ride. Here's a dude cruisin' thru little 5 on a high bike. 55/sunny. Light breezes. Is it still winter?

Disc's fly

We are settled. Took the day off. Went for a nice AM exploratory run. Then toured the city showing Ben the sites. Then we went disc golfing at Redan park. Here is hole 15, fairway to heaven. Very straight course, lots of trees, no hills. This will be a nice course for speed disc...

Daily shot

Ben came in today to help unload the trailer. DONE! I picked him up at MARTA with the pedicab. The garage is coming along well. Pedicabs are ready to roll after we get settled. Got out for a ride this afternoon. Here is a driveway in the Oakhurst district. Did I mention its hilly here?

What a day!

Two full days of unpacking the trailer that 5 of us took 3 hours to load! We took a nice bike ride break this afternoon. Here is a huge mansion in a very old section of downtown decatur. Each balcony has ceiling fans (4). Look for the huge deck out back! Tonight there was some tornado action, T storms around the area. Very strange for us in Feb. Bringing the pedicab out tommorrow. Sunny/52 degrees

Pole is up

Here is the backyard hole. There is a empty lot across the street for frisbee & long holes. Sweet!!

Pams BD

We got our kids out for Pams birthday breakfast ride. Here we are at the flying bisquit. Then we took a nice two hour ride on PATH, and some streets around our city exploring. Temps @ 45 start. 55 finish. Happy BD Marty!