The love and joy found moving a bike are about as old as time!
Granted we ride bikes, but as always FT3 is about a whole lot more than just riding bikes. First
off, I would like to offer up a warm welcome to CarFree and the Wizard, the two new members of the FT3 family that showed up and threw down last night. It took a reminder from Rock God to get us onto the qualifier, and yes, both CarFree and Wizard easily met the task at hand. Furthermore, Wizard was using some willy conjuring skills to create the only HID light left in the group. We will keep him around for when it really gets dark.
FT3 is also about tomorrow, the next ride, the next race, coming milestones, momentous occasions, and grandiose plans. On that front, remember that there is always a Tuesday meeting at 5:45, always a Sunday ride at 7:30, and usually someone up for a ride at any moment (Sorry I couldn't make it tonight B). Oh yeah, as for races...Ghostrider's throwing down on Sept. 12th in Tahoe, many of us are gearing up for CX season ("Gotta get a carbon frame"), and I may still throw some running races in there as well. One more thing, who is in for the Epic Adventure of FT3 in Portland this year? Almost forgot, rumors were flying around the Knot Hole last night about an upcoming wedding, say like around Halloween, for a on again off again FT3 rider that may or may not ride a SS and may or may not live in Utah? Any details to share?
FT3 needs to be about now. For many, the simple formation of a riding group in Placerville is something worth celebrating. And today, in this moment, I can't think of something I rather do on Tuesday's and Sunday's than haul ass with the boys of FT3.
So what does this all mean to me? Well, here I am sitting at home on a stinking hot Wednesday evening, waiting for a baby and wondering when I will ride again. Lar's legs are shaved and he is ready to go! Cross season is right around the corner and I have a marathon and a 50k on the calendar as well. But mostly, I still can't believe I have actually made Placerville a home and found a group to ride with here. Looks like we might be staying put for awhile. Although we may run into a need for a larger house soon, like tomorrow.
Men of FT3 we are simply bond by a common goal: Good rides today, good rides tomorrow and good rides always.
"We are living at an important and fruitful moment now, for it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by the popular culture are worn out; a man can no longer depend on them. By the time a man is thirty-five he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life." Robert Bly
Until we ride,
LOtB
FT3 GPS mapped ride here
ReplyDeleteFT3 rolls hard. In a brief stop off at B's work to drop off a missing cell phone; I rode out of there to come across No-Car, whom I introduced myself as 'Cap'n from FT3' too which he acknogledged in surprise and proceeded to Courtyard Cantina to find Rock God. This situation is not unlike the earlier trip this week to the yogurt shop with my kids and Ghost, to find Xteric on-scene upon arrival. Not to jinx anyone but since Larz is presumably at the hospital delivering a baby I encourage all FT3 members to avoid a chance meeting there. Best wishes to Larz!!! Go Larz deliver the little FT3 rider!
ReplyDeleteOn another note, B and I visited the Folsom batting cages and experienced a little thievery of our own. His money clip was left on the counter and within the 20 or so minutes we were there the money was lifted out of it and CC cards returned. We have launched a full scale investigation and will get to the bottom of it. We are suspect that it is the cute young chick who works there, what a shame.
~Cap
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ReplyDeleteNice post, Larz. By now, I'm sure congrats are in order. My own is due any day now. Perhaps after the dust settles, it will be time for a party to celebrate the next generation of FT3!!
ReplyDeleteAppreciate the nod to Robert Bly. I read the tale of "Iron John" last year, and it left me wondering how well I know the dark creature within. Perhaps the members of FT3 have embraced this "Wild Man" through their exploits in/out of the saddle? Perhaps we befriend this creature in the pain cave?
"When a contemporary man looks down into his psyche, he may, if conditions are right, find under the water of his soul, lying in an area no one has visited in a long time, an ancient hairy man....Contact with Iron John requires a willingness to descend into the male psyche and accept what's dark down there..." -Robert Bly