monkey and I drove down to Northbrook for the open clinic thing today. Little did we know that it was going to be a bunch of hardcore trackies (i.e. Cat 1's and 2's, etc.) who pretty much already knew what they were doing. Introductory this was not. Anyhow, my bike didn't pass for track legal and they didn't have any loaners so I sat out for the day but monkey gave it a valiant effort, impressive considering that he didn't have 2,000 dollar disc wheels. Most of these guys were riding on Fujis, Cannondales, or Bianchis, but there were definitely some specials like an old school lugged Colnago, a Gios, a Waterford, Yojimblab's Dennis Kilfoy, and a Gan Well. They did a bunch of drills and then they practiced some time trial starts and generally made me feel embarassed about the size of my quads. Some of these guys were running 55t rings in the front .

A good time was had by all, but shame on the rest of you Chicago people for not showing up. I'm determined to get my bike up to speed and actually take it for a spin on the track in the next couple of weeks and I hope to see more B.F. representation then.