Didn't see the pig on my handlebars?

Go figure. You're Phil? Not that I remember seeing you, I do remember you yelling. :-) Well, now you have a good idea of what i look like, I'll try to find you at dan ryan woods and actually say hi.

Now for the pig... The pig has been traveling. He started in vermont about a year and a half ago. He has been passed from motorcycle rider to motorcycle rider around the US. And canada. He's been to florida, texas, california, colorado, washington... basicly all the states that don't include the midwest. He got passed off at burning man. (seriously, piggy got around...) And I picked him up when he got to des plains.

He'd never been racing. Despite being in the hands of so many motorcyclists. Well, I was going racing, so piggy got to come with. Dorky, I know. He'll be going to Indiana soon.

So.. technical questions.. At Jackson park, I ran 45psi in my tires. I felt like I should have run less air, as the dusty stuff was pretty slick. At dekalb (on 2.1" tires) I ran 25psi. I never bottomed out, but I was in heavy debate as to weather it was the ground, or tires that made the bike feel so slow. Thankfully I've got two people confirming that the ground was soul sucking, so I might have done it right. Though, I'm not sure I'd go any lower, I started feeling the tire rolling at 25psi. About the only place i'm competitive is in corners, so I don't wanna go slower there.

I got advice on another forum, that I should use flats my first couple times out. After jackson I decided that clips and straps suck for CX, and I already know that I pedal to quickly to not have foot retention. I used some cheap platform/spd pedals. I had trouble getting out of the pedals, but I think I'm going to blame the pedals. I'll try it out tomorrow.

I could talk about bikes all day. I should go ride instead.