2nd ride today

Going for my second ss ride today with my buddy Jeff who will probably make infinite fun of me for riding 1 gear (and probably rigid).  We go back and forth on climbing normally.  He rides a traditional midweight Al hardtail, I used to ride a 33lb 5" full suspension Mongoose.  I always win on the downhills (I also crash much more spectacularly than him).  I bet I can still beat him on the downs with the Karate Monkey.

1st post

Doing this quickly before I head out.  Not sure why I am doing this, pretty much just want a reason to have a website called Whiz Wit and have the url contain "team cheesesteak".  I have decided this will be my racing moniker.  Which brings me to the point of this blog in the first place, pretty much just to ramble on and indulge my unhealthy obsession with mountain biking.  I just bought a new bike and signed up for my 2nd race ever.  The new bike is a rigid singlespeed (SS, but not THE SS) and after just one short ride, it's a blast.  I have some work ahead of me before the "Ancient Peaks MTB Race" on July 23rd, climbing has never been my forte and now I don't have gears.  Never did like to do things the easy way...