wesley124

Norwich, CT

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About Me

Bikes make me very happy. I don’t race and I don’t try to be the coolest guy on the road or the mountain. I do it for me; ultimately that’s all that matters. – dan

My Bikes

200 EMS

BMC TF01

Campione D'Italia

Cannondale R5000 CAAD8

Kestrel CSX

Kestrel CSX '99

Klunker

Orbea Opal '06

Stationary Bike

My Blogs

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Central CT Fall Fetishfest revisited	on September 09, 2009
need more JEEP ROAD	on May 10, 2009
Connecticut Trails	on February 18, 2009
Stuff White People Like: #61 Bicycles	on August 04, 2008
pictures of the new fork	on April 03, 2008

Comments

cool, thx, we plan on looking there and those towns around it... your map helped a lot, and was funny too

Left by wesley124 on March 11, 2009

Colchester is a nice compromise. Right on RT2 and not too far East.

Left by Adam on March 11, 2009

hows the move coming

Left by Adam on March 11, 2009

you should totally get the jersey and the cap. sadly, they don't make shorts yet. just google poseur jersey and it'll be the first one that pulls up. it's AWESOME

Left by wch759 on May 02, 2008

I'd give up beer. I have maybe a drink a week these days. Then running. At the moment, cycling and crossfit are equal. And yeah, I should be banished from the site, but I run this show. Plus Andy sells too many bikes. Needs to start riding them if you ask me.

Left by Adam on April 05, 2008

omg, i laughed for about an hour at your comment - then was inspired to reread some classic poetry and I realize that there's not enough hefeweizen in the world for me to get drunk enough off of to go the route of the two-niner, haha!

Left by wesley124 on March 16, 2008

Why dont you have a two-niner in your collection?

Left by Eric on March 16, 2008

"just promise not to completely change the new granite countertops every three months" hahahaha

Left by Adam on January 04, 2008

same ole shit - how about you...

Left by wesley124 on November 24, 2007

How have you been? Anything new?

Left by Adam on November 11, 2007

Steep.

Left by Adam on October 05, 2007

riding with peanut butter is all the rage. sometimes i like to make it extra special and add a little fluff to it... to get that fluffenutter ride experience.

Left by jdhoefer on August 08, 2007

If you're not on Facebook.com yet, you should check it out. I created an application on there similar to this site and we've got almost 800 bikes in 3 weeks. http://apps.facebook.com/mycycle

Left by Adam on July 08, 2007

crazy shit been going on... thx for asking bout me. and, holy shit, cool new frame!

Left by wesley124 on June 22, 2007

are you still alive, young man?

Left by wch759 on June 21, 2007

Jan is love! Love is Jan!

Left by Jan Ullrich on June 07, 2007

i think you just have a mean streak in you, the drugs have nothing to do with it.

Left by wesley124 on June 05, 2007

Hah hah! Your bikes look like toys. Almost as bad as those XXS things Mr. Andy Chung rides... or pretends to ride. Hah Hah.

Left by Jan Ullrich on June 05, 2007

hey, wow there stranger, were you on a self-inflicted performance enhancing drug induced coma or what? we were worried about you jan. it's good to see you've re-established yourself as the authority on this site. welcome back.

Left by wesley124 on June 04, 2007

Hah Hah Hah

Left by Jan Ullrich on June 03, 2007

for sure eric, ...thu., fri, sat. (on the trail), sun., mon. and tues and I was wondering why I was feeling a little tired when I got home today, so i wussed out and tooka rest day haha...also, it seems like i am forever washing and drying cycling clothes, it's like , holy christ, i swear i just cleaned this jersey...btw cool youtube video, i secretly suspect you had jan ulrich stand in as your body double, he don't come round here no more

Left by wesley124 on April 25, 2007

Been riding?

Left by Eric on April 25, 2007

I'm planning, pretty much, a tribute to bike culture...not sure excactly what. I'm having a guy design it and I'm actualy going to have my first consultation with him on Wed. I kind of want 9 cogs going down my spine as the central focal point, but we'll see what he comes up with too. I think I'll post up the tat design when I get it to get some feedback from everyone here too. As for the saturday ride, it might depend on what goes down the friday night I fly in...we have some crazy friends and I haven't gone out in NYC in a long time, haha. I'll definatly keep you updated. If anything, we should meet up for a post ride brew.

Left by Tlyledesign on March 26, 2007

.o2 heavy bags are great but only using bag gloves can f you up. wrap your wrists, cause strains are no fun, esp if your gonna try and ride anything with drop bars.

Left by maximumsmashism on March 01, 2007

...as long as all meetings are held out on the trail or out on the road, sign me up. the winter writing blog will be very short but I will get to it, you've won this time peer pressure, you've won this time.

Left by wesley124 on February 28, 2007

You must write up a winter riding blog. All the cool kids are doing it (which is why Andy hasn't).

Left by Adam on February 28, 2007

Sure I'm looking for employees... to help me build out a really sweet bicycle community site. Andy is my janitor (since he doesn't come up with much..jk), but I can fit you in as watercooler refiller.

Left by Adam on February 26, 2007

That's great, congratulations on being so successful with the new move. Targeting only a few special races for this year (rather than two within one week) sounds like a good idea too. Things here are steady, and although I don't exactly know what that means yet, I have a feeling that 2007 is going to be a good year for me, with or without that tapeworm plan I had mentioned in my blog. The pineapple will fall from the tree...Hey, are you looking for any new employees? keep me in mind, ok?

Left by wesley124 on January 03, 2007

Hey man, yeah things are great... I'm just super busy with client work. I left my real job in April and have been going solo ever since. Now it seems I'm back in the same spot... working too hard for others, and not hard enough for myself. I plan on putting in the hours this winter so I can travel to a lot of races this spring/summer. How are you doing?

Left by Adam on January 02, 2007

three at my parents house, one at work, and eight at home...but I gave one to my dad and I am giving another to a friend - so that makes ten not twelve...technically - but yes, you are right, I can only ride one at a time, no?

Left by wesley124 on December 23, 2006

Just when the media tries to make Jan Ullrich seem either dead or totally irrelevant (i.e Basso Joins Team Discovery!) or disturbing photos like these http://espn-ak.starwave.com/photo/2006/0630/oly_g_ullrich_275.jpg, Jan emerges by the power of his mighty, albeit performance enhanced quads as professional cyclings lieblingskind and bad boy. 1997 and 2007: This is your year to shine.

Left by wesley124 on November 14, 2006

You are a boy who needs many bikes to feel strong. I am a man who needs only one. Hah hah hah!

Left by Jan Ullrich on November 14, 2006

RS Indy is just about as retro as you go - that's pretty funny. Is it the Indy C? Cool that you are getting the right oil though for your main ride, that should make a big difference

Left by wesley124 on October 26, 2006

Shitty part is I had to sell the fetish to buy the Z1. The Z1 is in the shop getting enduro seals and 6.5 oil. If I ride this weekend, it is all about a 21 speed RS indy sprung Haro 4130 hardtail. How retro can you go?

Left by mizunole on October 26, 2006

Didn't see that you left a comment until two days after you left it (notification to gmail wasn't sent) for whatever reason, but yeah, I'll test out the comment update for sure!

Left by wesley124 on October 12, 2006

First phase of the new comment system is in place. Try it out and let me know what you think.

Left by Adam on October 10, 2006

Douglas - Anyone know where I can get one of those chainrings?

We're going for a loop of Lake Hopatcong on Saturday, then exploring some trail near my friend's new house on our mtn bikes on Sunday. Here's my e-mail- DouglasPalen@aol.com

Left by Douglas on October 04, 2006

Absolutely! We're not that far at all apparently. Meeting up with you guys for sounds like a great idea. Thanks for the invitation. Any plans yet for rides next weekend?

Left by wesley124 on October 04, 2006

Hey, acccording to this site you aren't far from here. Let me know if you're up for a ride, we've always got something going on...

Left by Douglas on October 04, 2006

You have done an awesome job! I checked out a lot of it tonight and it is seriously impressive. Sounds good about pedalspace. I will continue to try things out and write if I find any glitches.

Left by wesley124 on October 01, 2006

Heyo! After a long time off, I'm merging RideFetish and PedalSpace into a single project. I've done a lot of updates here as of last night (9/30), so if you have a minute, test the site out. Once I'm happy with the software, I'll spin off Pedalspace with it's own layouts/graphics (and yet keep the user base -- so changes will reflect on both sites.)

Left by Adam on October 01, 2006

I think you could do it by the end of next season - it is a lot to do in a day, for serious but I could see you doing it. Your brother could finish faster than you seeing as we all know he's the stronger twin.

Left by wesley124 on September 02, 2006

Wow! That sounds killer -- I'll work my way up to an Olympic distance Tri first then think about that for the end of next season. The swim is a bitch.

Left by Eric on August 26, 2006

What exactly is a tinman race?

Left by Eric on August 25, 2006

Yep, just one week left really. summer is dead, long live summer. So, yeah, to answer the second question, well things have certainly been better for me than they are right now, but for serious, we should leave it at that though, especially seeing as they are my problems and that they are completely unrelated to cycling. Things'll get better, they always do, eventually. Keep up all the good work with training for the marathon's and halfs. Later, Adam. -dg

Left by wesley124 on August 23, 2006

How you doing? Summers winding down...

Left by Adam on August 20, 2006

The running race was a lot of fun. --> # July 22nd – Waterfall Glen XTREME 10m Trail Run (1:17:10, 7:42 pace, 12/21 division, 290/732 overall)

Left by Adam on July 24, 2006

No problem, I was worried I messed up the site again. I can't believe you got andy out on the trails! You should let him try the fixation just to see what one gear and no suspension is like out mtn. biking in comparison to road tires on the path. Later!

Left by wesley124 on July 20, 2006

Sorry about the bumpy service -- I was working on the site before I noticed you were online.

Left by Adam on July 20, 2006

This summer is flying by! Everything's been alright - I need to get away from work for a little while though - plan a trip or something...bring some bikes and relax.

Left by wesley124 on July 16, 2006

How's your summer been Dan? Andy got a mountain bike, can you believe it?

Left by Adam on July 15, 2006

ha ha, silly germans, always forgetting that they are logged on as the webmaster instead of themselves.

Left by wesley124 on June 24, 2006

Damnit ullrich is using my account again. Stop it Jan!

Left by Eric on June 22, 2006

You have many bikes hah hah hah

Left by Eric on June 22, 2006

Damn, dude ... you continue to have the most bikes on the site. Can't wait to see a few of the new ones.

Left by Adam on June 12, 2006

Hey, what's up Adam? Been pretty delinquent with posts and comments on the site. My LBS is putting together a SAC for me that I will pick up this Wednesday, and a gentleman at work has a really cool road bike from the early 60's that he is letting me have since he knows what a fanatic I am about bikes. And I haven't added the Specialized road bike to my profile yet either...I have a bit of work to do...your new Freccia looks pretty sweet man - it's going to turn out to be a nice bike when it's all finished up. later!

Left by wesley124 on June 12, 2006

Dude, whats new?

Left by Adam on June 09, 2006

Belltown is a bit odd -- I think they only make Sport do 2 laps because they think the course is too hard. Its not.

Left by Eric on May 12, 2006

I am very seriously considering it and I will let you know if it becomes definite. I just want to see if I can finish all three laps on "the one track" - I know I'll get destroyed, but I really want to go out there and try and beat the mud and miserable conditions, regardless of time

Left by wesley124 on May 12, 2006

That's the home town race. You should show up.

Left by Adam on May 12, 2006

If you're defintely going let me know!

Left by Eric on May 12, 2006

Andy...or instead of fishing, you could teach me how to play the cello or to appreciate the piano (wink wink). does your girlfriend ride...Andy Eric, yeah, is root66 going to have a single race that isn't a complete mudfest? I was thinking it would be fun to try out the open singlespeed class and just try to get through all the muck at belltown - bit I'll have to throw on the wildgrippers, haha, I'll look for you if I go for your van ('primetime').

Left by wesley124 on May 12, 2006

wait, i just noticed the fishing trip comment there. yeth. i will write wethley a postcard, and he'll be like "oh, it'th juth a fisthing buddthy"

Left by wch759 on May 11, 2006

Think you'll make it to any Root66 races this year? My friends have all bailed.

Left by Eric on May 11, 2006

Hey Eric, how's it going? I have been road riding primarily, about 75 miles a week, witha run mixed in here and there...but it's not as much as I'd like...school will be out soon though. And yeah, you havea good point about Andy, he doesn't write as often. It's cool that he's found someone and that he's happy and all. maybe we'll have little Andy's running around sometime soon.

Left by wesley124 on May 03, 2006

Been riding much? Running? Andy hasn't left his girlfriends side for 6 weeks.

Left by Eric on May 01, 2006

Can't make it to the race this Saturday. Thanks for the reminder though and good luck to you. later, dan

Left by wesley124 on April 06, 2006

Root66 Race #1: Saturday, Middlebury, CT - Hopbrook Dam.

Left by Eric on April 04, 2006

@ridefetish.com email: http://mail.google.com/hosted/ridefetish.com/ user: wesley124 temp password: 8C4721

Left by Adam on March 21, 2006

yes, it was "ridiculous" like "wow that is really cool" sorry for the inconsistency, wes.

Left by wch759 on February 24, 2006

I have scared you away. hah hah hah

Left by Jan Ullrich on February 18, 2006

Yeah something is certainly up with Andy... hmm... denial. You'll be getting a postcard in the mail. Then you boys can go on your annual fishin' trip.

Left by Adam on February 09, 2006

Thanks man, which one...no strings attached - I'm still wary of the whole Andy scandal, he's even to the point of denying everything now...and there was definately, you know, like something"real" there you know, it's messed up, what a gnardog (I'm not sure if I used that new lingo properly - I'm an old fart now - can't keep up with the street talk as well as I used to).

Left by wesley124 on February 09, 2006

You've got too many bikes. I'll take one off your hands.

Left by Adam on February 09, 2006

Thanks, I'm really happy how it came out.

Left by Tlyledesign on February 06, 2006

That's really generous of you to offer - I have a fixed cog currently on the drive side and a freewheel on the other. The bike is for training. Set up 44t/16t because of all the hills out here; there is a great 25 mile loop with a lot of climbing (and of course descending). Thanks for offering the hub!!!

Left by wesley124 on February 01, 2006

Hay you should make your position a fixed gear, especially if you want to use it for training, I would recommend keeping at least the front brake if not both until you are used to it. If you don't have one already I would say lace a flip flop hub up so you can run both, gearing is tricky I cruise around town on 48/16 which is fine fixed just kinda hard to skid, racing I run generally 48-53, and the rear could be anything depends on the event. Infact if you know your spacing I might have an old flip flop hub lying around, let me know and I'll check. I will gladdly send it to you, If I not gettin any use some one should you would just need to lace it in to a rim. Not to mention fixed is great for training, cause you can't be lazy and coast, it will also improve your bike handeling.

Left by chessdork on January 31, 2006

thanks for the comment about my picture on my profile "jantognoli" it is an old picture of Elvis in all of his glory. Fat, drugged up and slapping people around in his karate duds. -john

Left by jantognoli on January 31, 2006

and no its not posible to do wit a free wheel with out brake that means no track stand and no skidiing

Left by victor on January 31, 2006

ok first i want answer your question about the free wheel. yes you can run a free wheel on a track frame but with out brakes your nuts...also suzie max and phil make a flip-flop hub free wheel on one side and fixed on the other.. About your blog i like the skid compition pictures. On Coney Island every year we have a skid compition here or what ever my spelling is weak..we skid out and also have a track stand comp. where you try to stand still on the bike and after ever min you remove and extrmeidy till you are just sitting on the seat.. My boy Void flip over the handle bars in the the comp.. full speed and messed him self up baddddd.. be carefull i can skid over 70 feet and stand at ever red light in the city that is when i catch one... if you go brake less its much cleaner ride yourr one wit the bike and flow.make shure if you start gear it at a proper ratio..then build up to the sick speed or unless you jumpp on a veledrome...LatZ

Left by victor on January 31, 2006

You wear the jersey of a coward. hah hah hah

Left by Jan Ullrich on January 30, 2006

Thanks, they send me so much free gear that it's hard to keep track of it all.

Left by wesley124 on January 29, 2006

Nice jersey basso

Left by Eric on January 29, 2006

Yep, just crazy busy lately, thanks for asking. You know how it is.

Left by wesley124 on January 22, 2006

Still alive?

Left by Eric on January 22, 2006

Steadily . I skip a couple days here and there, slack off, and then try to come back and be really good about sticking to the routine, but I'd say it's pretty steady. I run and/or play squash about once a week. trainers aren't for everyone.

Left by wesley124 on January 10, 2006

Still rippin' on the trainer?

Left by Adam on January 10, 2006

looking forward to it Eric!

Left by wesley124 on January 08, 2006

Still in NJ will be working all night. We will defintely meet up for a ride soon -- you're just a little bit further from me in CT than from here.

Left by Eric on January 08, 2006

Stems come in regular and oversized.

Left by Eric on December 31, 2005

I was thinking of using the CP2 on the Position frame (it looks road specific) and then swapping the existing CP3 post currently on the Position out and using that one on one of the mountion bikes. I sent him an email about ten minutes ago. The stems all seem to take oversized bars, which I don't have.

Left by wesley124 on December 31, 2005

Yo, Eric said the CP2 may only work on a very limited number of frames. He says its not mountain post, specifically. He wants to know what bike you want to use it with. Email Eric with a 2nd and 3rd option if it comes down to it. Thanks.

Left by Adam on December 31, 2005

CP2 post please...I'll send you an email with my address

Left by wesley124 on December 31, 2005

Did you read about the contest? you won some carbon shit.. decide or die.

Left by Eric on December 31, 2005

This is my last night in CT... flying back to Chicago tomorrow to start the new year. We'll talk about Pedalspace soon -- I've got a few more ideas in terms of how to organize everything.

Left by Adam on December 27, 2005

you've been doing a great job with the site, each time something like this pops up you iron it out right away? Are you in CT or the windy city?

Left by wesley124 on December 27, 2005

The 'Private' blog option should be working. I tested it out... but its also almost 2am. Sorry for those problems.

Left by Adam on December 27, 2005

Could you try to upload those pictures again? I've made a lot of changes... (things are still real buggy, but its a start)

Left by Adam on December 25, 2005

Actually all credit goes to you from the baking recipes that you put up in different colors on Sunday night on your Blog

(Andy Chang's normal blog)

thanks!

Left by wesley124 on December 20, 2005

oh wow. look at this RAD dude with the colors. bahahah. nice work on the colors.

Left by wch759 on December 20, 2005

The colors really help distinguish your page from the forced black/white/grey scheme that I .....came up with.

Left by Adam on December 19, 2005

Wesley, my bike is up. Let me know what you think...

Left by trigeekmv on November 27, 2005

I'm looking to drop 10-15 before race season myself.

Left by Eric on November 24, 2005

my typing skills leave much to be desired, wish I could fix them

Left by wesley124 on November 24, 2005

I am going to try and lose ten pounds over the next five months. Ironically, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day ov gorging until the belt buckles are loosed and teh turkey makes you feel like taking a nap. If anyone asks why I am not eating or imbibing, I'll say I am in training.

Left by wesley124 on November 24, 2005

I envy you ironman3x...i need to figure out a way to do it - find the time, work on the engine, and make it happen...instead of fantasizing about it or making excuses about why it can't be done.

Left by wesley124 on November 02, 2005

About 20-25 hours per week, but then again, I was going for a top 200 finish. Unfortunately broke my foot 2 weeks before the race and my run time sucked - 5 hours, so went from a 1 hour to a 12 hour overall.

Left by Ironman3x on October 28, 2005

thanks for looking out eric, I had no idea just how punk I was before your heads up you gave me

Left by wesley124 on October 21, 2005

Wesley is a punk.

Left by Eric on October 20, 2005

Yeah, it did! Thanks for hooking me up man. If you can't tell already, I'm having a good time on this site you've made. Thanks again.

Left by wesley124 on October 05, 2005

Thanks Eric, I'm looking forward to seeing them.

Left by wesley124 on October 04, 2005

Fetish is selling a ton of position frames. I have a few friends on them -- I'll ask them to join.

Left by Eric on September 30, 2005

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Last Seen: on November 25, 2009

Rides: Mountain,Road

Brands: Orbea, Cannondale, Kestrel, Fisher, Bianchi, & Specialized

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