Sunday somehow has transformed into ‘knobbie ride day’ unexpectedly for ‘The Bonebell Crew’. It just seemed like the logical day as Saturday was chockful of family activities already, and Nevada Dave was only available to ride Sundays anyhow – so we naturally gravitated towards the sabbath. We shall make it our own sabbath of sorts and to coin the ‘Church Cross’ sunday initiative – we shall ride on Sundays. It works, its great, the families expect it now – its good and done.

We’ve been aiming to get you all off-road and true to our word, we have been exclusively riding knobbies every Sunday we head out – the trails may not be entirely rideable, but no matter, we will slay the pave with knobbied unison laying down the 18mph hum that only tacky rubber can provide. We have some lofty racing goals as we usually do, tackling cross country races and endurance races in the late spring through summer, before ‘really’ ramping up for the cyclocross season again. This means that we need to train.

Is Sunday training day?
That is such a strange question for a new rider. What is one training for? What is training? Should I be training? No matter what it is – don’t call it training – call it ‘out for a ride with friends’, because that is what we definitely want to provide on the Sunday knobbie ride. If you come regularly, you’ll see that you may challenge yourself, challenge us, challenge others. Friendly competition is always welcome, but never at the expense of leaving someone in the dust – we want you to return to the challenge of the off-road adventure. The venues will change too, frequently we hope. It’s not all on Palos, Waterfall Glen, or the Southwest Side road ride – we’re talking, DPR, I&M Canal, Prairie Path, etc. We’re taking you on an off-road adventure – keep your skinny tires at home, we may start on the road, but we may hit the dirt into the ride, or never see the road at all. We’ll post up rides, pictures of the adventures, and keep you updated via Twitter and Facebook.

Get on it – Sunday is getting dirty.