everyone else is doing it....

people are posting "best of" lists. maybe i will too. [keep in mind this is ME, as in mike, not the royal "b2c2 team" me] i will make, and then likely add to this list.

best thing i bought all year, bike related: tie - tubular cross wheels OR my xc race bike (epic).

other best thing i bought all year: sovtek mig 100.

worst moment on a training ride: almost got run over by a DPW truck.

most improved rider: nick. living proof that if you keep doing things you stink at, you will begin to stink less at them.

best terrestrial mammal: the rat.

best arboreal mammal: the slow loris.

best marine mammal: the leopard seal.

hardest day on a bike: 24 hours of pats peak. that was literally one day on my bike.

best rivalry: me and rmm. back and forth all season. so much fun.

best food: soup. also ham.

best place to get food: the deluxe town diner.

worst result: almost dead last in The Time Trial That Shall Remain Nameless.

best coffee: espresso royale (obviously)

best latte: drink coffee, you pansy.

best place to ride: late addition, but russell mill. xc + pumptrack = awesome.

most annoying bike trend: single speeds (still).

favorite team (other than ours): tough one... probably geekhouse, for all the enthusiasm and cheering at races. results wise... and because they can be both super competitive and fun dudes - embrocation.

worst moment at a race: when that cockbag at green mountain got aggro and almost killed us all.

best show: that one we played with summerduck.

most surprising result: getting second place at my first solo 24 hour race.

best performance at a race: gregs northampton weekend. seriously.

most gratifying cyclocross moment: when tim "lame east coast shit" johnson beat ryan "complains on the internet" trebon at nationals.

most listened to records: transylvanian hunger (darkthrone), lincoln (they might be giants), love suffers long (smoke and smoke), 10th sublevel of suicide (leviathan), dead as dreams (weakling), blood money (tom waits)