VeloDan

UPdate

2010-02-03T14:48:00.000-08:00

I really just use Facebook now it's alot easier.

More Helmet Cam from the Velodrome

2009-06-24T18:52:00.001-07:00

Madison Race at Kenosha Velodrome 6/23/09 from D Schneider on Vimeo.

New Helmet Cam stuff

2009-06-12T07:34:00.000-07:00

Main Points Races Kenosha WI 06/09/09 from D Schneider on Vimeo.

Sat morning

2009-04-04T07:04:00.001-07:00

Time for another ride. I feel alittle better on the bike then I thought i would. Still got some miles to get on and some weight to loose

Another Thurs

2009-04-02T08:19:00.001-07:00

Will I get to ride or will it rain. If I ride will I get droped or will I be able to hang on. This is what goes through my head early in the season with limted miles on

On the bike

2009-03-29T09:33:00.001-07:00

Road 2times this week. They both hurt. But I know it will get easier

Check

2009-03-25T07:11:00.000-07:00

Now that it's cashed I'll have to start training for Sept. I think I will not be getting a prefered start this year. Oh well has not helped me the last two years.

1st ride of the year

2009-02-15T08:34:00.000-08:00

That was last weekend. 8 miles on Sat. and 24 on Sunday. Just piling the miles on. I got 8 in this Sat. and I'll see what I can do today (sunday) because it's only going to be a high of 28.

2009-02-13T07:38:00.001-08:00

Sam in her new kit

OH my

2009-02-08T08:08:00.000-08:00

Can you guess who this is? The one on the right.

New Family Member

2008-11-21T19:32:00.000-08:00

So Michelle gets home from the gym and goes to get the mail a cat comes running across the yard.
What so you think happens.
Well after a trip to the vet. Some deworming meds. Front line and antibiotics and the other normal shots. We we have a cat again.
He found us.
He still needs to be fixed and maybe front declawed. But so far every day he is getting better and fitting in.
YES we took in a stay. But then again look at my friends. I think he much better looking then most of them.

If Anyone wants

2008-11-20T14:00:00.000-08:00

I added a donate button on the side bar if anyone would like to give me some money. What you get is less money and I have more.
It sounds like a good deal to me.

Made the Paper

2008-11-20T13:57:00.001-08:00

Wow a post a week

2008-10-30T10:19:00.000-07:00

Another night this week at Crystal Ridge. Did not get to ride what the course is going to be. But rode for an hour.

some more video

2008-10-27T09:39:00.000-07:00

Did a little night in Tosa the other night. I got a new helmet cam setup and tried it out. This is some of what I got.
Did ride some of the new stuff up in Oak Hill2 not bad.

OK if you real must see it!!

2008-06-21T14:51:00.000-07:00

My new Milwaukee Bicycle Co 29er ready to race at Greenbay

Cause Randy said SO

2008-04-18T06:43:00.000-07:00

Randy told me I have to do a post so here it is.
Been lifting 2 times a week and riding when the weather is good. Got a few 2 hours rides by my self in at night.
Hoping to do my 1st race Sat. in the 3/4 master.
As all way you can check my mileage from my Garmin's. Up to 3 for the bike now and one for the car.
The newest bike one is the Edge 705 it has a color screen and everything.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/network/digest/view.mb?digestUsername=velodan

This should be paly on TV

2008-03-21T13:45:00.000-07:00

I saw this on CPSSs blog thought it was worth posting again. And it sould be again and again.

UPDATES!

2008-03-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

Well as norm. it's been a while since the last time I wrote here.
Been skiing not thatit is l lot I did manger to get out 15 times since Dec. I need to strat getting on the bike and see if the skiing did me any good. Now it just needs to get a little wamer out and everything wil be good.
I could write about the skiing I did but it's easier just to put this link
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/network/digest/view.mb?digestUsername=velodan

See ya on the road soon.

Let it snow (not melt)

2008-01-03T07:32:00.000-08:00

I have skied 7 time this winter already. I forget how much I like skiing. The last few year I only got out a few time and never real got in to any ski shape. I hope the whole winter stay like this.
Went to Minooka Park on New Years Day. It been a long time since I ski there. It's still a nice place to go.
Oh yea by the way HAPPY NEW YEAR.
A little Garmin action.

Who Else Can Say

2007-12-26T19:13:00.000-08:00

Their Mother In-law is on boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese. She does work for a company that plans meeting for them. And for all her good work they did something like 1000 boxes like this. And donated $1000.00 to a chiarity of her choosing. Look for one on store shelf near you.

P.S. if you find one get for me, she only got 3 for her self.

End Of Year

2007-12-22T09:02:00.000-08:00

Well I was doing some totaling. Looks as I have 1350 miles between road, mtb and cross. My bigest mileage week was 88 miles that's in one week.
Average Heart rate 147
Average speed 14.8
Calories Burned 82513

I do have another 300 some on the track. That is a wopping 1650 miles racing and training. I don't know if I will be able to put up big numbers like this again next year. With out going Pro or something.

Have a great X-mas and a safe New Years.

Snow

2007-12-18T14:47:00.000-08:00

I skied Parkside and Nordic, hopefuly more to come. Not doing the dry land training I used to before ski season makes sking alot more of a work out then I need sometime at this time of the year.
But It's fun and I get to see bikers try and ski, that always fun. Any one have snowburn on their face (Goat)

Halloween Night Ride Oh MY 07

2007-10-31T20:30:00.000-07:00

All ways forget how much fun night riding is. Had a good turn out. Hope Randy's all right, he went down hard just after I picked myself up off the ground.

It looked and sounded something like this. Boy do I make weird noises when I crash.

07 FT 40 back to the big boys race

2007-09-18T17:52:00.000-07:00

Well I met my goal for the FT 40 this year. Under 3 hours on the SS. It was fast and dry, that helped. I was in the upper 1/3 with 25 in the SS cat. out 85. but I have finish in just about the same time 2:50 on a geared bike and have been in the 300s over all. I was in the mid 400s. OH well I did the time I wanted to.
Click the map if you want to see more info.

NEWS Flash

2007-09-09T19:09:00.000-07:00

Pic by Rusty

I got 2nd today at Sunburst because no one else show up.

Big Ring with just one

2007-06-05T05:15:00.000-07:00

Did Wors Big ring Classic in Wausau Rain on the way up stoped by the time we got there did a lap pre-ride fun fast course.
Did dinner with the Coopers, Daanans, Russell and Kyle.
Started the race in the middle of 240 people worked my way up to 30th over all and 5th in SS. I don't like riding in mud, I can do it I just don't like ruining my bike and clothing, but this was a fun muddy race.
Met some dirty girls too.

Time to write AGAIN!!!!

2007-05-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

Did Iola, been doing some training, Got my Helmet cam to work finally.

Oh

2007-04-30T17:18:00.000-07:00

Haven't writ anything here in a while. Been do some riding got out to the Kettle's once did the ABR crits in Keno. got dropped in the 30+ finished the 3's.
Washed the mud from the last WORS race last year off the race bike and started to do some work on it. Went out to do a ride from my house Sat. and ran into Jay he tooked my picture. Then I took one of what I see. But I see my hand too. I did not dress right and I was a little warm but I rolled my sleeves up and got a sun burn on my wrists.

More goings ON

2007-04-10T13:53:00.000-07:00

I have been getting some riding in, few COLD ones. Starting to feel a little fitness come on. But could stand to loose a few lbs.
Last Saturday one of my neighbors said there was some shady person that went up to my door. So I checked the video and sure enough there he was, I think he was trying to steal some Hayes secrets. Trying to find out how we have so much fun and still ride our bikes.
SpyGoat

Got out

2007-03-28T05:31:00.000-07:00

Got to do some riding over the weekend. Sat morning did the Wind Lake route 32miles, it was a little wet when we started but dried as we road. I use the cross bike as I did not feel like getting the Tarmac all sloped up.

Sunday I was going to go do the last Parkside race but it was so nice out and I did not feel like spending $20 to ride my bike.

I did a ride with Budda, Coop, Sam and some other around Pewakee Lake from Tosa 42 miles. It was a good ride for me and I road the way I needed to.

Russell got this picture of me in my super decent position.

What's been up

2007-03-20T07:05:00.000-07:00

WELL
I got out and rode the new bike lasted Thurs. on the 1st Wednesday night ride on Thursday. It was cold we did about 35 miles and I could not go very hard, seeing as it was my 4th time on the bike this year. The new bike felt good.
Friday we had our yearly St. Pat's party, Saturday I felt terrible. Sunday road to Parkside road in the 3's race for 30min and then road home.
Hopefully it won't rain this Thurs. so I can keep my training up.
Below is my HR from the 3's for the 10 miles I did. I have some work to do.

For those of you who check.

2007-03-15T07:30:00.000-07:00

Well did not get to ride the new bike yet. Did ride Sat. morning 35 miles and Sun. road down to Parkside 14 miles and watch some races, after road back up with Russell, Sam and Aaron (Trebuchet) 25 miles.

Might try a race this Sun.

Going to try and get on the new bike today, hopefully it stay together. I built it up out of the box. I only do this once every few years, so I always think I forgot to tighten something up.

Got a new toy off Ebay too, a Garmin Forerunner 305 it was use but in real good condition. $190 they retail for 340ish. I still need to get the cadence sender or 2 for the Road bikes.

See ya on the bike soon.

I still can ride a bike

2007-03-06T05:36:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday I did a road ride with Tool, Coop, Bubbs, Meg, and Sam. It was a good pace for my 1st time on a longer ride since I did the night ride back at the beginning of Jan. My leg were tired after the 32 miles. But if felt good to be on the bike.

Speaking of bikes I got a new one. Just need to finish putting it together and wait for the roads to clear off.

TARMAC PRO DOUBLE

WOW

2007-02-21T08:42:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I posted. What I've been doing.
BXM on Thurs.
Skied Parkside a few times, but that's about it.
Hoping to start riding into work at least once a week if not more, that get me some miles as it is 20 each direction.

Sam's

2007-01-08T16:50:00.001-08:00

My Celebrity Matches

2007-01-08T12:28:00.000-08:00

Strike 2

2007-01-06T14:47:00.001-08:00

Tried to use the new helmet cam rig again today on the Sat Morning ride. I did not delete a test recording I did so there was no memory space remaining and it did not record. I did take some pictures of goofy people eating. Good ride

New Year

2007-01-01T11:04:00.000-08:00

Started the new year off by getting back a a bike. I have not been on a bike since 11/26 and only ski 3 times at the beginning of Dec.
I should be rested. But out of shape.
Tried the new helmet cam out but the battery went dead and did record anything. That will show me not to charge it when it's only got half a charge showing.
12 miles not a bad start. Ha Ha.
Happy New everyone

More BMX action

2006-12-14T19:26:00.000-08:00

I modified my helmet cam with a wide angel lens. You can see a bit more now. But I still need to aim it a little higher.
I'll try to get more up.
Or click here to see what's up on Youtube

Making of Bicycle

2006-12-12T12:40:00.001-08:00

This is how your bicycle was made.

SKI

2006-12-09T11:40:00.000-08:00

Last Weekend I got out to the Kettles for an hour and half.
Tue was Parkside for 40min. and this weekend was Parkside for hour and 50min.
It's Great to ski again. But this could have been it for this winter for all I know.

Some Data

AT last

2006-12-08T20:50:00.000-08:00

I got it all together this week.
1. Helmet Cam
2. Batteries
3. Use cam
As the norm. it not the best but better then any of you put up from on the bike.

And 2 the rest of what I shot was just track.

ALSO

2006-12-03T15:02:00.000-08:00

Been going to the BXM track, keep trying to get some helmet cam footage but either forget that I have the cam along or the batteries were dead.
Maybe next time.
Don't forget about this I think I'm going to try and make this. sounds like fun.

Oh You Better Watch Out ...
It’s the Santa cycle rampage!
Meet at Cafe Hollander Downer ave at Bradford
Dec 16, 10am free treats for sanatas
slow ride around town to spread
holiday cheer. Ride ends
at noon at Koz’s mini bowl
7th and becher
for food and
mini bowling!
for mor info visit
www.bikewinter.org
dress as a santa!! (or other holiday character)

Snow!!!

2006-12-03T14:46:00.000-08:00

If the snow stays around this year I might be in shape in spring form skiing. Speaking of that I did ski the South Kettles. 10 miles on skis is a lot more work then 10 on a bike. In an hour and half of skiing things start to ache now I remember why I would roller ski in the past.

BMX

2006-11-10T07:15:00.000-08:00

Well I went to the track last night. Every fall it's like start all over on the bmx bike. I brought the helmet cam along but forgot to use it. Maybe next week.
So besides the little sentence above that's it.

Lazy Time of the Year

2006-11-01T13:06:00.000-08:00

It's that time of the year I don't care if I ride or do anything.
Been playing with PCs watching TV and not doing much.
OH ya Mickey said hi to you all.
Had a lot of fun at D world, but it was a little hot in the 90's. I was looking forward to mid 70s.
Did the Washington Park Cross Race, more like a ride for me as I don't care how I do. Just getting a good work out in.
Another 2 weeks or so I should be ready to start training again.
BXM, Weight training, Ski if there's snow or riding on the week ends.

What been happening in OCT.

2006-10-16T20:16:00.000-07:00

Last WORS race (OK)
Wisconsin State Night Race Championships (FUN!!!)
Road on the course during a cross race (Should have stayed home)
Going to see Mickey

Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival 2006

2006-09-21T07:32:00.000-07:00

Had a great time as always and an OK race. Thurs we road trails by Telemark they were fun. Fri. was preriding the Short and Fat(smart) course.
Sat. was the race, I was 2min. slower then last year and end 5th in the SS cat. But I move up one place to 54 over all from last years 55th place.

Ojib(a something) Trail I got separated from every one and end up riding the loop the opposite direction and running into them and riding the trail back that I had already ridden. It was still a fun trail.

Short and Fat I had a preferred start from my finish last year 2nd in SS. There was a near crash just before we hit the gravel and I was off a wheel and off the main group. Kept them in site for awhile but started to slow. Pass Len at about the same point as last year and he hung with me for a while.

Shunburts

2006-09-12T07:25:00.000-07:00

Had an OK race. Good hill workout. I owe some thanks to Buba for helping me out by giving Stuart a crap cog. His chain kept coming off so I beat him.

Days after the last night of track 2006

2006-09-04T09:12:00.000-07:00

Wed. I finished cutting the grass. It was LONG.
Thurs. did the Wheel ride, Mike talk to me, told me he is never going to do this girls ride again and that he would also never talk to me again. I old him I never wanted to talk to him in the 1st place. We did a little dirrent route.
Ride Data click map to see more.

Sat. I did a ride at the Kettle's with my brother Jeff did Muir the connector and Carlin then back. He's riding way better then he was a month ago. It was good weather and a very nice ride.

Sun. I went to ride the Alpha stuff and ran into Keith, I have not seen or talk to him in a while. He caught me up on what has all happen since his heart attack. I end up riding for just 45 min.

Last Night of Kenosha Track 2006

2006-08-30T05:34:00.000-07:00

It's the end of the track season already. I was tried from the weekend yet but had fun racing. Did the consolation race with Sam wish I could of been more help, but she did OK.

WORS Cup

2006-08-28T13:37:00.000-07:00

Did both days
Day 1 Super D TT finished 3 about 8 seconds down from 2nd, short and grease not my best conditions.
Day 2 felt crummy started slow like dead last of the SSers. Road my race and pass a few along the way end up 5th and ahead of the 2nd place gut from the TT. So I got 2nd in the WORS cup, Jay got 1st.
Below is the elevation from the 3 laps of the CC race. You can click the other for more.

More Riding

2006-08-24T05:44:00.000-07:00

Went to the Metro TT last night. Just to ride the Mt bike for about an hour. Then I went over to the BMX track to watch and talk with some of the people over there.
I did a lap with my Garmin running.
This is what it looks like.

2006-08-23T05:49:00.000-07:00

Have not done anything on here for a little while again. I have been riding some and racing the track. Help Len move stuff to his new place and made to the Metro tt a few times now.

Below is the lasted points race at Kenosha I made my goal of finishing and having made some differents in the race, I did an OK lead out for Springer to 1 lap to go and got Sam in a good spot for the last sprint.

A week later

2006-08-11T07:15:00.000-07:00

Well no Northbrook this week, so I returned to the Thurs. night ride at Wheel. It was a good ride, and I felt OK. I put the helmet cam on and shot some footage. I did a hack job on the editing as I'm still learning how to. So enjoy.

Thurs Night Racing At NB

2006-08-04T05:35:00.000-07:00

It was the big Roger DeLanghe Trophy Race 50 laps fast. I finish but just hung on. Average speed was 29.something MPH.
Click for better view.

Then there was a 3s 4s Madison, one person on the team had to be 4 and the other a 3. This meant Len and I could not race together we have done over 20 teamraces together. I have done Team races with only like 4 different people over the lasted 10 years. Riding with a stranger was weird but it was a good work out.
Click for better view.

Tue. at the Track

2006-08-02T06:07:00.000-07:00

Well raced another Tue.

Here is video of the Master's Unknow Dist. race and the Data below.
Ended up 6th I miss the move at the end.

Click for a better veiw.

Pfarr classic 06

2006-07-26T05:37:00.000-07:00

Well I finished on the same lap, I was worried that I would be going laps down I got some points to but ended up around 18th or so. Not the fastest Pfarr classic as it took over an hour. Some in the pasted finished in about 59 min.

Click for a better view

Weekend of 7/21

2006-07-25T13:12:00.000-07:00

I started the Kenosha Super Week race, but got dropped after 10 miles of the 30 some mile race. It started raining about 6 laps in, that made some people skiddish and yo yoed the field.
Sat. I did a 30 mile ride from my house with Len, then Sat. Night headed up to Milwaukee to watch Downer Ave.
Sunday after going to see Sammy's race in White Fishbay I did a fixed gear ride. Sammy end up 2nd over for the women's 3/4. She was tied in points but the other girl had gotten a 2nd and Sam did not that was the tie breaker.

Hill and Banking

2006-07-19T06:57:00.000-07:00

Sunday I did the 2006 Alterra Coffee Bean Classic. It was hot and I as normal did not have the best start, settled in and road my race, plenty of rest in the single track as I all ways caught up to some one poking along in it. Finished 6th in the SS.
Tuesday night was the Mayor's Cup at the track I Felt a little tired try to warm up good. But I'm never really warmed up til after the the 1st race. In this case it was the the Mayor's Cup 75 lap points race. Just was going to sit in and hope I could get finished warming up. But the legs did want to move that fast. I ended up get down 2 laps.
Above is what the race looked like for me, not all that fast of a race. Click it for a better veiw.

DAN wins final sprint in Madison

2006-07-12T09:19:00.000-07:00

This was lasted week at Northbrook in the 3s 4s Madison.

Rain held off

2006-07-12T05:36:00.000-07:00

So we got aother night of racing in at Keno. Small feild but some good fun racing.
Got another toy that collects data. Here what the Main Point Race looked like for me.

Heat Stroke?

2006-07-11T11:57:00.000-07:00

Did the HS over the weekend, it lived up to it's name. Coop, Ann, LELE, Brain, Johnyy, and Dave T(started with us but his neck hurted him so he went home and made us lunch)
We did the 74 mile. That I think was my longest ride of the year.
DATA below. And a short video.

Track racing

2006-07-08T15:26:00.000-07:00

Been doing more this year. Between Kenosha and and North Brook I have raced about 200 miles on the track.
Here's a video of part of the 40+ M&O at NB a few weeks ago. It's from a Tony Hawk helmet cam, but with the shots I get I call it the butt cam.

Sunday ride

2006-06-25T15:54:00.000-07:00

Did a nice ride Sunday with Sam, Jeff S, Russell, Jay and the rest. Here on dan's blog. It was going to be a 3hour ride, but the weather started getting rough and leader did want his bike wet. So the group did a different route. And he kept us dry.

I finial took the time to figure this out.

2006-06-23T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is the Wed. night ride that is done on Thurs.

Getting There

2006-03-12T16:03:00.000-08:00

This last week I rode 3 times I got like 100 miles on it a week. Today I did Parkside 3's. The race was OK fast but not that hard. The way others were riding I would have thought I was in a 4's race. A few crashes at the end I go slowed by one in corner 1 on the last lap and was out of the feild. Sam got taken down in between 3 and 4. Land on her hip hard but is OK. Below is THE link. What it looks like from my Garmin.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/episode/view.mb?episodePk.pkValue=511362

Ripped

2006-03-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

Got out for a ride Wed. and one today. A few more weeks of this I'll be ripped.
Did the Windlake ride from Wheel, small good group. Here's what it looks like.

http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/accept.mb?senderPk.pkValue=15719&unitSystemPkValue=2&episodePk.pkValue=488469

The year starts

2006-02-28T14:30:00.000-08:00

I kind of started training for this years racing. Been lifting once a week going to BMX once a week and sitting on the recliner bike once in awhile for 45 min. or so.
Last Sat. I even rode my Mt. Bike off road for 2.5 hours with Jerry, The goat, Butch and some other. I was whooped at the end.
I was some cool ride in IL, I know it's hard to belive. Here's a link to the GPS info from the ride. I didn't go very fast.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/accept.mb?senderPk.pkValue=15719&unitSystemPkValue=2&episodePk.pkValue=476154

Oh

2006-02-16T09:29:00.000-08:00

As you can see I'm a good writer. That's why there are so many post in here.
Still looking for a full time job. Been working out a bit not as much as I should be.
Got back to BMXing last week. After hurting my wrist. Was great see all the MTbikers out there.

New Toy

2005-12-27T07:53:00.000-08:00

Have not done much here again.
I got a new toy so I will try to post info from things I have done with it.
This is me skiing Whitnall Park teaching Sam to ski.
The toy is a garmin Forerunner 201. It tracks speed and distance by GPS.
You can then upload to this service MotionBased and in will over lay it on a map for you. Check it out.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/invitation/accept.mb?senderPk.pkValue=15719&unitSystemPkValue=2&episodePk.pkValue=379258

10/31/05

2005-10-31T07:53:00.000-08:00

It's been a long time since I wrote anything here. I had a good summer racing, for the amount of training I was doing. You would think with not having a full time job I would be training more.
Oh Well.
Maybe next year.
hopefully I will find something in the next month. Anything I just need to start working full time.
I'll try write here more.

2005-04-22T17:26:00.000-07:00

Me Racing in 2003 at the WORS Cup

Me

2005-03-19T06:53:00.000-08:00

I'm a 38 year old bicycle racer in Wisconsin. I have been racing for the last 17 years.
Bicycle racing takes many forms.
The disciplines I have raced are Road, Track, Cyclocross, MTB cross country, and in the last 2 years tried BMX.