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Leonardo Meatlessburger

Posted on February 29, 2016March 1, 2016 by jeffreylatty

I do not intend to be extremely repetitive, but I love sandwiches. And finding fun ways to include sandwiches into my (Ⓥegan) lifestyle, is one of my keys to happiness.

Dude’s gotta eat…

And while any dude (or lady) has to eat, they might as well eat happily. While eating happily, they (you) might as well be healthily happily eating. And if you can healthily happily eat, you might as well step it up a notch or two and eat Vegetarian or Vegan to ultimately do an enormous part in saving the planet.

Fight Climate Change

Even scientists say, “eat less meat” when asked how to better the planet.

I am not one to follow much of what takes place in the movie industry these days, but it’s impossible nowadays to ignore it. When news involves Leonardo DiCaprio, I’ll listen as Leo and I go way back to when I saw Titanic in theater at age 12, I believe. Since then, he’s truly been a favorite actor of mine. Being a true environmental activist is greater than (>) his amazing acting career and is how people with power/fame should go above themselves to try and make a true difference.

12 Celebrities

I’m gonna have to share links to my favorite Leo movies. I have to.

The Basketball Diaries

The Beach

Catch Me If You Can

The Departed

I made a good amount of (ben) Meatlessburger happiness. (The QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers is Ben Roethlisberger:). A brewery that I’ve come across with a few different beers is Half Acre out of Chicago, IL. I did not visit the Brewery (yet), just picked up a few 4-packs. I enjoyed their Pale Ale, their IPA and their Black/Dark Ale. They were all in 16 oz. cans with great decorative properties and the stuff inside is good, as well.

As far as the Meatlessburger goes, I made a gyro-style sandwich, a USA-style sandwich and an experimental chinese-style bunless Meatlessburger. And a LBⓋ (Low Budget Vegan) side… 🙂

Ⓥzatziki Sauce ingredients:

Non-dairy yogurt, plain
Lemon, freshly juiced
Cucumber, deseeded and diced
Cumin powder
Garlic, freshly minced
SeaSalt/Pepper/BrownSugar
Sriracha
Onion, diced

Mix. And Enjoy.

Meatlessburger ingredients:

Tofu, extra firmly crumbled (?:)
Lightlife ‘sausage’ and ‘beef’, crumbled
Daiya Cheddar, block diced cubes
Garlic, freshly minced
SeaSalt/Pepper/BrownSugar/GarlicP/OnionP
Liquid Smoke
Parsley, freshly chopped
Soy Sauce

Prep. Mix. And enjoy. Add Corn Starch if needed.

Gyro Meatlessburger ingredients:

Ⓥzatziki Sauce
Meatlessburger, pan-fried/cast-ironed/baked/grilled
Cucumber, slices
Tomato, slices (Bushel Boy)
Lettuce & Spinach, freshly sliced
Bun, gourmet (bigger) and grilled on inside

USA Meatlessburger ingredients:

Meatlessburger, pan-fried/cast-ironed/baked/grilled
Daiya, melted/broiled onto Meatlessburger
Lettuce
Cucumber, slices
Tomato, slices (Bushel Boy)
Onion, slices
Vegenaise, mmmmmm
Mustard
Mushrooms, sliced and sauteéd

I will go over the LBV and Chinese-style bunless Meatlessburger at a later time.

Happy Leap Year Day. Is that a thing?

Spaghetti Carbonara

Posted on February 22, 2016February 22, 2016 by jeffreylatty

Most of the time, something truly artery clogging usually murderous involving animals is excuse and motivation for my blog clogging Vegan food ideas. Meat is murder. Cheese and dairy is animal torture. I recently made Vegan Spaghetti Carbonara.

Yesterday, I enjoyed something called Jesus Toast. I rode through wet and super soft mud/gravel to get to this toast. Only to later realize this Jesus Toast was created by a SIUC Saluki alum. And this Jesus Toast is not your traditional food. Food to me, but a craft beer from Hailstorm Brewing Company out of Tinley Park, IL. The beer is a black rye IPA and very decent. The name is unique and entertaining alone. Made from a Saluki alum is a cherry on top. I also enjoyed an Alabama Hot Tub by Hailstorm.

Saturday, I rode my heart out along a multi-surfaced Gran Fondo of 100+ KMs. I set a most ascent record with my Garmin Edge 1000 with an ascent of 592 meters aka just short of 2,000 feet. It was an asskicker.

Spaghetti Carbonara ingredients:

Spaghetti, whole wheat & cooked not rinsed
Onion, diced
Garlic, freshly minced
Mushroom, sliced
‘Milk’, rice, soy or cashew non-dairy
Egg replacer
Pepper, coarse
Tempeh, grilled
Daiya
Nutritional Yeast
Parsley, freshly chopped
‘Bacon’, Seitan chopped
Bread, everything is truly optional
GarlicP/OnionP/SeaSalt/Sugar/Cayenne

Progressive Karate:

Saute Onion and Garlic. Boil and season ‘cream’.
Cook noodles, leave starch and cool.
Add egg replacer, Daiya and Mushrooms.
Cook down adding noodles. Serve.

The grilled Tempeh gives that deadly animal flesh look that so many love. To me, it’s nutritious and delicious.

There was a Spring tease this weekend in Illinois. It was wonderful and hope is evident. Lube those bike chains. Mentally prepare for Spring cleaning. Baseball is in the air and soon here grilled veggies will be the aroma in your neighborhood.

Save animals, kill plants.

My Sunday Funday was a Sudday Mudday 🙂

Ⓥaco Salad

Posted on February 19, 2016 by jeffreylatty

I’ve blogged it before and I’ll blog it again. Improv cooking sometimes allows truly great ideas to flourish. And having fun with your food is unreal, interesting and extremely entertaining. Perhaps, not always a success, but worth it most of the time.

From time to time, I do not wanna go to the grocery store. And that alone (maybe a beer or two, also) is my spontaneous/improvisational motivation. Cook and create with what you have on hand. I have strong belief that in a prior life, I was a Mexican chef. Furthermore, I always non-subconsciously almost hoard Mexican cuisine ingredients. A past life is the only way that I can explain it.

Hopslam:)

I’ve had some good beers in the last weeks. I had enjoyed my first ever Hopslam on draft. I’ve had it in bottle before, which is great. The preservation and balance in keg is unbelievable. Hopslam is made out of Bell’s Brewing in Galesburg, MI. It is a DIPA (double india pale ale) made with honey. FIND IT. ENJOY IT.

Seitan ingredients:

Vital Wheat Gluten
Corn Meal
Rosemary/Cayenne/FennelSeed, crushed together
Tomato Sauce
Veggie Broth
Turmeric/Thyme/SeaSalt/Pepper/GarlicP/OnionP
Bay Leaves/Celery/Peppercorn/Fennel/Rosemary, for baking
Vegan ‘Cheese’ cloth

Domino Effect:

Mix wet ingredients together and dry ingredients separately before mixing together.
Form into a loaf and put into wet ‘cheese’ cloth.
Put Seitan loaf into Lasagna pan and put Herbs/Veggies with Broth filling halfway.
Bake for two hours, flipping loaf in between.
Remove from cloth immediately and put in foil or use.
I broiled slightly after out of ‘cheese’ cloth.

Relish ingredients:

Tomato, deseeded and diced
Cucumber, deseeded and diced
Onion, diced
Seitan, diced and slightly charred
Radish, diced
Garlic, minced
Lime, juice
Cilantro, chopped
SeaSalt/Pepper
Oil/BalsamicVinegar/RedWineVinegar/Sriracha

Mix.

Rice ingredients:

Rice, Basmati – browned and cooked
Broth
Leftovers (mostly beans)
SeaSalt/Pepper

Veggies ingredients:

Potato, chopped
Celery, sliced
Carrot, sliced
Onion, diced
Seitan, mmmm
Corn, browned
Cilantro, chopped
Daiya, slices for garnish
Rice

Ⓥaco Salad ingredients:

Tortilla, baked as taco bowl
Lettuce, iceberg – sliced
Spinach, sliced
Jalapeno, roasted and deseeded/skinned
Vegenaise, mmmmm
Seitan, chopped
Relish, mmmm
Mushroom, sliced
Cilantro

Build.

Happy Friday! Spring is approaching!

Be safe.

Just Photos

Posted on February 15, 2016 by jeffreylatty

Super Bowl Ⓥunday

Posted on February 13, 2016 by jeffreylatty

Early explorers not following maps is how people need to follow recipes

-VeggHead BeerCyclist

In West Philadelphia born and raised, On the playground is where I spent most of my days. I am kidding. I was born in Denver, CO. However the playground situation is true as long as riding a bike and swimming counts, also. I did also grow up watching and idolizing John Elway, the amazing QB for the Denver Broncos between 1983-1999. The reason why number seven is my favorite and why my signature puposely contains a “7” is because of that man. And this Super Bowl, John gave Denver their third SB victory being the Denver Broncos GM and true Sheriff. I was happy to see Peyton Manning win. I was, however, more excited to feast on all kinds of VEGAN FOOD.

In the first quarter I had Nachos basically as an appetizer. And in the second quarter I enjoyed Potatoes. The third quarter I turned it up just a notch with baked beans. And nothing makes sports more enjoyable (other than beverages) than the ultimate comfort-food, the hot dog. I did pair all of these Vegan courses with different IPAs. I am not sure it could’ve been any better.

The commercials were mostly bad and at times, extremely mad. There was one about how much water you could save while brushing your teeth, although nothing about the amounts of water it takes to produce this worlds disgusting carnivorous habits. There was one for Heinz ketchup and mustard. And it involved “weiner” dogs running with hot dog buns as floaties. These dogs were supposed to be eaten by someone, I’m assuming. Also, Veggie or meat, no dawgs should be eaten with ketchup. Peyton Manning plugged for Budweiser. I later learned that he owns a brewery somewhere.

GOOD PEOPLE DRINK GOOD BEER

-Hunter S. Thompson

Seitan ingredients:

Vital Wheat Gluten
Corn Meal
Rosemary/Cayenne/FennelSeed, crushed together
Tomato Sauce
Veggie Broth
Turmeric/Thyme/SeaSalt/Pepper/GarlicP/OnionP
Bay Leaves/Celery/Peppercorn/Fennel/Rosemary, for baking
Vegan ‘Cheese’ cloth

Domino Effect:

Mix wet ingredients together and dry ingredients separately before mixing together.
Form into a loaf and put into wet ‘cheese’ cloth.
Put Seitan loaf into Lasagna pan and put Herbs/Veggies with Broth filling halfway.
Bake for two hours, flipping loaf in between.
Remove from cloth immediately and put in foil or use.
I broiled slightly after out of ‘cheese’ cloth.

Relish ingredients:

Tomato, deseeded and diced
Cucumber, deseeded and diced
Onion, diced
Seitan, diced and slightly charred
Radish, diced
Garlic, minced
Lime, juice
Cilantro, chopped
SeaSalt/Pepper
Oil/BalsamicVinegar/RedWineVinegar/Sriracha

Mix.

Ⓥombie Anacholypso ingredients:

Cashews, raw or not
Walnuts, raw or not
Broth, Veggie
Cilantro, freshly chopped
SeaSalt/Pepper/Paprika
ChipotleP/OnionP/GarlicP/TurmericP
Peppers (green, red & yellow), roasted and skinned

Mixed in a blender. Served smothering the life out of Tortilla Chips garnished with Cilantro. I also threw some store-bought Salsa Verde on them as well. Went extremely well together.

Nachos ingredients:

Tortilla Chips, I used normal and blue
Daiya, mmmmmm
Relish, mmmmmm that smell 🙂
Ⓥombie Anacholyso ‘Cheese’, mmmmm
Salsa Verde
Chipotle Pepper

Construct, melt and enjoy.

Sweet Potatoes ingredients:

Sweet Potatoes, skin on and diced
Celery, diced
Onion, diced
Carrot, diced
Seitan, chopped large
Oil
Earth Balance, add later & garnish
Broth, Veggie
Lentils, dry
Guts, non-animal, but utilize Tomato and Cucumber
Dill, freshly chopped & add later
Tofu, extra firm-extra crumbled
Mushroom, sliced & add later
SeaSalt/Pepper/GarlicP/OnionP/ Paprika/ChiliP/BrownSugar

Saute Celery, Onion, Carrot in Oil before adding Seitan, Sweet Potatoes & Tofu to saute & steam by stirring occasionally and covering inbetween on medium-high heat. Add Broth, Lentils and seasonings except the “add later” and simmer, covered. Add “add later”s and serve soon after and garnish with Earth Balance.

Ⓥaked Ⓥeans ingredients:

Beans, dry & Northern
Garlic, fresh & minced
Corn, I used canned
Celery, diced
Onion, diced
Carrot, diced
Tofu, crumbles
Tomato, puree
Tomatoes, canned chopped w/ juice
Cilantro, freshly chopped
Seitan, sliced & charred
Broth, Veggie
LiquidSmoke/BalsamicVinegar/Sriracha
SeaSalt/Pepper/BrownSugar

Mix together and BAKE. I baked @ 305° for 3+ hours while covered and rode a bicyclt outside.

Dawgs ingredients:

Smart Dog, simmered in Veggie Broth
Buns, slightly toasted
Celery Salt
Relish, NO KETCHUP
Mustard

Have fun with your food!

Beers enjoyed:

Dark Horse Brewing Double Crooked Tree IPA
Excel Brewing Hop Heist
Excel Brewing Plague Bringer
Radium City Brewing Passing Time
Green Flash Brewing Tangerine Soul Style IPA

Plant-Based Protein Sauce

Posted on January 31, 2016January 31, 2016 by jeffreylatty

It is time to redeem my prior attempt to blog your arteries of a Vegan meatless sauce with loads of protein. Just like my consumed beers and lack of reviews, I have not measured ingredients except water for my food in so many years. They are not recipes, I guess. I do not wish to tell people how to prepare food, let alone, teach cooking basics. I do wish to influence others to try a plant-based lifestyle and to be creative. I think eating out is extremely overrated. It needs to be a necessity to want to know exactly what is in the food being prepared to keep us healthy and to ensure prosperity.

I am a modest beer snob, who cannot depict every accent or flavor in good beer. I probably never will. I also will not pretend to know. I know good beer from bad beer and that is good enough to me. It is a necessity to me to relax and unwind regularly. I am extremely good at documenting it. And now, I am just kind of (soberly) rambling. I’m overdue for a good bike ride. It was like 10° C yesterday, but I did not have time to make it out. Anyways….

Ⓥaioli ingredients:

Wash, reused (Earth Balance ‘Butter’, ‘Milk’, Corn Starch)
Garlic, minced
‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmmmmm
Breading, reused (Cashews, SeaSalt, Breadcrumbs, Garlic, Oregano, Parsley)
Corn Meal

Mix to a somewhat solid consistency.

Garlic Rye ingredients:

Rye, bread
‘Butter’, Earth Balance
Parsley, fresh and chopped
Garlic, fresh and minced
SeaSalt/Pepper/OnionP/GarlicP/Sugar

Heat. Mix. Cool. Spread.

Smashed Potatoes ingredients:

Potatoes, red and golden – diced and boiled then strained (time it right)
Ⓥ Aioli
Basil, fresh and diced
Parsley, fresh and diced
Oil, Olive
Garlic, minced
Onion, diced
‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmm
Spinach, to garnish
Celery, diced
Carrot, diced
‘Milk’, Almond
Cashews, SMASHED
Brown Sugar
Wine, white Vino is great
Dill Weed, fresh and chopped
Nutritional Yeast
Idaho Spuds, instant mashed for concistency assurance

Prep everything and go. Cook Veggies in Oil while boiling Potatoes. Add Wine and cook down and then add everything and crush and smash away. I enjoyed charred store-bought Pretzel Bun with the Ⓥutter.

Plant-Based Protein Sauce ingredients:

Celery, diced
Carrot, diced
Onion, diced
Serrano, seeded and diced
Balsamic Vinegar
Tofu, extra firm – crumbled
Cashew Milk
Tomato Puree
Chopped Tomatoes, canned with liquid
Basil, fresh and diced
Parsley, fresh and chopped
Brown Sugar
Lightlife ‘Sausage’, crumbled or chopped
SeaSalt/Pepper/GarlicP/OnionP
Mushroom, diced
Shallot, diced
Garlic, fresh and minced
Oregano, dash of dried

Saute Veggies before adding seasonings and sauciness. Cook down for hours:)

Eggplant Ⓥarmesan ingredients:

Eggplant, sliced & dried w/ salt
Wash (CashewMilk/EarthBalance/CornStarch)
Flour/Salt/Pepper/CornMeal
Breading (Cashews/Salt/Breadcrumbs/Garlic/Oregano/Parsley)
Plant-Based Protein Sauce, heated
Linguine, mmmmmmm slightly undercooked-SEASONED
Daiya, mmmmmm
Parsley & Basil, fresh and chopped or sliced

Flour Eggplant then wash and bread. Bake or pan-fry.

Finish baking Eggplant in Sauce w/ or w/o Daiya.

Build a pasta and garnish.

Ⓥodka Pasta ingredients:

Plant-Based Protein Sauce, heated
Onion, diced
Potato, diced
Oil, Olive
Almond Milk
Daiya, cream cheese
Fennel Seed
Nutritional Yeast
Molasses
Idaho Spuds instant mashed, for consistence
Ⓥaioli
Spinach, sliced
Vodka infused w/ Rosemary and Basil
Noodles, I had Rotini

Saute Potatoes and Onion in Oil. Add Vodka and cook down

Add all other ingredients and garnish w/ Spinach.

Smashed Ⓥodka Pasta ingredients:

Plant-Based Protein Sauce, blended
Vodka, infused w/ Rosemary and Basil
Garlic, fresh and minced
Onion, diced
Oil, Olive
Smashed Potatoes
Tomato Puree
Chopped Tomato, canned w/ juice
Molasses
Rigatoni, undercooked

Saute Potatoes and Onions before adding Infused Vodka. Cook down Vodka. Add Sauces and Tomatoes. Finish cooking Rigatoni in sauce.

You (me) cannot ever have enough pasta! It is true comfort food. And when prepared correctly, it is true ART.

Vegan Smashed Potatoes

Posted on January 23, 2016 by jeffreylatty

We all grow up differently. We all make different, but similar mistakes. We all do our best improving our lives. Some are better at doing that than others. With different obstacles, we do our damn best and sometimes it is not appreciated enough. All in all, we all care for our loved ones and passions & hobbies.

I grew up being a fan of a band, Soulfly, a newer age metal band involving spirituality and tribal aspects. Last night I was messing around with #AppleMusic and somehow wound up with Sepultura which made me wonder what the hell Soulfly was up to as the lead singer for Soulfly helped found Sepultura.

Now, I love me some of that there loud and fast metal, but I grew a stronger connection with Soulfly because of their ability to turn it down a notch and still be extremely awesome. I’m gonna take a guess and say that the last time that I bought a physical Soulfly CD was 2005-2006. I, however, made a playlist circa 2010 of their instrumental collection of songs literally named Soulfly. A concept that I love and every album has Soulfly 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 only in Roman numerals. I only had 1-5 until last night! Thank you Apple Music! And since I remember anything, the number seven has been my favorite due to watching John Elway sling those footballs growing up. Soulfly VII is now my favorite and it’s fate. I am obligated to share this playlist and I wish everyone on the planet Earth (and Mars:) could experience this playlist.

This playlist will flourish world peace for all humans and all animals!

Soulfly 9 was not to be found on YouTube, so I put an Apple Music link.

Along with this beautiful playlist, I’ve organized a beautiful moment that I have experienced in 2013. August 5th, 2013, to be exact. I often talk to animals while riding by and often take pictures and occasionally say “you’re all gonna die” or “I don’t eat you!”. I feel bad when I let them know their doom, but it is the cruel truth. This is when I had my iPhone on my handlebars with Lifeproof technology where it was easy to take photos while moving. I rode with a running herd of cattle like a damned cowboy. I’d like to think this was their idea of saying thank you for giving up meat that January.

This recipe is amazing and worth a try and I highly recommend good music to accompany a cooking adventure. Not to mention a good beer or glass of wine. Take a load off, you work hard at caring for your loved ones.

Ⓥ Aioli ingredients:

Wash, reused (Earth Balance ‘Butter’, ‘Milk’, Corn Starch)
Garlic, minced
‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmmmmm
Breading, reused (Cashews, SeaSalt, Breadcrumbs, Garlic, Oregano, Parsley)
Corn Meal

Mix to a somewhat solid consistency.

Ⓥutter ingredients:

Earth Balance ‘Butter’, half heated
Garlic, minced and lightly sauteed in ‘Butter’
Oil
Parsley, diced
Celery Salt
‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmmmmmmmmm

Smashed Potatoes ingredients:

Potatoes, red and golden – diced and boiled then strained (time it right)
Ⓥ Aioli
Basil, fresh and diced
Parsley, fresh and diced
Oil, Olive
Garlic, minced
Onion, diced
‘Cream Cheese’, Daiya mmmmm
Spinach, to garnish
Celery, diced
Carrot, diced
‘Milk’, Almond
Cashews, SMASHED
Brown Sugar
Wine, white Vino is great
Dill Weed, fresh and chopped
Nutritional Yeast
Idaho Spuds, instant mashed for concistency assurance

And boy do I have leftovers! I cannot wait. I also enjoy creating different Ⓥegan meals and get a kick out of jokingly blogging all over your faces. If only these were read. Happy Saturday! I’ll be enjoying a ride tomorrow before some good NFL games. And I have recipes to complete. Here are some links that will help me blog all over your faces more often:)

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Old Man Winter

Posted on January 22, 2016January 22, 2016 by jeffreylatty

Not everyone has experienced a Northern Illinois winter, let alone ride bicycles in Northern Illinois winter weather. The hardest part of winter cycling is being comfortable with freezing winds, ice, snow and bears – oh my. I will say it is easier to remain comfortable in super cold or warm climates. The 2-10 degree Celcius range is tricky and is best suited with removable and addable layers.

Riding a FatBike is basically a moving furnace conducting your own heat or a steam locomotive with the streaming trailing line of hot steam in a dissolving midst. And your central body is often warm and comfortable as long as you let the steam escape while still staying insulated. Fingers and toes are often the first to get uncomfortably cold.

Booze helps a bit, but proper gear is a must. I, for the first time, was completely comfortable on a time tenured sub-freezing ride with an average temp of 10° in 120 elapsed minutes.

I’ve known for some time that Thinsulate was an outstanding winter ally and I finally have amazing gear to truly backup my cycling nonsense and babblings. Here we go!

My Perfect 10° Cycling Gear ingredients:

The shoes were outstanding for two hours and the same goes for the gloves. I am contemplating a Gran Fondo this weekend. On a FatBike it’s gonna consume a good 7-8 hours. It may be a little warmer, but we will see.

PROST!

2016 Ride II

Posted on January 10, 2016 by jeffreylatty

Just to let the imaginary people whom I pretend read my (plant-based) chicken scratch (blogs), I do not plan on publishing per ride. I just had quite an interesting ride yesterday. And it was only my second ride this year.

Bluntly, winter cycling is a bitch. Especially, in Illinois along with many other cold and windy areas. I’ve ordered Bontrager OMW (Old Man Winter) shoes that are insulated and waterproof in December. And after my order, my bike doc called me and let me know that they are sold out until February. Since making the switch to clipless, I’ve been just dealing with the cold.

I met a (hired and well compensated) friend to ride fat bikes in hope it was going to snow like hell. I utilize the I&M Canal in the winter almost every ride. It has been flooded the past month at Lock 14, the LaSalle entrance. Long story short, I noticed it was not under water and took the driving entrance where I encountered a thin, super wet layer of ice where I biffed it HARD. I hit my head. I was wearing a helmet, luckily. I got up and continued. It was raining and I got soaked before I called it quits and retired for the day-ignoring the eventual snow.

I changed and left my socks on a good five minutes longer before changing them where I then experienced one of the worst and uncomfortable sensations ever. It was as if microscopic flesh eaters were eating my feet. They were bright red and itchy. I tried washing my feet. I tried lotion and I HATE lotion. I even jumped into the bathtub to wash my feet. It lasted a good half hour and then went away. I tried digging up an explanation. I found this..

Cold Rash

I group texted my cycling buddies and asked for their input. And they mentioned that it sounded like a beginning stage of frostbite which I believe is frost nip, technically. I never want to experience that sensation ever again. And I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Always wear a helmet and dress accordingly!

Happy Sunday!

Recipes coming soon.

First 2016 Cycling Ride

Posted on January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 by jeffreylatty

I’ve been working super hard lately. Too hard, maybe. It was well above freezing today in January in Northern Illinois. Obviously El Nino makes a difference. Our climate change won’t be this drastic anytime soon. But, I am not the scientist. Just an asshole who likes bicycles, adventure and good beers. Dealing with a cold and floods, I just rode on! Grind them gears and just go and do anything you can to prevail. #RideOn