So i tried my first Wolfpack Hustle last nite to kick off the new year. Been wanting to do this ride for awhile now with all the hype and shiz but didn’t know if i could hack it. So i showed up to Tangs Donuts around 10pm and barely any heads were there, maybe the cold is keeping people away? Though, the spot filled up with quick mostly high end road bikes, i counted 4 brakeless fixies including myself out of maybe 40 heads. This is going to be interesting, we started out down Hyperion ave and we are hustlin’ already and this roadie right in front of me catches a seam/pothole and slams pretty hard causing me to check my speed and do a mad swerve so i don’t face plant right over him. Damn i am awake now, here we are flying down a dark totally fucked up road incline and already someone bites it hard, this ride is serious! I hang on for a bit then i feel my lungs starting to expand, my legs are starting to cramp spinning the fuck out on the downhills. I guess what homeboy said to me at the beginning is true (your probably gonna want brakes on this ride)…i guess being weak and not really riding for 3 weeks has caught up with me, oh well there’s always next monday. Excuses, excuses, they are like assholes, everyone has one.

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