1,000 Mile Marker

Hit a big number the other day! I knew as I was adding up my mile numbers that I was going to hit 1,000 weeks ago. It really feels like I have ridden four times that much but I still think 1,000 is a big number. It has been such a great riding year and I am getting by with 2-3 day a week rides and with darkness falling earlier and earlier those night rides will be more and more difficult. Winter is closing in but the riding will not let up until probably in December the snow will force me out of the woods temporarily. Let's hope this winter won't be like last years so I will some time to pedal. Anyway one hell of a season couldn't be happier, well maybe a new bike could make me happier......for now both steeds in working order.

Bike Pedaling With My Lady

Got out on a nice Sunday ride with LuAnn. It has been a long time since we have pedaled together that being weekdays are impossible by the time I get home and we always like the idea but have trouble making it happen. So this Sunday we put it in our sights and I got the rack back on the Audi and off we went to Gay City park. I rode this loop a few weeks ago and found it to be pretty mellow for LuAnn so she would have a good time. That we did, she did a great job up some spots I thought she might have walked and she had a smile on her face most the ride which was the best part!

Me and luAnn ride

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Random Pics from last weekend, came out great!

More Goods at Grayville

Mighty fine ride today! Went back to Grayville with Paul and Bentley. We got riding at 10:30 and I had chosen to ride the full suspension once again which I was happy with my choice. We set off on the same route for the very beginning and then turned off onto a good mix of smooth single track that was really really nice. We then started uphill and I had more moves and made it up the stuff I failed the other day before. Found a few logs and got it on the helmet camera first shot....phew..... Hit a nice little drop and eyes some jumps for the next trip out. We checked out some other trails that seemed to lead to other trails but hurricane damage was still very present so we stuck to what we kinda knew. Rode quite a bit of stuff we haven't and found some stuff I was looking for. Ate some leaves on a ridiculously skinny log ride. Finished the loop with some fast twisty xc which was my favorite section and back to the car. The Go Pro was firing on all cylinders and I have spent this morning getting it edited roughly and figuring out how to do this. I hope it is well enjoyed and look forward to getting better at it.

GOPRO!
http://vimeo.com/30980150

Greyville goods loop

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Rad At Grayville

Got out last night since my cold has passed and it was a good ride. My riding lately has been hit or miss but I was on target last night. We met at 5:00 with Paul and my pooch Bentley and set off. The ride began with some smoothie single track that lead down hill and it was good. Came across a few bridges no wider than 2x4's one after another which was pretty tricky but me and Paul did a very very good job nailing them in the first try. We pedaled on and began uphill and Paul began to pull away. The full suspension felt great under me all squishy and I realized I need to ride this bike much much more. Started to loop north and was on some trail I have not set tires on yet and it was really good. We stopped off to a side trail and had a log session and I nailed a tricky log ride on the first two attempts, and sure enough when I got my camera rolling I failed the next attempt. We moved on and eventually hit some forks where we rode some really great rock sections that were a lot of fun. We kept making loops and back tracking in the area since we were both unfamiliar with the area but it was good. After two hours and lots of time on my gps I was ready to head home and we finally found a way to do so. The ride ended in an over grown trail that was more of a riverbed of small rocks than a trail. It was a very good ride indeed and can’t wait to get back there to ride again. The Gps went a little hay wire as it crossed a street way up north that we never touched but it has been acting up on me so I gave it a hard reset and hope for the best.

Grayville radness

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Finally.....

After a long long hot summer and fall! the stink in my helmet has overwhelmed me and so for the last few weeks I was keeping an eye out on chainlove for a dome piece. First off chainlove is the very very best thing to ever happen to the internet! The deals are plenty and incredible! You should see the list I have on chainlove and steep and cheap they are well above 50+ orders....... so after I missed a few deals due to not being familiar with some of the helmets and sizing last night I got fed up and pulled the trigger. It happens to be a Louis Ganrneu Edge Helmet, gray and orange which was not my first color choice but it was my only one. I found only one quick review quickly and what it had to say was good enough for me. Although it's just an helmet I have had ones I have worn that make me look foolish so yes I do care that the helmet looks good.....this thing has crazy amount of large vents which will be great for next summer. My Fox flux I currently have I have been ok with, it never fits real snug on the dome with it's design. While it is a sleek stylish helmet I was slightly disappointed with it's $100 price tag. I will not retire the flux since it will serve as my go pro helmet. I need a helmet dedicated to the helmet mount since I cannot keep replacing my night riding light with the go pro mount. My days in the rank filled flux are over, the stink use to even work it's way into my gloves from wiping sweat from my brow. I use to take the front three cushions off and soap them under water and then spray bleach cleaner after every ride and it would help but not prevent. I'm stoked got this thing for $53 shipped!

http://www.backcountry.com/images/items/medium/LGN/LGN0420/CHA.jpg

A bike for me

Not an absolute dream bike, but something very practical that i want very badly that I have seen on chainlove.com and my new credit card is screaming me to purchase since it's 50% off.......

Kona Tanuki
5 Inches of travel

http://www.bowcycle.com/bc11/bikes/mountain/kona-tanuki-deluxe.shtml

Throw back Mondays

I have decided with all some 8 years of mountain biking to throwback an image from a ride in my past every monday. In a way to revive old fond memories and be thankful for every great day I get to spend on this strange place called earth.

When I lived in Utah I worked a lot of restaurant jobs.....this meant I worked a lot of weekends but played on a lot of weekdays. I remember this ride clearly as it was not a great single track ride but a rough and very tough ride up some atv and dirt bike torn up trails. I got a very close run in with a moose on the way up to the lake and proceeded to ride double track up and up into what was a drainage of little baldy peak which is just down the way from snowbird ski resort. This day was hot and not so rewarding other than my shot I got most the way down of the backside of little baldy and silver lake. This was June of 2008