Can you see what I see?

Bicycle Soccer

Helmet cam footage is almost ready. I just need to find the perfect jam for it and then it's done. In the mean time, you can respond to theprofessor's question and/or watch some bicycle soccer.

Why?

Since I don't have some epic ride to post about I thought of a question that would provide some interesting feedback. Why did you pick up mountain biking? There are a lot of sports/hobbies to choose from, why did you pick up mountain biking? Here is my story. I used to ride road bikes in high school. After my freshmen year of college I was in a unfortunate bike accident that made me want to avoid bikes for about 10 years. One weekend I was on a camp out with my Sunday school class and Lumpy was going for a ride with J.A. I borrowed a friend's bike and joined them on a ride that was less than a mile. I got back to the camp site and announced to my wife I needed to buy a mountain bike. She said great and three days later I purchased a Raleigh. So . . . why do you love the dirt?

A few more pictures

The Pictures Don't Lie

Here's a few pictures from a good weekend of biking in Colorado:

This is definitely not a staged photo:


Neither is this:


Or this:


I also have some helmet cam footage that I'll post as soon as I get it edited. Stay tuned.

Tip: Don't ride Manawa

Between the water damage and the ultra-spawnage of mosquitoes, Manawa is teh nasty.

New Specialized Rockhopper 29er

Image borrowed from here.

I think this bike is going to be popular. $700 for a geared hardtail 29er. Curved seattube for shorter chainstays and front derailleur/tire clearance. Can easily be converted to singlespeed using the sliding dropouts. If I was shopping for a new bike right now, this thing would have just shot up to the top of my list.

Helmet = Good idea

Ryan Lipscomb will have many more good ideas because he wore his helmet.



Lipscomb walked away with only a concussion after a truck ran over his head. Read all about it here.

At least a skunk didn't spray me

Lumpy's dismount helped avoid a bad encounter with a skunk. However, I seemed to have trouble staying on my bike. The first crash left its mark.

Night Ride at Tranquility

Went to Tranquility last night with J.A. and the Professor. Good times....I would like to publicly thank the little skunk that was nearly under my tire last night, for not spraying. When I see you on the rode, I promise to swerve.

A Short Ride at Manawa

It was a little rough at Manawa on Sat. The trails were under water and we were a little rusty on the logs.

No. Do. Excursion

All went well on the Goatheads Tour De NoDo. Highlights included, a surprise appearance by Dr. Babymaker, A near beatdown by some guy that looked like Robbie, (Robbie, you need to keep better tabs on your girlfriend)and beautiful views of the sun setting on the muddy banks of the swollen Missouri River.

Multi-talented Goathead

A lot of you know that J.A. (aka Proletariat) ran the Lincoln Marathon last Sunday. What you may not know is that he set his P.R. by 11 minutes!!!!! Maybe you forgot, but last weekend did not provide ideal running conditions. So we all know how much attention Proletariat likes to get, when you see him give him a big "congratulations".

Let's hit the streets

Urban ride tonight
7:30 @ the Field club trail head

2006 Video Using Viddler

This is last year's video that's already been posted, I just want to see what it looks like embedded with Viddler.

Too bad we're not the SnakeHeads

My 3-year-old daughter and I found bunch of snakes all together after the rain this morning in our backyard. They found my shovel.





Glamour shot:



Before somebody posts a lecture about how good garter snakes are for your yard, I already know. So is fertilizer.

I met a giant

While I was in D.C. this last weekend, I went the Cavs-Wizards playoff game with a couple of guys from work. My buddy Dave spotted this enormous man in the luxury box behind us. We quickly realized it was 7'7" George Muresan. We snuck past security and took this picture.

He makes me look like a 10 year old kid (and not just because of the goofy look on my face). Check out the size of his hand compared to my head.

btw - I'm just under 6'

Who likes tacos?

This is starting to get old. I think I've got a 2:1 ride to failure ratio. It seems like every couple of rides, I pay for with another broken part. Some, a little more costly than others. Some, a little more bizarre and disturbing than others. Apparently the flow left town and took my pride with him. Luckily, only the entire Bellevue Fire and Rescue department saw.




Mark took the picture. Thanks buddy. He was also kind enough to build me a new custom wheel, strong enough to handle the fury, or the flow, whichever seems to be present at the time.
So the story goes like this: Mark said that the trail was like glue, which it was. The Rampages supposedly bite hard in the corners, which they do. So the tires and the trail formed a velcro-like partnership, leaving my front rim to fend for itself. I'm sure the super low tire pressure played a part in this situation also. As you can see, the tire was completely peeled off and twisted around the rim and tube. The rim didn't even put up a fight. Mark gave it the best trailside persuasion I had ever seen, but there was no bringing it back. Throw it on the pile of carnage.
If there are any manufacturers out there that make parts they think are bombproof, give me a call. I'll be more than happy to break them for you.

Ouch

The Fox Canundrem

This makes the occasional deer sighting seem lame. Maybe it's just a regional thing though. If this guy is used to seeing fox's on the trail, perhaps he'd be blown away by a half dozen deer bounding down the trail ahead of his bike......This picture does remind me of the time I saw a Kangaroo on the trail while I was riding in Georgia, but that's another story for another time............It's raining really hard out right now.


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