Slaughter Pen Nov. 2010

A little late but here's a photo slideshow of my trip to Slaughter Pen Jam back in November.... Great trails!!! A little bit of everything, pump track, freeride, xc...too much awesomeness!

New toys!! Thanks Santa..

My birthday being Dec 27th I've often felt it was easily looked over after all the glitz and glamour of Christmas so this year I treated myself a bit early with a new Gopro HD video camera. I've been researching them for a while and still was a bit unsure but decided to just pull the trigger....

Here are two videos I've done so far... enjoy the gnar! haha






and a short vid shot with my point and shoot camera...

Out with the old, in with the new

After 5 weeks of no mountain bike and only riding my road bike my love for cycling had started to slowly diminish. I was starting to understand why roadies are more often than not angry people, hell I'd be angry too if all I had to look forward to was heading out for a road ride and looking over my shoulder the whole time hoping that soccer mom yapping away on her cellphone didn't run over me. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a nice long road ride BUT I can only take so much pavement. A month of no riding on the dirt had begun to kill my soul.

After the 2 week wait I finally picked up my new ride, magic carpet ride at that, and oh was the wait worth it. After only two rides, a few laps at Herb and a few laps at Bayou Point, I can already tell this bike is here to stay for a long time. The saying "steel is real" has never rung so true.


The negative vibes are finally started to crawl away and good things are gracing my sight everywhere I look. Headed out for a solo hour long training ride on the local trails and much to my surprise the ACOE had put up bike crossing signs at the trail over the past week. The odd thing is that last weekend while riding I had been thinking about asking them if they had it in their budget to do this since I knew the end of their fiscal year was a week or so away....looks great, the trail is really coming together nicely. Looking forward to the new trail work and additions this winter.

Until next time, happy trails!

Dealing with the public sucks....

One major downfall to dealing with the public these days is that they are so freakin' bitchy and want everything "right now"......"What you don't have a transmission for my 30 year old tractor in stock?!?!"......."Are you serious, you don't have this exact O ring off my no-name POS equipment that I didn't even buy from you yet you are supposed to stock all parts!"

This picture describes what I would "like" to say...

p.s. Sorry for the negative post...just "one of those days"

Bummed...

The frame cracked on my Specialized Rockhopper about 2 weeks ago and it's killing me not being able to ride the trails. Although I've been putting in lots of miles on the road bike in preparation for the upcoming "Skool of Hard Nox" 50 mile mtn. bike race, there is nothing like training on the dirt. I'm a bit worried that I won't have time to dial in the fit of my new frame before the race but I guess I'll try the best I can. No choice but to roll with it and do the best I can.