Finding new and exciting ways to crash
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006I went over to Lebanon Hills right after work today for a nice 1.5 hour ride to blow some steam on my mountain bike. The ride went fantastically until a half-mile before the end of my last lap. Right after the top of the last big hill, which is about 70 feet tall, it goes […]
My turn to endo
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006It finally happened: I went over my handlebars on Monday night when I was out riding at dusk. It’s been really hot and dry here in Minnesota, and the trail is brittle. As a result, taking corners or ridges wrong can result in injury….as I found out.
I was crossing a ridge between two uphill S-turns […]
Trail Work
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Riding bike is a lot of fun, and once you start putting 30-50 miles on your bike a week and the trail, you realize how much wear and tear you contribute to the trail. That’s where trail work comes in.
The first pic is last Tuesday night’s trail crew on top of the log pile we […]
Dry heat in Minnesota?
Saturday, July 15th, 2006I never thought we’d actually have dry heat here at the 45th parallel, in the land of 10000 lakes, but I guess that’s a side effect of global warming shifting Iowa’s weather up here. Now, when I’ve talked to somebody from Florida or Texas, they’ve actually asked when it stops snowing here. I usually give […]
Bethany, meet endo
Friday, June 16th, 2006So Erik’s finished my bike a day early. When they gave my bike back to me, it didn’t look like mine. “My bike is oranger”, I thought. Turns out they had wiped it off and actually cleaned it. LOL. It was like that Married with Children where Al sent his brown dodge through a car […]