no gloves

a lot of snow shredding

A non-inspiring photo, but I do like the little spot of sunlight.



day long dusk. just like Portland.





I wish the trails would widen out a bit so we could take advantage of the flat-track opportunities that sweeping snowy turns provide.

on the wrong side of the rockies

fall down/stick up

anatomy of a bad idea

Those snowshoers and skiers could hardly give me a more intense look of disdain.

2010

I love not putting anything on here, except when I do.

Recaps.

Who can aptly recap 2009? How about I simply recap the last couple of days, highlights provided by my little digi point and shoot cam.

First off, its winter.



Don't let that stop you from getting out there and do what you do.



The neighbors think I'm nuts for riding right now. I think they're nuts for going out on a frozen lake and fishing through a hole in the ice while sitting on a chair under a tent.



This was a cool moment for me:




I've been taking lil'Sager swimming quite a bit this winter. Little did I know I'm still sporting the mark of the beast on my arms.



We were doing this thing in the pool where you swing lil'Sager around in the water in a Super Man position and he hydroplanes - its fast, fun, and keeps his head out of the water, you know, so we don't have to go out in the sub zero temps with wet ears.



Ah, yeah, about keeping his head above water. Fail.
I thought we did a good job regarding that. Sorry, man.



This used to be a bike blog. Now its a baby.boy.bike.blog. At least we're keeping the B theme going.

Trailering lil'Sager isn't the sharpest idea right now...so we do the next best thing, and get the same result.



But, puddles are always worth waking up for. The kid's a bright one and nothing escapes him. While splashing around in the slush, something we've never done before, he says...."water". Even the mermaid in Splash didn't know that, precisely.

Which reminds me, and its a given...watch what you say in front of these little human sponges. They're listening and understand far more than you realize. Lil'Sager picked up "OH NO!" which is no big deal, but "oh no" has several other versions which luckily weren't exercised at that moment.

This is pretty much my life right now

Stone Cold Kerk'in' it.



Kevin making a sub-zero phone call. Seriously, Dog, I'll lend you my hands-free device. Wait, is that Chopper/Greg Randolph's bike?!



Shouldn't we be on skis?

Dance

I'm not sure what's sexier....jPow, or Trebon's stoic grin.

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The last few days

Some dust



some mud



some ice and snow



some driving



some chasing of Rotem



some Real Joey Thompson

Riding Lance's tractors

And he has a lot of them.















The quad wasn't cutting it. Sure...the tires are rad, but there's no steering wheel and look at his face - wtf am I supposed to do with a handlebar on a machine?



A ranch isn't a ranch without a few tractors, quads, Mules, and Gators.

I had really bad legs and 'cross gut the whole time today. Who has 'cross gut in a mtb race? Aside from riding slowly and in pain all day and getting completely waxed, the MJ/JP classic was awesome. HUGE crowds, insane organization, perfect weather, and the best vibe of the year. Talk is of another edition in the Spring that'll be pro and then a Fall edition that'll be fun.

Bring it. Texas showed North America we could do a real mtb race in '04 and '05...its time to remind everyone again.

JHK rode really small tires and didn't flat. Lance had big tires and did. After Wed's tire shred, I went with the sturdiest UST Geax tires we had....and proved well worth their weight. Today the course was 100% duct tape. I imagine by Tuesday it'll be the fastest track on the planet.

Thanks again for having us out, Lance. Next time we'll do it at my place.

Fish Eye fun

Ever since the 1990's skateboarding days in high school with an 80's era manual camera that shot real film and cost $10 for 28 prints that couldn't be printed fast enough @ K&B I've wanted a still camera with a mega fish eye lense.

I still don't have one, per se, but this one does the trick. It takes the mundane and makes it...7% less mundane. But, that's a pretty big improvement.

Who would turn down 7% less of something bad or 7% more of something good?

Slate doesn't have these. I do. Where CD pulls them from, I have no idea. The guy is skinny, and he wears tight clothes, but somehow he always pulls hubs from out of thin air...and he does it quickly, too.



Ben Delany (sp?) isn't in this picture. But he spends 200+ days a year on the road. I hope he books via hotels.com. You could rack up quite a few reward nights doing that.



This damn crack in the windshield is like driving with bifocals.



What's worse than the hideousness of Virr's shoes, which can be seen from space, is his flagrant APS condition (a horrible disease of low sock wearing cyclists). I think we're going to need to start making wrist bands and bring a higher state of awareness for those afflicted with this condition.



Maybe we should try a "knife's view" next time.