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Sunday, May, 21st, 2006
It was really hard. A 2.5 mile course that was basically a tight, twisty, rooty, mud bog. I am all for hard technical MTB trails, but this one whooped me. The experts/singlespeeders had to do 5 laps. After the 3rd lap I am pretty sure that I was […]

I havent logged in a while.
Rode last saturday in the pouring rain for 2 hours.
Rode Thursday night out back with the guys from the shop.
Rode on Saturday morning.
Commuted 2 0ut of 5 days last week due to excessive rain.
Brians first off road ride of the year

Totals (YTD)

trail - 52 rides , 113 hours

commute […]

In case you don’t know I have a dog named Berkshire, aka Berk. She is a German Shorthair Pointer, GSP for short. Most GSP’s are bred for hunting dogs. We got Berk from a pound in SLC. Not sure why she was there, but she has turned out to be a great dog.
She spends all […]

Well Home Ec in 6th grade came in handy today.  I crashed on a test ride of an old schwinn bike last week, (the chain broke), and I put a very large hole in the pair of pants I was wearing.  Luckily Katie and I bought a sewing machine a few weeks ago.
I put it […]

Commuted in with both dogs.  Nice morning.

Totals (YTD)

trail - 49 rides , 108 hours

commute - 420 miles
ROAD - 47miles

Welded up another fine gem last night.  This one is the first highbike that has front suspension.  The bottom bike is a old Trek 820 21″ frame, while the top bike is a kids Schwinn Thrasher.
Pat is planning a “tour de portaln” on memorial day weekend.  Hopefully I can get a couple more going berfore […]

Went on a ROAD RIDE today.
Yes it is true. I borrowed on of Cape Able’s finest demo bikes (a Cannondale Six13), and headed out with the sunday morning group.
There was about 20 riders in the group. I definiately scared a few people with my lack of riding in a pack. Rubbed a […]

Now that the weather is getting nice up here in Maine, it is hard to find time to sit in front of a computer.  I will try my best to keep ontop of things.
Here is a photo I too a week or so ago.  I am pretty sure that the meter-man, read my meter wrong.  […]

Great day of riding today.  I commuted in offroad, and then rode out behind the shop with a group of about 9 people.  I think that Mountain Bikes are coming back into popularity around these parts.
Got to ride for 3 hours before I even started work.
Totals (YTD)

trail - 49 rides , 108 hours

commute - 415 […]

Commuted on Thursday and Friday. It was pouring rain on Tuesday and Wednesday.
With all this rain Berkshire has been spending a lot of time in the shop hunting around for things to prey on. She has logged at least 8 hours this week alone staring at a foot ramp in the shop. […]