Holy Cross while you were working

you can almost see the single track in this picture over to the left

this is just before the wind almost stole my bike

they take care of trail bandits here in a different way

The view of Grand Junction from above.

going down???

As you can see, I got my ride on today. The "lunch loops" in grand junction are great. The Holy Cross trail was an absolute blast. Very technical and extremely well built. I rode up on Eagles wing which was a butt kicker of a climb that I preferred riding down the other day. Just very steep with several rock faced climbs and a ton of exposure. Exposure here means stay on the trail or fall to your death. Add 20+ mph wind gusts and you have a great time!

Off to Vail for a quick stop. Then over to the front range before the snow storm has me putting chains on the circus trailer.

enjoy your day!

my definition of SHIT

See those two shit mongers in the picture? there are two little pisspoor excuses for animals in that shot. i had to inventory my trailer today. which was not great. it was made worse by these two shit stains on life barking nonstop for the whole five hour ordeal. i like animals, sometimes more than people. these two premature ejacs needed to be fed poisoned meat. preferably the meat of the owners who did a shite job of raising them.

Now this pile of shit i like. i went to DT for a day and got a tour and some gear. the gear is great cause i need new clothes to wear so i do not have to recycle as much. sometimes my wife wonders where the dirty hippy she married went....well i found him, three days is minimum for a pair of jeans. lets not talk about that much.

 i cut short a conversation with the midget to eat tonite. i was starved so i went into a mexican place for grub. lets just say it was not mexican at all. it was a pile of reheated frozen shit sticks covered in "seasoning". rice was comparable to sawdust only less satisfying. the "fish tacos" would require an archaeologist to find the damn fish, cause it was not present. the margarita was warm piss water with added salt. this was an embarrassment of food( ish ) items on a plate. i would dare say the so called chef was the biggest white guy ever. i would rather have eaten those two shit stains in the first picture. this was a severe disservice to mexicans everywhere. absolute slop. it rates as my worst meal ever. ever.ever.

 and i did not get to ride today due to above mentioning of inventory. it is shit to be in grand junction/ fruita and NOT ride. 

 Whats on tap for tomorrow? 

 riding mother trucker and lotsa it.

Wednesday i get some altitude training by drinking er riding in VAIL. I am not sure if it will be road or trail but then again who cares?

Careful what you ask for

Beer,

 I seem to get a lot dropped off for just doing my job. Sweet. Too bad some people think Bud is beer. Oh well free is still my favorite.

Travel,

 Ya. I got my share in the last few days. Several early mornings and very few chances to chat with Midget. 

Riding,

 Hell man I got to ride in my favorite place...Flagstaff. I love the riding there, too bad I got my legs ripped off by a shop rat named Todd. Whom just took third at sea otter in single speed. I think it was Todd. Nice kid, wicked balls fast.

 I hope to ride while i am in fruita for fat tire fest. we are so busy sending people out on demo's that it seems unlikely. price you pay for working with the hot new company. i'll take it.

 So I am on the road a bit more, next down time is scheduled for July. So I should be used to the trailer for sure. Waking up in a different town every day gets confusing and I rarely care what day of the week it is, heck mostly i do not even know.

 Hope all is well where you're at and that you are pedaling more than me.

Clubbing Otters and Scratch o the Day

 It was very cool to hang out with the Vanderkitten Crew at Sea Otter. They were kind enough to take their bike sponsors out to dinner. This is a group of beautiful women in kick ass clothes on bad ass bikes. If you have a kick ass woman in your life check out Vanderkitten clothing. I am pretty sure they have something she would like. I must work on my metro side...then perhaps I could pull some of their gear off. 

This is what I looked at this am. Halfway into a Venti triple shot. Temp 27 degrees.

 These hills pretty much beg for the farmer and cipo. My guess is danjan is already doing repeats....

The office, so to speak. We were hammered all day by media and riders wanting to try our bikes. I let good ol Joe P rip mine around for the short track. He had no complaints. Which is a stunning review from a guy who has no use for gears,26 inch wheels, or suspension. 

The brain trust ripping the course. Yea... i actually got ahead on the CLIMB to get some shots. Hear that Founders guys.... you taught me how to climb...into the bottom of a beer:)

Also, congrats to Sherri (farmers better looking half). I hear she made the podium and got a fistful of stitches at Yankee. She grows babies and cuts hair full time...rips legs off for fun! Way to Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I predict good things at the Big M'Fer!

Sea Otter Set Up/ Holy Sheep!

I guess this is what they mean when shit hits the fan.......yea it was windy.

Kevin the Director of Intergalatic Engineering Studies and Rotational Experimenttation rides with local Carlan through the sheep. This was fun as they would sometimes randomly just charge you. Much like the sheep on Americas freeways....

 I arrived at Laguna Seca Monday. I dropped the trailer and watched some sport bike racing. 

Tuesday I was dropped off to finish some prep work on a few bikes for the show. They were racing cars this day. The wind slowly started to pick up today and I was hoping Kevin would hurry up and get back out to pick me up for a ride. 

 By the time he arrived it was 3pm and we were late for our pre arranged time to ride. We were both working too hard to notice the time. No worries as we rode anyway. We jumped on the cross country course and the wind was crazy. Anytime you went air borne you drifted five feet off your planned line. Fun but a bit scary.

HELP

i need a title.

an off the wall description of what i do for my business card.

the job description is demo driver and tech rep.

Spin that into something.

Schwag for the one i use.

so far we have a renowned sales guru, director of S&M (sales and marketing), so spin me something.

i got shot down with road kill and my own "circus carnie".

Best thing ever....

Seven years ago I met the most wonderful person ever and it changed my life.

Babe I love you. I really cannot wait until we can live together again. 

a case (almost) of the mondays

so i was looking at my boy K's blog and see him slammin a mini of two hearted...started feeling beer related homesick.

not that i should complain mind you cause i got the hook up all weekend. on saturday i got worked over by the amateur class racers. typical things like bringing road shoes to a mtn bike race, and a few other random fixes that really had nothing to do with why i was there, but they all tipped me with beer. and free beer is my favorite. i shared plenty with my fellow bike carnies, and still have several in the fridge.

so i get home on monday and my roomie is handing me a big old box.  good ol michigan boy matt h  sent me the goodness from home. a sixer of FOUNDERS ipa, a devil dancer, and a few pale ales. christmas in april.

Topped it off with a little chat with the FARMER. 

now that is a good day!!!!!!!

Thanks matt. A LOT!!!!!!!!!!

not bad for a tuesday

I spoke with some real cool cats today on the phone. Good ole SS joe p will be racing at sea otter. i hope i can break away to check that out. o hell i figure he will do damn fine specially if he breaks out the angry face.

 also spoke to eddie o. turns out i may get to join in on fools gold. it will of course be very serious work. some people are being lame and only doing the 50.....danielle. guess she wants to be fresh for the next one psssshh. says she will be watching me and heckling me as she drinks beer. yea i have never seen her drink more than 2. so i guess there will be plenty left..."d" you may beat me racing but i kill you where it counts      beer.

also spoke to Kevin. now there is a full day of cool cool bike dudes. kevin and i hopefully can get some riding in outside of the iron cross---where he was fed and showered before i was even thinking of being done. course i got killed by all the founders girls there too. i would like to look at the famous no footer stairs ...

have a good ride......