Todd's B-day

It was a pedal nation ride and also T-mac's birthday so we combined the 2 and had a great day. Hw many people? 20-25-30? I've heard all those numbers thrown around. 4 trucks up the hill at Post Canyon and no serious injuries. Causey jacked his hand but that's the norm for him lately. Great day and the season is only beginning!!

Echo- Red to Red

So I heard about this XC race in Echo and I told Dale about it. He never forgot, so we ended up going and I'm still tired. Great course, weather, people and event. Too bad I'm lame at climbing. I had a great time though and will be there next year for sure. We rode around 23/24 miles through Fruita like single track with no room for passing. I just pulled over. The free burrito was lacking but hey...it was free. I finished and not dead last. that was my goal. Time to work on my climbing eh?

Awesomeland:Women of Dirt SOLD OUT!

The movie sold out and was a big success. Mark Brent ( the film maker) came down from Seattle for the Portland premiere and It was a great time. Pedal Nation needs to do more movie showings. Too much fun.

My Favorite place

Just got back from my favorite riding spot and the dirt was perfect. Perfect! Had a great turn out for the first Pedal Nation group ride this year. Sean and Elizabeth made it out and it was great to ride with them. Also Crystal a friend from Way back tried mountain biking for the first time and I think she liked it. Tammy was back from her forced retirement last year with her jacked shoulder. Alway fun to ride/chat with her. Also had Aaron and Andrea Nation,Phillip and Dale, Calin and Joe kowsky. No violent crashes or gushing blood but it was fun anyway. Oh and it was really sunny.

Last week

Rode at Syncline last week with Eric,Reagan , Fat Larry, April,Jamie and I think that's it. I was getting sick so it seemed a little half hearted but still fun. At least Jamie didn't hurt his leg again. It was Eric and Reagan's first time there and I think they had a good time. When I got home I really started to get sick. Fever and coughing all week. Yea.

Women of Dirt

Pedal Nation is having a Portland premire of the Bones Over Metal movie WOMEN OF DIRT. Feb 25 at the Clinton Street Theatre. Check info at the Face book event page or the Pre registration page

Ridden hard and put away wet

Had a great ride at the gulch with Joe-kowski. His first time there. It was wet but traction was great.13 miles with 2306 ft of climbing and 2253 ft of descending. Can't beat it.

Riding

I take it for granted what great people I get to ride with.

First ride of the new year

Well the first on dirt. I've been riding to the store with my Wife and that may be another blog in the future. Anyway, We had Jeremy,Aaron Nation Phillip and Dale the rookie (AKA: the Natural) and we headed to Washington to ride some great single track. Most mountain bikers in January are riding the couch or going to spin class(Todd Mac) or doing some of those other sports. Whatever those are. The most exciting moment of the day was on 1-5 . We were doing 70 and all of a sudden we were coming up on this car pretty quick, so Dale started to go around him to the left and he started swerving left and right! Maybe he was texting? So we got around him and I was looking back at the idiot while Philip was passing him then he went right off the road and into the cables in the medium. Crazy. I got to call 911 and all that goes with that. You never know what gonna happen in Warshington. So we got to the trails and Philip started cursing my name. He brought his Single speed. I guess he thought we were riding on a bike path. The trails are great on a SS with the right gearing . Not sure if he meant his gearing was good by the sign language he was giving me but I think he may have needed one more tooth. Three out of the 5 riders had not ridden these trails so I knew we were in for some excitement. Right of the bat I doing a log ride for the 2nd time so Dale could video and my tire slipped and I went to the ground hard. Too funny. A little later Dale went OTB then Jeremy tried to break himself in half with trees 2 different times. Philip fell but I missed it and He road a great line on a big log but we didn't video it. oops. Great day with a lot of excitement and already planning the next ride.

2009

2009 was a great year for riding. I only rode 2 new trails and re-rode almost everything I have ridden. Met a lot of new friends ( Eric,Reagan, Aaron, Andrea, Callin, Tammy, Mangus, Jarret, Phillip , Probably more if I really think about it) and had awesome mid week rides with the Pedal Nation Group. Helped 3 people out of the woods with serious injuries, Rode at Downiville and North Star , Bend and had a great camp out at Waldo lake. I could go on and on but I'm thirsty.

2010 is looking to be a great year and I'm gonna ride new trails and even hit up a few races.

Can't wait!