A fine Fall Day

One German,

One Austrian,

One Oregonion ..three mountain bikers

two singlespeeds,

one geared…three Mountain bikes

32x18 , 32x20 , 22,32,44x 11-34

one trail,

one crash, one smashed finger,

one bent brake lever

One great fall day in Oregon.

Vid from Spring

I was always gonna post this litle vid from when i was in Moab and Fruita in the spring. It's nothing special but good memories for those who were there. HORSE THIEF BENCH!!!!!!!

Crazy day!

It's hard to have a better day then sat was. Rode at Black Rock with Jim, Whiplash, Debbie and Mike. Hit some of the fun drops. Sessioned Basic for a while until the kiddies started showing up. Rode Dino's re-route twice and it RIPPED. Jim and i had fun hitting the drop next to the Halo drop. It's probably 8 to 10 ' when you land. Next time I'm hitting the Halo. Whiplash hit the Cliff drop. Like 18" or more. He landed way out there. After that we hit Bridgeport ale house for dinner then went to the premiere of New World Disorder 8. It got a Little out of control and i ended up wrestling with Fat Larry on the stage and people were piling on us. My head got slammed a bit. Black eye and cuts on my head. No pic's sorry. Another typical Portland premiere. Chaos and destruction. ( and don't forget the chaos)

The Black Rock trails

Met up today with Jim(a recent transplant from Idaho) to ride the fine freeride trails in Falls City. AKA: Black Rock. We hung out at Basic training for about an hour, hitting different jumps and warming up a bit before the big hike up the hill. We rode Banzai, sickter nar, and most of Granny's Kitchen before we were done. I think Jim is hooked. Another satisfied customer. the pic's are Jim on the wall ride.

Farragut State Park, Idaho

We're in northern Idaho visiting friends and checked out a Little bit of trail with the kid's and 2 of Leon's kid's. Pretty cool trail, dusty and not much elevation change but really fun. Saw quite a few deer and ended up getting a Little lost but not too bad. Everyone had a blast. Leon was riding his SS rigid and it seemed like a good trail for that. Not too rocky. Marla would have liked it.

Deep in the woods

Riding #*)!@'s Trail

Had a great time today riding +*#$'s trail in BMTEIR. It was built by a semi-pro DH racer we know and it rip's!! It was Frisco,Flying J, irk, Don Coyote and i. It's a really steep trail with jumps,berm's and more jumps. I cased one of the BIG doubles so hard it blew both feet off my pedals! Funny. Dirk took some nice pic's and we got a litle video. Not much. Frisco hit a cool step up between some trees. It was sweeet. No crashes but we did see a bow hunter. I think he got off a shot but we we're so fast he missed. Gonna try to hit this trail again this week. So fun. ( Pictures by Dirk)

Waldo Lake

Waldo Lake is a must do ride in Oregon. It covers 10 square miles at an elevation of 5,414 feet on the west side of the Cascades and is one of the purest large bodies of water in the world, along with Oregon's Crater Lake and Lake Baikal in Siberia. The first time i ride this was in 05 with John and Kevin from Cali. It was a late season ride and when we arrived at the trail head there was a lot of snow. It was a great ride anyway. This year i went with Terry and Debbie and i was excited to ride this trail when it was dry and warm. It's 22 miles with about 1600 ft of elevation gain. I knew it would be a struggle for me this time as i was getting over being sick. After our 3 hour drive we hit the trail and we're having a blast until the cyclo cross section started.It was in a burn area from a few years ago , quite a few down trees to step over. I guess there was a re- route around this section but i missed it. After that the trail was flowing and i was having a blast. Great lake views and buff single track with root and rock sections that were sometime hidden in shadows. We finally got to the tech section i remembered from the snow ride. Really rocky, tight and into a left turn. I rode it in the snow so i figured I'd ride it in the dry. When i caught up to Terry he was saying that he rode it clean, so i went down and rode it pretty clean. Lost a foot off my pedal, but other than that it was good. Then i spoke those words that always seem to get us into trouble. " Let's go back up and take some pictures" Terry couldn't get it together again and ended up denting the lowers on his fork. I tried 4 times and on the last one fell to the side and drove my knee straight into a big rock. Ouch! A nice gash at mile 11 or so. That changed the ride for me. Not to far after that i started to get a cramp in the other leg. Still not hydrated after being sick for a week i guess. I ended up pulling out about 5 or 6 miles early and waited for them to pick me up. So now my knee is discolored, sore and stiff. Kind of screws up my ride tomorrow. We were riding this dh trail built by a semi-pro dh racer who races for our shop. I think if i took another shot to the knee i might explode. Not exactly how i had planned the ride in my head , but hey...That's Mountain Biking

Wilson River trail

Headed to the W.R.T. today with Terry and Debbie. A couple of people bailed as it had rained all night. If i canceled rides for rain i would never ride. Anyway... We only rode a part of this trail from Jones creek, west. Super flowy with some nice wet roots and rocks. Up and down was the order of the day. The last climb where we turned around was one of the longer one's. It's always cool to ride in such a lush environment. We're planning to head back soon and do the whole thing. Can't wait!

An Evening at Browns Camp

Casey and i have going back and forth ,trying to get together for a ride so we decided on the Browns camp loop on a Wed. I picked up flying J and Crazy Jake and his two kids. I also had Otto and Louis with me. The day before Eirik PM'd me and said he would be into riding with us. That was cool to hear from him. We we're behind schedule from the start but we made it to the trail head. E. had been waiting a while ( thanks man) and the last i heard from Casey was that he was close. Of course he hadn't been there before so that was a problem. I took my time getting my kid's bike's and mine ready but no Casey. So we took off. ( sorry man) The ride was really fun. All the kid's did great. No fatality's or anything. Otto and Louis we're riding the tech sections like experienced riders. Great time! Flying J turned back into Crazy Leg's for a while so that was good to see. The goofiest thing was when Flying J's crank arm came off. Still clipped to his shoe!! Crazy. Great evening. I like long time.