February 28th, 2010 Me
Something new Carrie and I are getting into for the first time… endurance racing. When we moved to Eugene, Carrie started working out with Eugene Crossfit and I got right back on my mtn bike. A year later and now we’re both doing crossfit (but not with Eugene Crossfit) and we’re both training for an endurance race.
Carrie is entering the Blue Lake Triathlon.. which is a a sprint triathlon consisting of 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike ride, and a 5k run. Carrie’s race is in June.
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May 6th, 2009 Me
This kid is fucking incredible!
April 30th, 2009 Me
Well it’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Mom has been visiting which has been a blessing! Mom played with the kids and spoiled them to death which gave Carrie and I a well needed break.
I got to get out and ride some single track on my single speed. I even got to ride a trail with my wife this past Sunday. We drove over to Brice Creek, which is about 50 minutes or so from the house… about 25 miles or so east of Cottage Grove, OR in the Umpqua National Forest. What a beautiful canyon. Lush dark green forest with a canopy of old grove Douglas Fir.
Something i’ve been wanting to do is mess around with some video editing with mountain bike footage. Being the cheap skate and not wanting to drop the coin on a helmet cam, I created a quick, cheap and simple mount for my Sony Cool Pix digital camera to shoot some video of our ride up Brice Creek. Once we got home I started messing around with Microsoft Movie Maker and published a quick video with music in under an hour.
http://www.vimeo.com/4357936
Being the camera was mountained on my handle bars… its pretty shaky at some points…. especially when I started going fast.
March 16th, 2009 Me
ROAM may have come out a couple of years ago but I get chills every time I watch the trailer. And if you think the trailer is good..You have to check out the whole movie.
I don’t know what would be more fun… the mountain bike rides or flying down the ziplines backwards shooting the movie.
Can you tell I’m getting pumped for mountain bike season?
March 13th, 2009 Me
This is sick! I remember years ago when I bike messenger in Chicago. After work I’d hook up with my friend Muckmeister for an urban assault downtown. Being a messanger I new all the fun stair rides and loading dock drops.. we had a blast. But this video is nothing like what I’ve ever seen or done…
March 6th, 2009 Me
I just converted my hardtail mountain bike to single speed. For those who don’t live in the Pacific Northwest, a single speed mountain bike might sound a bit crazy. I thought so when my fellow river guide & friend Eric showed up with his Marin single speed… I surely questioned the thinking behind it all… until now.
I was stoked to start riding again once we got to Eugene, OR. I was even more stoked because Carrie gave me her full suspension GT I-Drive 4.0 in exchange for a buying her a new hardtail. The first group ride I did, I couldn’t believe how many people were riding single speeds.It wasn’t till a few rides later that I realized why. The mud.
I was on a 3 hour tour with a couple of friends and half way through I was starting to have chain suck complications. I was cursing my way up a climb when my friend Davey said to me, ” I’ve got 2 words for ya… single – speed”. I went home, and a week later decided to go for it. I asked for some advice on cog and change wheel sizes from the Disciples of Dirt Yahoo Group and sought the expertise of Sheldon Brown.
For my single speed conversion I went with a 34 tooth Surly stainless steel chain ring, a 20 tooth Surly rear cog, a surly single speed conversion spacer kit, and a Surly Singulator chain tensioner.
I’m looking forward to riding this weekend and taking my newly converted single speed for her maiden voyage. I let you now how it turns out. After testing her out in front of the house I’m a little scared… the gear ratio is higher than I though it would be… but I guess there’s no better way to get my climbing legs back after be on the bench for 5 years.
February 9th, 2009 Me
Since we moved to Oregon I’ve been mountain biking again because we have so many trails close to town. Being an outdoor enthusiast when it comes to government policy, intervention or accessibility concerns to American’s wild lands I’m always all ears. The DOD Yahoo Group has thread running regarding trails and the stimulus package that Obama is pushing for.
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February 8th, 2009 Me
So one of the many reasons we chose Eugene to move to was the plethora of mountain biking with an hour of town. I hooked up with a local bike club know as the Disciples of Dirt. A weeks ago I got the opportunity to get out and ride with them on a hidden network of awesome flowy trails. The event was called All Comers Meat V. And the following is a pretty sweet video posted by one of the many riders from the this fun lovin’ – beer drikin’ event.
