SingleSpeedMania

Movin on up

2009-04-07T06:12:00.000-07:00

Made a move on Blogs.......check me out here......http://pedalonelong.wordpress.com/

Still working on it but I won't be here anymore.

Pedal One Long

High Desert

2009-02-22T12:46:00.000-08:00

I love this time of year.

Pedal One Long

SSWC09

2009-01-14T05:55:00.000-08:00

I made it in.It says so on the list.The D9 crew rolled into Napa last year and won the right to put on the biggest Singlespeed party of 2009.So come this September the Pedal One Long family will be packing bags and gear for a road trip to Durango.I mean who wouldn't want to ride with these characters.

PEDAL ONE LONG

Blog????????????

2009-01-04T15:56:00.001-08:00

Forgot I had one of these or just really didn't feel like posting.

ShayDee my new ride on her local trails.

Here she is looking over the trails.

Some new features to the trail system we call ISOMATA.

Me after my ride today.

And me a couple minutes later.

Hair will be sent out to Locks of Love.

pedalONElong

Her name is............

2008-11-17T08:32:00.001-08:00

"ShayDee"

Spent some afterhour time with Brendan from Siren Bicycles.With the intentions of building a shred machine to unleash on the San Jacinto mountain range and beyond.

We got the bike built up just in time for a shakedown ride/race at the 12 hours of Temecula. ShayDee is damn fast.Felt really good on the Vail Lake trails.Can't wait to get her out on the home trails.More later just needed to introduce.

PedalOneLong

San Jac Exploration

2008-10-27T18:36:00.000-07:00

pedal1LOng

2 wheeled economy

2008-10-16T06:02:00.000-07:00

a must read

BAM

2008-10-15T12:21:00.000-07:00

So jazzed when I got home.I used BAM as an acronym for Big Ass Moon.There was a full moon yesterday and I got out for a night ride with all the nighttime critters.

PEDAL1LONG

P

2008-10-12T16:22:00.000-07:00

tony b made his way up from encinitas to make an early season run on Palm canyon.freak break in the weather kept us cool the whole ride and tony's flask of 99 Peach scnapps helped warm the soul.

tony b4 the ride sportin one of Pedal1long limited edition jcash shirts.

got in a groove early.......it's almost like the upper part didn't change through the summer.the wash itself was a lil overgrown.......especially with the cats claws.check pic below.

singletrack bypassing the 2nd wash took a beating in the off season but still better than the wash.tony eyeballed a new trail for us in the end that brought a bit of Pucker factor it also adds singletrack to the end instead of the fireroad descent.

made it home early to Pbr,Pulled Pork sandwiches,fried Pickles and russian river's

Pliny the elder.

Pedal1long

Sunday

2008-09-28T16:17:00.000-07:00

Dropped down from PC to Buckhorn. Been a while since I connected this.Put me right into the Nature Center which is prolly one of my favorite town trails.Crossed over to May Valley for a lil goodness.

Pedal1Long

SSWC random pics

2008-09-02T20:09:00.000-07:00

Left and cameback

2008-08-26T09:05:00.000-07:00

The Pedal1Long family went on a lil vacation up NorCal way.

Stopped off for a few beers in some good places.

SSWC was on the list. It was everything you would think it would be. Great gnar course.......Napa terrain was friggin fun.There was beer........'nuff said.Durango next year in '09....I wonder if I could get an Idie group on that one. Either way I won't miss it.

Just chillin.........good times.

Sportsman sportin the whities and some whiskey.

More words and pics maybe later. Need to decompress and work on my bike got a BB issue that is screamin at me.

pedal1long

Idie

2008-08-12T06:19:00.001-07:00

Idie is my home and comfort.Been staying close to home the last few weeks riding with a local crew.Just some pics from last weekend courtesy of SCOTT.

Pedal1Long

Snow in Summer

2008-07-27T10:28:00.000-07:00

A ways up and a long way down.
Good peeps.
Triple digits.
A ride that brings about the giggles.

Pedal 1 Long

Day Two

2008-07-14T19:26:00.001-07:00

Day One Upper Kern

2008-07-14T19:20:00.001-07:00

So I made a trip up to the Kern PLateau.Picked up a pedal partner in D.Kizer and had 2 motoheads along for the weekend. Setup base camp at Fish Creek friday am.Kizer and me setout for some peddalin around the trail system close to camp. Whooooa was it loose due to all the motos but it made me interested in the next trip for some expedition runs.Trails are everywhere.So I called it quits in our area and loaded up the trucks to drop one off in Kernville for saturday.Ended up stopping at Shermen Pass for a lil climb up to the peak and a great descent down.

My Steed at the Peak.

Kizer linking a few drops back to back.

Yeah thats me cleaning one of the dirty shoots.

Pedal one Long

Thanks Honey

2008-07-10T06:07:00.000-07:00

I'm off to the Eastern Sierras.

From the Cove to da Creek

2008-06-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

Standard loop from Pinecove to Hurkey Creek and back.Hitting all the goodness in Isomata and May Valley.

Really dig this spot.

Coffe Pot.

Diggin the Dt Hub laced with Revolutions to a Delgado.

Nice lil roller off the Grindstone.Can you see my bike at the top?

Send good vibes and Mojo to Siren Mary on the TDR.

PEDAL1LONG

Continuation...............

2008-06-20T16:50:00.001-07:00

of Optimator. Find it .......ride it.........Help finish it.

Our secret local trailbuilder could always use a hand.It's going to be one Hell of a connector.

Pedal1Long

Gnarly.....

2008-06-17T12:28:00.000-07:00

Mary Collier on her Scary Night
Posted June 17th, 2008 by sherry
Racer Update about:
Mary Collier
Good morning. Its Mary Collier. Tuesday, June 17th. Its about 9:15 a.m. Last night was probably one of the scariest nights in my life. I'm in Seeley Lake and I got to bed about 4 o'clock this morning. I started the pass coming into Seeley Lake at a decent hour and thougth that I would just jam through it. Didn't have any data that there was a ton of snow and snow drifts making the trail very difficult - the pass. I hit snow at about 7:30 and I thougth the snow would pass pretty soon and I got out of the snow at about 12:30 or so after carrying my bike at times because the weight of the bike was pushing me down the hill off of the trail because the snow drifts were making the trail non-existent. Pretty crazy scary stuff. I am going down the trail following in I believe Adrian's tracks. I could see a small block in front of me and from the side some other tracks joined us that were huge bear tracks. So I am walking pushing my bike with my right hand holding my bear spray with the safety off with the left hand. Good moonlight though. Full moon. That was helpful. It was nice. I turned on all of my blinkers too hopefully to scare away any bears. Even before that the day was just crazy, some mountain lion tracks through some knarley stuff, dead deer legs, many many many mosquitoes and huge trees to cross. I lifted my bike over a pile of trees that was taller than me. That was kinda the only way past it. So a rough and crazy day. I was initially planned to make it to Helena today, but looks like I have about 9,000 feet of climbing and after having such a long day yesterday, I am not too hopeful about that. I am going to actually do some laundry here in Seeley Lake and get some breakfast and see where that puts me. So enjoy your day. Talk to you all soon. Bye.

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2008-06-15T16:05:00.000-07:00

My Lil Girl

2008-06-09T10:01:00.000-07:00

Turned 7 today.

Giro

2008-05-31T18:21:00.000-07:00

Ridin w/Emi

2008-05-31T18:07:00.000-07:00

A Trail We Call...................

2008-05-30T15:29:00.001-07:00

WEBSTER.

pEDAL1lONG

Isomata

2008-05-27T19:15:00.000-07:00

Backyard Loop

2008-05-25T16:58:00.000-07:00

Phases

2008-05-19T19:17:00.000-07:00

So at times I have issues with documented history. Not sure why but just not into sharing life and so there will be phases when I'm just not a good blogger.
Life has been good and the riding will always be there.
But recently there have been some momentous moments in my family.

Emi did her 1st MTB race. The weeks leading up to the race kinda stressed me a bit.I guess it's just a lil difficult for a father and she is just 10 years old. For the peeps familiar with Hurkey she climbed Keen camp........descended Recovery hill......rode Johnson Meadows....May Valley Climb........Exfoliator descent....Coyote run. She rocked it in 1hr 20. So happy........So happy.

An ol friend came into town. Did a good ride to Anza and the kids just enjoyed lil boy Dave.Our lives evolve over a period of time. Most things change but it's the friends in our life that stay constant. Theres not alot of people I consider a friend but you are one.

Slowly moving along........learning alot........soon it will be time to unfold to the world.

Pedal1Long

Local the past 3 days

2008-04-20T18:26:00.000-07:00

Our Local trails Kick Ass........legal and non......OPEN UP THE RIDGE TO ALL!!!!
Weather was just perfect.
Many many many deer in the early am.
Chased a fat Bobcat down lower Southridge.
Ran into some locos that I haven't seen in a while.
Climbed and descended Keen Camp with my daughter.......she is a bad ASS.
A couple of Tasty Brews.

Peadl1Long

Again

2008-04-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

Rode Palm yesterday with Tony B. Seems like this has been the go to trail lately. Been ridin a few different versions ..... all good in there own way. This run started out with a couple of crunches due to high air pressure and loose trail......luckily they weren't my crunches. Tony shook off the cobwebs and we pushed a good pace on what I call the Idie proposed route with the addition of a new singletrack that bypasses the second wash. Temps are heating up but at the speed we were running it was not an issue.

Good luck to everyone at 12hrsofBootleg and the SedeonaBFL.

Pedal One Long

By Gones Will Be By Gones

2008-04-06T06:40:00.000-07:00

So I rode with an Ol friend today.Haven't communicated with him in almost a year. So I put together a ride from Pinyon/Palm/Art Smith.
Twas a beauty of a day and as you can see the flowers are still in bloom.
The demoralizer wash was in effect. Not to rideable after the mile marker. Put a hurtin on the legs for sure.
Good pace ride and some sufferin felt on the Art climbs mostly due to the after effects of the wash.

Got to enjoy a chicken Torta I made at home.

Pedal1Long.........

Before the Snow

2008-03-16T19:35:00.000-07:00

Got out on a ride sat with Siren Mary. Headed out of Idie with the intentions of finishing in Warner Springs. Got sidetracked by the May Valley trail system .........man was that good.
Hit the road to Paradise corners and headed South. Trails were loose from this point down. Slow moving on the ups and drifting on the downs. Pulled off on Coyote canyon and a rendevous was setup with Yumi our ride home.Thanks Huney...we made it back in time for a bit of springtime snow.

Garner view from a kick ass May Valley session.

View from Lookout mountain.

Mary descending table mountain with barely any hydraulic pressure in the front brakes. She rocked all the tech sections with scary brakes........and even rode a giraffe at one point.

Pedal one long

Phooey with 9 to 5

2008-03-14T11:25:00.000-07:00

So it has been a weird week. A couple of nites ago crime hit me. Someone during the nite opened my unlocked truck ............ (D'OOOOH) and walked off with my North Face pack. The pack included all my riding tools and my helmet light....

So I replaced the pack with an Osprey Talon 22 ....1st impressions is that it is a bigger bag and overall weight is much lighter. Straps don't seem to be as sturdy but we will see how it travels on saturday.

Friday is finally here and I rode the House loop with the addition of the grotto loop. Nice way to get work out of the mind. Nice clear day with the cloud level sneaking up the hill.

The new ride still needs a name. Nothing has stuck yet but an unconscious theme has started........Salsa Bars,frame color is named "hot tamale" and I'm trying a new rear tire named Ignitor. After a good suffer ride I'm sure something will stick.

Clouds sneaking up.

Shared this with Yumi last weekend.........Russian River's Damnation.....a Belgian style ale...................Taste like yummy.

Pedal 1 Long

Silly Fun

2008-03-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

Saturday nite's Beer before sundays ride. Speak Easy Brewery in SF.....I highly recomend this Barley Wine ifn you're into that kinda stuff.

So I met up with Marlin,Dawne and Phil.Phil and Marlin decided that they were going to Climb Art Smith and met Dawne and I at the Benches on Dunn Road. So Dawne and I started at Pinyon and connected over to the meeting place.

Dawne at Pinyon.......it was a nice cool morning and she rocked Pinyon and Palm.

Flowers blooming everywhere...jus a perfect time to be on the trail.

Hey Frankie remember this climb right after the 3 mile wash. Luckily this time I didn't have to climb it.

Phil finishing off the mid climb on Art Smith.

Good ridin on good trails with GREAT PEOPLE. Enjoyed some Mexi food and I believe we all got a lil tipsey.

pedal 1 long

Spring is almost here

2008-03-08T14:06:00.000-08:00

Fri went on a lil hike with Yumi. Back in the BearTrap creek area. They've cleared alot in that area but had a good hike. Was able to get out a lil later and did the house loop. Thanks goes out to whoever cleaned up Optimatr. Just can't get enough of that trail. Goodness gracious that was a fun loop.

Enjoyed sharing one of these with Yumi.

Sat left the house pretty early wanted to get in some mileage in before Emi and Sage's B-Ball
game. So ISOMATA was the call. Left the house and linked trails down to Hell Razor. Upper and Lower Tubs is just superb. Wow it's a pity what the did to ChimneyFlats and Oz. Rode Hell Razor for the first time on this bike.......trail is perfect and the bike handled well. Climbed out of the hole and ran into Marlin on the Grotto loop. Just another good ride in Idie.......

PEDAL 1 LONG

Cravin Mexi Food

2008-03-01T14:40:00.000-08:00

So I took the long way to Anza.

Yumi and the kids met me at La Cocina.

Got in a good 6 hour ride with the new fork.........Really diggin this big wheel rigid thing.

pedal 1 long

Oooooooh Snap

2008-02-29T19:31:00.000-08:00

Spring is near and the House Loop was just to much fun.
Finished Yumi's Singlespeed.
Added some carbon Bling.

Borrego

2008-02-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

Headed out to Borrego sat afternoon to hang out with Anthony and Scott. They were out there riding in a dual sport gathering. Sat they rode 185 miles and sunday was scheduled for 130.Sounds like they smoked the field.Sunrise sunday am.
Anthony's chewed up sprocket.

Rainbows aplenty

Might take the family out next weekend. Flowers could be blooming if it gets a lil warm and plenty of desert trails to be pedaled.

Winter Retreat

2008-02-23T13:42:00.000-08:00

With a lil bit of weather yesterday.......an all day rain and snow overnite shut down a local ride for me. Off to Pinyon I went. Been spending a lil more time in this area learning the trails and connectors of the obscure. Even today my loop consisted of an offshoot trail that led to a new exit for me.

Upper Pinyon Trail

Entrance to the 1st Omstett wash crossing

High Desert singletrack

New exit 4 me

Jus a good solo run in really good conditions.

pEDAL 1 lONG

3 Days in a Row

2008-02-17T16:57:00.000-08:00

Been a while since I rode 3 days consecutively. Busted Palm with Tony B. Great run just what I needed to get my timing under control.

Hint for the local crew........at the end of Horsethief b4 you drop into the 2nd wash is a right than a couple miles up this take a left. What it does is give you a fun singletrack instead of taking the wash. It's a beautiful thing winding singletrack that drops you off at the singletrack to the saddle.

My rigid big wheel bike at the Ridge b4 the descent into Cat city. You know the one with the Switches that makes you Pucker.

Pedal one long

20 Days

2008-02-17T07:38:00.000-08:00

As of last fri that is how many days I've been off the bike. Due to the worst case of Flu I've ever had.
We had a lil snow storm in town so out to Pinyon I went. Did an easy spin just to gauge myself and just had a Ball.

About to descend the switchbacks.

Trying out the Pro Moto carbon Flat bar from Salsa. So far I'm really diggin it. More on this after a few rides.

So on sat I stayed close to home and rode May Valley. A lil snow at the start but things got really good from Log Piles and down. Looks like my strength is still hangin with me. Will find out about my endurance on sun. Tony B is coming over for a Palm Canyon run. Should be fun but I hope I'm not over doing it, I tend to do that kinda thing. Well hopefully pics and write up later.

To all my friends at the Pueblo, Hope you're enjoying and puttin pressure on the pedals.

Looks like Siren and AA bikes is going to make the podium in the top spot barring any freak happenings.

Redhawk and Jay's team are fighting for a podium spot.

Chads rockin his 1st Solo.

PEDAL 1 LONG

Word

2008-01-23T05:58:00.000-08:00

Interesting words here

SO................

2008-01-07T09:17:00.000-08:00

I'm ..... IN

See you there.

Pedal 1 long

Chill in the Air

2007-12-29T18:29:00.001-08:00

Wow had pretty cool temps today. Fit my comfort zone perfectly. Once again the Home trails was the call for today. Ended up with a good 5 hour ride linking trail after trail. Ran into Marlin & Dawne, really good seeing them....it's been a while.

View of Tahquitz from Sunset Trail.

Cloud level riding.

All in all a really good day on the bike.

pedal 1 long

Home Sweet Home

2007-12-27T18:55:00.000-08:00

Been staying away from the local trails lately. Just a bit to muddy. All about keeping our trails primo.
Finally ventured out last monday. Seemed like a good time waiting for them to firm up a bit.

I'm so glad I was patient. Trails were as good as it gets.

Started @ Cowbell and linked every trail I know in the May Valley system.

It was one of those times that I truly feel fortunate I have access to this system of trails.Many thanks to the trailbuilder (you know who you are) and everyone else who puts there time into maintaining.

tOP OF sUNSET tRAIL

cOUPLE OF bEERS THAT WERE ENJOYED OVER xmas EVE dINner

pEdAL OnE LonG

PALM RUN

2007-12-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

Palm Canyon was todays Flavor..
Tony B joined.
Good cool temps.
Broke a power link today for the first time.
Good fast pace run.
Local riders should be on this.

Up on the ridge looking at where we will be going.

Looking back at where we been.

Pedal 1 lONG

Pinyon Back to Back Days

2007-12-22T16:16:00.000-08:00

Been ridin Pinyon the last couple of days. So many options can be put together riding in the high desert. A couple days of rain and snow opened up a trail usually to loose to ride.

Switchbacks dropping you into Olmstett Wash.

Started on the Pinyon trail and connected to Palm Canyon.

Roshon riding the slalom course with Cats Claws and cactus as the borders.

Signage for our cutoff and the start of Potrero Canyon. Found out this connector should only be done after a rain. If timed good you pedal the wash for about a mile and a half and then connect to the ol' 4X4 double/singletrack.

Ran into a Longhorn Bull on the Upper End.

View of the Old Grove after a stout climb.

Been kinda nice on the eyes. High desert really shows off after a lil bit o water.

Pedal 1 Long

All Day Fun

2007-12-16T07:39:00.000-08:00

Started early sat morn out of Paradise Corners. Cold temps for SoCal prolly in the low 30's. Layering is always an issue low temps in the am may lead to high temps in the pm. My lightweight winter layering was solidified this season by the purchase of a Windwall Vest.

1st climb of the day.

Usually this climb is a good constant spin...areas you can attack and just a good fun climb. This ride was a different story. Crunchy soft top layer felt like pedalin sand.

Then there was snow in all the wrong places.

My steed playing camera whore on the Connector Trail.

First time conditions for me, normally I'm visiting at the other end of the spectrum.

Frank on his first snow ride.

The Jedi trail was just plain special. Snow was as deep as a couple of feet in many spots. It was just hold on and ride. Flew over the bars once to the delight of fresh deep snow. It's kinda goofy how a couple of grown men giggle like lil schoolgirls in conditions like this.

View of Potrero Canyon.

Found some trails in this area I will try to loop this coming weekend.

Looked kinda ZEN to me.

So this ride had some objectives to it. One hearing from a local Pinyon Cowgirl/MTBer was that there was Butta near.........We didn't find it but enjoyed the hiking we did in a few canyons.

Second was finding tha Ol' Live Oaks trail to Palm Canyon trail. Had a failed attempt in the fall of 2006 with the Raptorman. That trip is named "carry your bike up and down canyons and bumming a couple of Budweisers from some hunters" ride/adventure. This trip was a failed attempt too. This time it was a hike down a water drainage gap in the side of the canyon.

Hiking the bikes down Boulders.

Stepping our way down.

Scaling our way down.

Finally after a couple of hours of scaling we hit the bottom wash. Hooked in to Palm Canyon about a mile north of the Bottom Canyon trail. Running Palm in this direction is just plain fun.

Climbing is a lil more but this trail is good in both directions. Day was running out on us but we had 2 hours b4 sunset. So we decided to ride as much or did I decide that we would ride as much as we could b4 sunset knowing that we could get something warm to eat and a fresh pint of Guiness at Sugarloaf Cafe. So when we hit Palm Canyon drive we hooked into a couple of techy horse trails looping in and around Pinyon Flats. Finished these off just as we ran out of light and pedalled over to the CLOSED SUGARLOAF CAFE. So as we froze our ASSES offwaiting for Yumi to save our frozen ASSES and all we could talk about is what we could of had. What we did have was an experience on and off the bike we won't forget for a long time. This will be a Great story to tell the Grandkids.

Pedal 1 Long

Explorin' Pinyon

2007-12-14T11:58:00.000-08:00

It is that time of year I do some Pinyon expeditions. Been looking for a good loop and have a few options out there.

Pinyon trail.......Palm Canyon Trail.......Indian Potrero...........Dry Wash thru Rock Canyon.........
Heinous climb from Hell..........Palm Canyon rd.

Pinyon Trail

Dutch Charlie..........Have a loop on the hit list.

Dry Wash 3 miles of fun.

Out of the Wash

Turned out to be a beautiful gruelling ride.

Mileage not so much.

Climbing was plentiful.

Vistas put me in awe.

Pinyon options.........Potrero Canyon,Dutch Charlie and Live Oaks are on the hit list.

Pedal 1 Long

Sunday at Home

2007-12-02T16:41:00.000-08:00

Finally got some rain the last couple of days. Even got a dusting of snow on sat. Driving myself crazy by not getting out in it but twas feeling it would be super mushy. Waited till sun and it was just some damn good fun. Clear skies and a good 6 hour ride in the backyard.

Pedal One Looooooooong

Bla Bla Bla

2007-11-28T05:55:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I've BLOGGED.
I guess I tend to state that every couple of months.

Recaps:
Solo attempt at the 12 hrs of Temecula great race but I blew up my legs and my rear hub. A big shout out goes to Brendan and Brett for the huge effort in the race.

T-Day rode a geared full sussy bike with Andrew at Noble. Has to be at least a year since I rode one. Took a bit to reacquaint myself with this style of pedal machine but once the climb up Indian creek was over it was just GOLDEN on the descent.

Enjoyed some time spent with my lil bro. Been a while for the two of us. He is really diggin the Colorado thing....I really need to get out there in 2008.......must find a epic near Co Springs.

Started the niteriding thing again. You know it is just that time of year. Been running a cheap lil 10 watt just to spice things up. Temps are dropping and the trails are fresh.

Got one of those forbidden rides this sat am. Good fun route with a warm food destination smackdab in the middle of the ride.........I hope it is open.

If you are in the Tucson area Chad has one of those Undieground things going on the weekend of 12/8. Check it out looks to be a good one.

PedaL 1 lOnG

Pueblo '08

2007-11-16T11:59:00.001-08:00

Sorry boys but I won't be able to help in the defense.

Thanks to Siren Bikes I will be running this one Solo.

Delivered

2007-11-15T19:44:00.000-08:00

A few Idyllwildians set out to link some local trails together. A set of trails that I have thought about for the last couple of years. It was time and the trail delivered over and over again.
There will be no descriptions,details or stats just let it be known that this was a GOOD day of riding.
PEDAL 1 LONG

PMC

2007-11-12T19:34:00.000-08:00

Travelled out to Prescott a few weeks back to enjoy tasty trails.
Dave C put on a fun lil race which gave us all a good feel of the riding in his area.
Went out a day early to relax and enjoy linking trails in the Lynx lake area. Really good swooping AZ single track.
Got a little hungry and lazy so I went into town for some beer for the weekend and Mexi grub.
Next morning hooked up with the Raptor and was ready to race with a Bro.
Many many things happened in this scramble .............
Magic gear thatb went awry
Prescott Roaster ladies
Holistic medicine and Dentistry
Forgotten team number
trail 126 or 128 just couldn't tell from the map
Cool Peeps
Singlespeed
half link & a new Surly ring
Moose drool Beer
Pizza

Good race highly recommend http://kaibabmonstercross.blogspot.com/ if you are into that sort of stuff.
I've got it on my schedule for next year.

Thanks http://bedrockandparadox.blogspot.com twas good times.

Pedal One Long

Flag/Sedona a few weeks ago

2007-11-09T11:03:00.000-08:00

Our Host the Raptor Man.

What happens to a brand new Surly ring when you lose 2 bolts.

Just an Ego pic.

Frankie rockin Sedona for the first time.

Good trip but a warning to anyone that knows the Raptor do not and I emphasize DO NOT eat any of his Blondies.

Rain,Ridin',Beer N Ribs

2007-10-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

So last saturday I hit the ripe age of 40. Been planning a ball buster ride on that day to just slow time down. To me suffering seems to slow time down so suffering is what was in store for this day. The word went out to a few and most werre fearin and two came along. The two would be B.Long and Frankie.
Route ridden:
Southridge fire road
Mid Southridge
Lower South
Subway
Coldwater
Mirkwood
Meadow connector
Coffee Pot
Spine
2nd Bro
Startle Factor
Missing Link
Rage in the Sage
Tunnel
Lil Thomas
Upper Ramona
Lower Ramona
Home.
About 50+ miles and a crapload of climbing.
Rained for the first few hours but overall the temps were perfect.With some perfectly timed beers at the top of Ramona and @ the market and who could forget the beers that were had in front of Brian's room in town. Kind of misty cold at that point but B,Leann,Yumi,Frank and myself shared a few beers.
Rolled home with a Buzz and my lovely wife Yumi had fresh baked bread,pretzels and ribs for my B-day. Kids made a few presents that were super cool. Yumi made me a Hemp anklet.
But back to the grub......the family ate like Vikings(pretty good for a bunch of Asians)and I drank AleSmith Barley Wine and I was LIT.
Didn't take long after a belly full of grub and some Barley wine to pass my Ass out.
Good day of ridin,drinkin,and eatin.
Flag next week.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING HONEY.

Pedal 1 Long

Spanish Butta Trail

2007-10-07T07:45:00.000-07:00

For those of you in the know there was a ride out to the Butta last saturday.
Riders attended Frank"the cool guy", Roshan "I may pedal slow but I won't give up", Oscar "the resident Beaner", and myself.
Started at 6:30 and it was Fing cold luckily this expedition started on a 5 mile climb. Felt mega good on the climb, body was so responsive to whatever I wanted to do. Peaked it out and searched for a sun spot while a waited for the group.
So we started the downhill to Live Oaks. All I can say is "WEEEEEEEEEEEE".
Spring is flowing strong. No apples on the tree but that is not why we were there.
Started the Jedi trail and boy was it overgrown once it stopped me in my tracks and I could of won any trackstand contest against anyone, vines were wrapped like an octopus sucked to the bike and me minus the suction.
So we made it to the Butta and you know what there was no Butta. Looks like they didn't make it back this year. So back we went. Man can Oscar cry the whole way back was "I can't believe there was no Butta".
So my mind started working............I need to ride some more and I planted the seed with Frank&Roshan maybe we should ride a lil Idie.
So by the time we got back to my house and my lovely wife had Potato bisque and fresh homemade pretzels "Thanks Hun". The boys were pumped up for a ride and it was there idea to leave from the house.
I was stoked but inside I was wondering how long there legs would last.
So worked our way down to the Arts center and crossed over to May Valley. Frank forgot about the climb to May Valley and Roshan was cursing him for once and not me. So we rode Sunset, logpile, 1st bro, Tea cup, exfoliator, and coyote run. There wasn't any more pep in there legs so Yumi got the call at Lake Hemet market.
Ended up being a good day of ridin' with great peeps.

RIDE ONE LONG

AA Meeting

2007-10-07T07:35:00.000-07:00

Thats right I atteneded an AA meeting last Thurs. nite.
Meeting place was Adams Ave bikes. This nite included a special trip over to Sycamore Canyon/Martha's Grove.
All I can say is "WOW" I haven't ridden out here in a couple of years and this place has recovered from the fire and is better than it ever was.
A good group of characterz along on this ride. Ernesto fast as ever, Andrew throwing it down, Whitey as slow as ever, David Kaiser a greenhorn that came with me, PP thanks for the help with the pedal, and some of Ernesto's crew.
Great ride and I blew up an Eggbeater parts where everywhere. Crank says they will warranty and if that happens I will load them as a link on the BLOG.

PEDAL ONE GEAR LONG

Sunday Ride

2007-09-30T17:00:00.000-07:00

Good riding with Roshan and Frank today.
Specifically picked a route with a good amount of climbing. Kind of a pre-Flag ride to gauge conditioning. Descended down to Hemet and even ran Hell Razor before we started the 4000' climb.
Stats roughly 25 miles........9 descending.........16 climbing. These two guys are tough neither one has been riding much lately but the gutted out a really good day of riding. Also they Rocked Hell Razor with a minimal amount of Carnage.

Ride Long

Climbers Trail

2007-09-21T16:25:00.000-07:00

Did a real quick scramble up to Suicide Rock via the Climbers Trail. Definately a fun little hike after a few espressos in the morning. Lil chilly outside but perfect on the first day of fall.

She is a cutie

RAPTOR SPEED

2007-09-20T13:00:00.000-07:00

Just one of many reasons why Raptor is so fast. Read this just in from the AP.

Scientists say velociraptor had feathers
2 hours, 2 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Velociraptor, the terrifying predator made famous in the movie "Jurassic Park," appears to have had feathers in real life.
A close study of a velociraptor forearm found in Mongolia shows the presence of quill knobs, bumps on the bone where the feathers anchor, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
Dinosaurs are believed to be ancestors to modern birds. Evidence of feathered dinosaurs has been found in recent years, and now velociraptor can be added to that list.
"Finding quill knobs on velociraptor ... means that it definitely had feathers. This is something we'd long suspected, but no one had been able to prove," Alan Turner, lead author on the study and a graduate student of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and at Columbia University in New York, said in a statement.
The velociraptor the researchers studied was about three feet tall and weighed about 30 pounds. The size of these animals was exaggerated in the movie.
It had short forelimbs, compared to a modern bird, the researchers said, indicating it would not have been able to fly, even though it had feathers.
The feathers may have been useful for display, to shield nests, for temperature control or to help it maneuver while running, they said.
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I'm Out

2007-09-18T06:03:00.000-07:00

Well Hurkey this weekend is not in my future, Adam's wasn't able to field a team. Miss you Dan.
So focus has changed about as quick as my last blink.
Pines to Mines is the new focus.
Good luck to all the Idie racers I might show up for a little rooting on but I'm in need of an adventure and might do a little poaching instead.

It's the adventure not the trail

Good Times

2007-09-16T16:26:00.000-07:00

Did a cool lil hike with Yumi. Ernie Maxwell trail was the source of enjoyment for us, cool little trail close to town.Thanks Hun.
Rode from the house over to Hurkey on sat. Ran into a group of deer climbing the Sunset trail. Body was feeling good all throughout the ride. Just kept pushing and pushing to Hurkey. Saw a bunch of people prepping for the race ran into Dennis from Redhawk sportin a Siren 55.
Ran into Mary spinnin laps, good luck in the 8hr cat.
Body is feeling good and the mind is strong it is definately time for an adventure.
What to do?

Oooooooh My Bejeezes

2007-09-12T06:08:00.000-07:00

VELOCITRAMP

2007-09-11T20:02:00.000-07:00

Check out his new site http://velocitramp.com/Home_Page.html

Oh yeah he is also hooked on ridin' fixed .......offroad that would be on dirt unlike like the rest of you mere mortals.

Pedal Long

Mileage

2007-09-11T19:47:00.000-07:00

So the last couple of weeks have been all about mileage witha couple of adventures.
Rouse ridge sub 3 hours on a 32X16.
Tony Bruenig and his sub 18# 29er.
Noble with B.Long and an exploratory canyon,ridge and creek hike. Noble will never be the same now.
New trails in May Valley....Teapot,Spine and the new Startle Factor.
Logistics are all intact for the Jo Pond poach 40 miles with over 10k of descent. Starts in Garner Valley and concludes in Cathedral City ooooooooooh Raptor you are going to miss a good one unless you make it out the first weekend in November.Miss you Bro.
Looks like I'm racing Hurkey either with Adam's or I will be playing rabbit for Kenny in the 8 hour solo division. Andrew wherever you are make a decision.
Big shout out to Dan Large at the Tour of Missouri that sure is a Big Ass Steak you sent me a picture of.
Many thanks to B.Long on the donation of the freeride hardtail frame. It will be built up before we tackle Cactus to Clouds in October. Hopefully I can keep it around 30#.

Ride Long and keep it Simple

Hey Everybody

2007-08-13T20:07:00.000-07:00

I LOVE MY BIKE

Groovin Tokyo style

2007-08-12T15:08:00.001-07:00

Crossing paths with Idyllwild Angels

2007-08-12T14:42:00.000-07:00

So I rode about 50 today.
Left the house this morning with only Ramona trail as a target. Really didn't know the route I was going to take just going with the flow. Beautiful morning up here in the Socal mtns. Just feeling good and loving the life.
Climbing seemed effortless riding a good gear. Ramona rocked and I remembered a night me and the Raptor descended in the dark without lights.
And then it happened the heat snuck up on me. Spinning back to Hurkey and energy is leaving at a fast pace. Ran into Dawne Harris at Hurkey and rode her wheel to May Valley. And guess what? I forgot to reup my water. So Dawne climbed Buena and I went up Cahuilla.
Bonking is what happened, walking a lil and stopped to cool off under a tree with about 5 oz of water.
Here comes Marry Collier, I haven't seen her in months but she offered up a lil goo and some water. This was just enough to get me up and over the saddle.
So I'm riding the road home and my wife drives by and saves me the last 3 mile climb home.

Many thanks go to the three ladies I crossed on this ride.

ONE LESS CAR

Tokyo Fixed

2007-08-10T18:34:00.001-07:00

A Cruise with Frank

2007-07-29T17:28:00.000-07:00

So Frank showed up for a ride sporting his Giant XTC converted singlespeed. Good looking bike Raptor did a good job.
Proposed route was leaving from my house to Isomata linking to May Valley,Hurkey Creek,Lil Thomas,Ramona and back to the house.
Well the ride went as planned all the way to Ramona trail. Just a good singletrack descent at the bottom the decision was made to take the road back. Made it all the way to the elementary school and Yumi picked us up. Frank started to cramp and wasn't to comfortable. Ended up being 45 miles and a real comfortable ride for me. Good riding Frank.

One less car every chance you get.

Rider down. My boy Raptor got hit by a truck he was on two wheels the moto kind. Heal quickly my friend.

Is this the same person?

2007-07-24T20:09:00.000-07:00

Do they look alike?

Cats with a powerful STINK

2007-07-23T20:21:00.000-07:00

Rode May Valley on the way home.
Ran into a couple of angry skunks. It's funny how something so small and cute could stop you in your tracks.
Overall a good day of dirt. Got a little moisture on the ground and the speeds were up.

A special thanks goes out to my wife for understanding my passion.Love Ya Honey.

And a big congrats to the Queen of all Frogs and the Raptor man himself for solidifying an address in Flag.

Doubts

2007-07-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

I always had in my head the Black Mountain climb had teeth. It just had a bark.

Climbed it this weekend from the house. The climb was downright comfortable. PCT drop will always include this climb now.
What this ride did was inspire a new route including the back roads and trails to Fulmer in combo with the Black mtn climb.
I guess judging to early held me back from a new route. I will combo the two this coming weekend.
Spent a good weekend with the family at Boulder Basin.
Felt like a power spot to me.
Reflection and meditation came natural and clear.
My kids Rock on their Singles.
Just a Kool pic with nothing to do with this Post.

Return to Bloggin

2007-07-13T13:02:00.000-07:00

So it has been a while.

So this is the readers digest version.

Clouds to Cactus. The infamous and mystic downhill.

8000' of descent in 11 miles.

B.Long showed up for this ride and this kid has some serious skills.

Left the house at 2:30 am. This ride also had some serious hiking to get to the trailhead.

Under lights we hiked up Devil's Slide to the saddle actually got there quicker than I thought and I didn't feel that taxed. We then got to ride a fun singletrack for a couple of miles called Willow Creek.

Then another couple miles of hike a bike up Long Valley. This was a tough hike as Brian looks at me and says,"Man that was rough" coming from him that means a shitload.

A nice litlle techy descent to the trailhead. By now the sun was up and we rode quietly by a few rangers sleeping on the deck of the station. We've been super no no riding a poach by all means but we arer at the trailhead now and the trails is legal.

C to C is a serious downhill. Did I mention the heat yet. must be close to the high 80s at 6 in the am.

Downhill but techy as can be. Obstacle after obstacle. Ride ..walk..carry..

I was slowing B down to much so I let him go.

Damn feeling weak..hot..and probably not enough calories.

But heat exhaustion set in and I was in for some extreme suffering.

B finished a couple hours ahead of me but I finally finished.

Ride of a lifetime nothing comes close to this one in Socal.

So an old friend came back into my life Frank is his name.

We rode Idie on a friday and by next thurs we were driving to Brian Head.

4 days of riding in Brian Head. I always forget how scenic this area is.

Bla Bla Bla we all know the area so I won't bore you with stories but here is a list of trails ridden.

Bunker Left

Bunker right

Louders Pond

Dark Hollow

Navajo Lake

Virgin River Rim

Thunder Mtn

Where is Raptor if you see him tell him to pedal a bit.

Home again

2007-06-19T20:17:00.000-07:00

Rode May Valley today.

It's been a while since I've ridden the Home trails.

Feels good to be home.

Ride long

Can you believe it....I raced

2007-06-17T07:22:00.000-07:00

So I showed up to the 12 hours of Temecula.
Hot as F.... it was.
Raced in the 3 person open.
Rocked the WUSS and realized I am in race shape.
But not in the mental state of fun racing.
I do realize if I am to race it needs to be with the Bros who love to pedal.

GDR riders good luck in your adventures.

ride long

Been a while

2007-06-03T12:38:00.000-07:00

Just not in the bloggin mood latetly.
Hiked to the tram with Yumi the other day. Theres a lot of good stuff up there. Probably where I will take Emi on our overniter.
Put some mileage in today.
Good ride.
Kernville next week.
can't wait

RIDE LONG

Bike,Hike,and Bike

2007-05-20T16:57:00.001-07:00

So I met Yumi for a hike up Splitler to the PCT. I left the house a couple hours b4 we were to meet. It gave me the chance to ride some of the Hub trails and May Valley trails. Just some good fun mileage.
Splitler to PCT ended being 10 miles round trip with some nice heat added to the mix.
Yumi is getting stronger on her hikes and seems to enjoy it more now. I believe this might have been her longest hike to date.
So after not taking in enough liquids and calories I set out for a pedal home. It was another hour 45 to get home with most of it climbing. Started to bonk but kept the legs turning. Nutrition and hydratioon must not be disrespected. I should know better.
Live and learn.
All in all a good day with Yumi and the WUSS.
Ride Long

Talk about Bad Ass

2007-05-18T06:34:00.000-07:00

Check out all the waterbottle cages. His name is Dave and he is getting ready to do a 3 day unsupported solo ride.

This guy is a Card carrying Bad ass.

rIde lOng

Baggin' her 1st Peak

2007-05-13T07:41:00.000-07:00

My wife bagged Tahquitz Peak.

Many more to come.

Baggin Peaks

Flagstaff and Sedona

2007-05-13T07:22:00.000-07:00

Did a bit of riding a couple of weekends ago.

Got the chance to ride from Flag-Sedona. Heres a view b4 the drop into Sedona.

Raptor on Munds Wagon.

My trusty Steed.

No story we all know Sedona. Just good riding all day long.

Ride long

Did it Again

2007-04-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

Black Mtn descent to Snow Creek.
B.Long and the Raptor came up for a ride.
Check out the write up here http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/2007/04/sunday-ride-post-sea-otter-weekend.html
Just good ridin with a couple of Bros.
Oh yeah if your reading this Raptor....my wife smelled your P Bottle. Ooooooooooh that couldn't have been pleasant.

RIDE long

Epic

2007-04-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

If you know where this is we need to ride.

ridE lOng

Reflection

2007-04-17T19:41:00.000-07:00

Ridin or racin.
Seems ridin is taking over.
Journey............. isn't that what its all about.
Smellin the roses as they say.
Meetin people like Alma.
Ridin the PCT.
Topos.
Satellite photos.
Google earth.
Finding remote connectors.
Fire road.
Singletrack.
Game trails.
Alone.
Or with a Bro.

RiDE LOng

Yo

2007-04-11T19:58:00.000-07:00

Rode from Cuyamaca to Warner Springs.
When will people realize they shouldn't close off trails to certain users.
PCT should be legal to all users.
Just to beautiful to be so negative to certain groups.

Ride Long

Work SUCKS

2007-04-03T20:01:00.000-07:00

After a good weekend of riding work seems incredible long.
Looking to the weekend for some family time and a little dirt.

Ride Long

Rock

2007-03-26T12:08:00.000-07:00

Me and Yumi hiked to Suicide Rock today. Good time.......
Nice lil 3 mile hike to the rock.
Beautiful views along with good company.
Thanks for asking I'm glad we went.
Lots of love.

RimRide

2007-03-26T12:03:00.000-07:00

So I didn't make the gathering.
Shit happens and decisions were made for all the right reasons.
Check out the results at http://rimridemoab.blogspot.com/

Did a ride w/Velociraptor that ended up w/a Ramona trail decent in the dark. Check out his blog http://velocitramp.blogspot.com/ maybe he has a write up.

ridE lonG

A couple of sundays ago

2007-03-26T11:50:00.000-07:00

Ended up on a solo run. Did the drop from my house to I believe it is Cranston station at the base of Rouse Ridge.

Stretched out view of 74 heading to Mountain Center.

A view of Hell Razor from Rouse.

The Ridge I belive Velociraptor was on saturday.

Ride Long

Charlie

2007-03-14T20:25:00.000-07:00

Fuckin Charlie.
Whenever I'm feeling lazy I think of Charlie.
Because Charlie is in the saddle getting stronger and stronger everyday
Fuck You Charlie because I'm in the saddle just as much as you.
Gettin stronger and stronger.
Just waiting for the showdown.

LOVE

2007-03-10T15:38:00.000-08:00

Quality Time

2007-03-10T07:33:00.000-08:00

Rode dirt today. AM leave from the house.

Actually gave The Hub a thorough run through.

It is coming back to life.

Rode with B&M at nite....good people and Rockin riders.

oh yeah and got to enjoy one of these.

ride LONG

Thought

2007-03-05T19:38:00.000-08:00

Rimride approaching stout race............
After sundays climb all I've been thinking about is Rouse Ridge.
What gearing
how to attack
spinning
taking back my ass

rIde loNg

Pure fun

2007-03-05T13:55:00.000-08:00

Rode w\Sage and Emi out at Garner.
Found a couple of lil downhills for them to play on.
Beautiful thing listening to them hoot n holler kind of sounds like me on downhills.

rIde lOng

Rouse Ridge

2007-03-05T05:58:00.000-08:00

Rode the ridge w/Velocitramp.
6 hours of climbing.
Going to be a brutal loop this year.

Thanks Rouse for handing me my ASS.

You ROCK Velocitramp.

Ride lONG

Crossn' Garner

2007-02-25T16:48:00.000-08:00

Rode the San Jose today with the kids.
Sage rockin the spec.
Emi layin the wood on the DK.

A little bit of Garner Valley sweetness.

Ride Long

Saturday Goodness

2007-02-25T16:44:00.000-08:00

Rode with B&M,Don Sutton and Velociraptor.
Did a little jaunt down PCT.
Beautiful weather
Great people
Forbidden trail
Bowls and baked goods.

Moab Moab Moab

Ride Long

24HITOP

2007-02-23T08:36:00.000-08:00

Corporate Cat
Adams Ave
Beer
Nuf' said

Moab next

Ride Long

Race

2007-01-21T11:15:00.000-08:00

So I raced yesterday at the http://12hrsoftemecula.com/.
Did 2 laps and not to far off of pace. But I realize where I need to be.

Diet and nutrition is a focus. Spirituality and watching how I act is imperative.
Humbleone self and and watch reactions of others.

Ride Long