Monday, November 24, 2008

Niner



Well here she is...the new Niner Jet 9 ... soon as I'm done paying her off it's riding in heaven!!!

SOLD!!!





My baby is gone...I'm certain she went to a very good home...a relatively new MTB rider...so she'll be baby'd along for sometime...

In the meantime, went out yesterday with Jason & Eujinc to Patapsco and had an AWESOME time...first time in over a month riding in there in the daylight...so with all the leaves off the trees it was amazing what you can see...we found an incredible trail that we have all passed by forever...it is part of a loop we do and have never spotted it...well let me tell ya we have really been missing out on some fun...it's got 3 jumps in a row that you really LAUNCH off....then its got it's share of a small rock garden, some steeps and just plan fun flow...next Tuesday night we'll add it to our route so this should be very interestiing...especially the jumps at night with our lights on...WEEEEE HAWWWWW!!! Enjoy some cool pics on my Flickr of the ride....

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Die of Shock, Selling one of my Bikes



Yes I am parting with one of my "babies"...my 2007 Cannondale Carbon Rush 2 Large size for $1800 (great deal). The seat post and saddle will get swapped back to stock...I'm keeping the Thompson Masterpiece and Fizik saddle. This is the bike that made the difference in my racing a year ago...it moved me up in my finishes, light weight, quick, snappy a pure joy....November 07' decided to jump on the band wagon and get a Single Speed...do the "winter training" thing (yeah right)...well when I went to California got hooked on racing the single speed, so I didn't ride my Rush except for the Sea Otter Classic in April 08', a ride at Boggs in NoCal May 08' and then not until Sept. and then the last couple weeks about 4-5 more times...I'm hooked on the 29er thing...went out tonight to my usual (even in the friggin cold)Patapsco on my Superfly and really missed it...Jason made a comment that I was alot faster tonight....wellllll.....IT'S THE 29ER THING!!!...so I'm getting a Niner Jet9, a Full Suspension 29er...:) ahhhh light, 4"(mistake...3.1" and/or 100mm) of "cush" and fast, should be fun...so there it is the bike and the reasons for selling my old beloved...next will probably be the SS Rig due to Doctors orders...
Check out my flickr for the folder titled Cannondale Rush for pictures of the bike.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

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Originally uploaded by cableguy46
White Clay/Middle Run Skills Park

Had To Go Back


Went back to White Clay/Middle Run this past weekend. Took Jason and Eujinc, a couple buddies I ride with weekly...I do beleive they had a good time...how can you not at this place...we spent some time at the skills park as usual...Played on the "skinny" across the culvert and Eujinc went over on his first try...at least it was towards the bank side so it wasn't too high of a drop...he "maned" up and "jumped back on the horse" to do it again, this time his 2nd trip he made it...there is a video posted on mtbr.com

The leaves on the ground seemed like they more than doubled over the previous week...and yep rode the 26" Rush AGAIN...have been enjoying the "posh" ride...:)

Saturday, November 1, 2008

I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT...WHITE CLAY!







What a great day at White Clay...we had such a blast....I went to Fair Hill to meet up with Randy and watch Gunnar race Cyclocross...while there ran into Leslie and saw Forset racing with Larry too...they decided to join us after the cyclocross race and come ride "Clay".../while unloading at the church parking lot we were talking about trail directions and what we wanted to see, well a fellow biker came up with a map and started showing us some routes to take....thats all it took we introduced ourselves and asked her to join us as a guide...So Hope took us on a great, fun, flowing, fast ride....man it was so much fun...the first time I rode Clay I loved it, it's been a year and it still gives ya a super feeling....we did the corkscrew which I had never seen that was an absolute blast!!!! As you can tell from the pictures, I did the skinny across the ravine, that was a trip...Randy laid down in the ravine and looking up clicked the picture...

And guess what...I rode my 26" RUSH...felt a little strange at first, but half way through Gunnar and I were jumping every berm in the pump track like section it was FANTASTIC...then with less than a half mile left to the ride I discovered I had the rear shock locked out...it had a "little" give not much but hey I ride a hardtail so it felt okay to me...this next week or better I'll be riding the RUSH, should be fun, give me a new found appreciation huh?

If ya haven't ridin it...GO RIDE IT YOU WON'T REGRET IT.... Of course it's a lot of fun with someone that knows the route....

More pictures on my flickr.

Ed