Category Archives: mountain biking

What could a guy who spent the daylight hours in a mortuary recommissioned as a bike shop who emerges after dark to enter the forest under the waxing moon possibly dress up as for Halloween (or) “I’m really digging how these grips dial my stance”

TweetWith a completely blank social calendar I celebrated the day of the dead in a fashion more proper for the kind of ghouls I’d seen others dressed up as then I’m entirely comfortable with. A busy week of work at … Continue reading

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Monday Mayham (or) Maybe I’m not Racing Hard Enough Sunday

TweetThe 45 minutes I’ve been spending doing my best to hustle on cross courses on Sundays  from NH-VT-and Back to MA seem to me to be an end to a means of motivating Monday rides that are much more a … Continue reading

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The Pain of Success

TweetTh e debilitating leg cramp that just coursed up my left hamstring and threatened to turn into the dreaded double by cramping the quadricepts or calf as well as I stretched it are as sure evidence as any that BBW … Continue reading

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Labor of Love

Tweetgetting caffinated and carbohydrated to take a test ride on the personal off road frame that I just finally finished after over a month in the jig and the drawing board.  I can’t wait to get some pics that actually … Continue reading

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Ben, Jerry, and I scream rides (or) Imagine if the scene on the landspeeders in the redwood forest in the return of the jedi were filmed at night

TweetAnd the scene continued for the entire running length of the film or a little short at 90 minutes.  oh yeah and you are on the old model landspeeder following two dudes with the 6″ suspension model and you have … Continue reading

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Its Weak how fast I count off the Weeks going by, The ReCounting of one won’t slow it but it is worth a try.

TweetMonday-Checked the Schedule f0r the trucks the evening bef0re to find out monday morning I was free and was presented with an opportunity to get a ride in an aut0mobile with some fairly fast mountain bikers to some out of … Continue reading

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Risky Behavior no Longer an Invitation to Financial Ruin

TweetI just signed & delivered the paperwork to grant me some Health Insurance for the first time in a year so I no longer have any excuses for not attempting the truly difficult sections when I am trail riding.  It … Continue reading

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The Face of Illegal Trail Riding in the Fells

TweetI attended the Red Bones Bike Benefit whatever thing on Monday and picked up a flyer from the good folks at NEMBA urging participation in a new campaign to gain some more MTB access to all the fun, currently illegal … Continue reading

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Frame Discounts to Photographers

TweetI need some glossy, pretty, studio quality pictures of my frames, complete bikes, and shop action.  I have to concede that I am inept at capturing what I see through a lens. If you are a budding Avedon looking for subject … Continue reading

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Mountain Biking is Better than not Mountain Biking

TweetTesting various mountain bikes to see what I want to do for the geometry of BBW trail bikes makes road riding seem really, really, really boring.

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