Sea Otter - Monterey California

Greetings from cool, cloudy California....At least I did not say rainy! We got a couple days of sun on Wednesday and Thursday. Yesterday was a mix that ended with a cold and windy Expo. Today is cool and overcast.

All that said, we've are having a great time. I even got to get out and ride the XC course on Thursday. Some folks hate riding here, but I'd argue that even if the trails aren't that great in places, not many places that have a 20 mile lap XC course with views like this. Here's my favorite photo from the long XC course.



Ah....Sun and hills. Sweet! Man, I love riding bikes.

Give Blood - Ride Noble

The day started with a 2 hour drive to meet up with Aquaholic and Whaffe from MTBR along with some other folks. It was a going away ride for one of the guys. I figured why not drive 2 hours to ride the infamous Noble Canyon?

It did not disappoint. I could post so many pictures. I chose these 3.

Lots, and lots of traverses such as this. I think there is a rider somewhere in this photo.



I think we climbed for what felt like 3 hours. We got up to just shy of 5500ft. I was flying on the climbs today. I can really feel the weight loss. Seriously, I'm not sure when I've felt this good climbing.

Check out the scale here. I was at 5425 feet looking down on the group coming up. That's NZ Whaffe on his Nicolai.



This happened on the Stair Way to Hell climb/descent. Actually, I think it was called the Stairway to Heaven climb, but since I crashed, I renamed it. We were going down oo. I went way down. That bruise and impact was from rock that slid across my chest as I fell over the edge. I ended up 20-25 feet down in a ravine. Thankfully, they prayed for me and for protection at Church this morning. Don't anyone freak out or anything. By the power of God, I'm OK and I rode out. Thankfully, this was at the end of our 6 hour trek.



Sorry for the chest shot. The only thing whiter than my skin is white out and Fox F29 forks.

Ride & Smile! folks.

Greetings from California

Hey all, just a hello from sunny California. Rode the Back Bone today with Burner and FoShizzle. Thanks guys. Felt great today. Here are a few pics.

Nice look at the ocean, Catalina Island and if you look closely, you can see the fire damage from the Malibou fires.



Do a quick 180 and you look towards the San Gab's.



We were at the turn around point and had to climb back up and over this.



After the ride, Burner treated me right by showing me 3 secret spots for 3 of my favorite things, good pizza, good shrimp taco's and good coffee. Ahhh....Ride to eat or eat to ride? I know why I ride.