Handbuilt to help you get lost
Stickman was the name that a friend in Colorado gave to those-that-try-to-obscure-trail-entrances-&-exits-with-slash. It's funny to see that these methods are pretty much universal in mountain biking for keeping secret trails hidden. Ironically, my eyes tend to see the trail through these attempts because I used to do it myself. I really don't know if the... Continue Reading →
Some pics of two recent rides. Not much to report from the shop but should have some fabrication shots soon. The greenery of the area around my house is at its max with poison oak making up a big portion of it especially on the Foresthill Divide loop and the drop out of Deadwood on... Continue Reading →
It's sweet to be able to ride on a Wednesday. I'll take rides on those off days when i can get em. I'm all over the place right now so rides like these keep me on my rocker. This ride was the biggest MTB ride since last fall for me. My knee feels pretty good... Continue Reading →
I've been spending a lot of time in the Carmel area since my step-mom passed away a few weeks ago due to breast cancer. My dad is crushed, they had been together over 30 years. Framebuilding is not my full time job so that is why I'm mostly absent from that part of my world... Continue Reading →
Isaac suggested we see how the fatbiking was around Loon Lake, in the Eldorado National Forest, about a 2.5 hour drive from my house. With the severe lack of snow this winter and weeks if warm weather I wasn't expecting much of the white stuff up there, lake level is around 6,400ft elevation, but maybe... Continue Reading →
These are my two fatbikes. I was going to blab on about how different they are on dirt vs. snow and between eachother on the two mediums, but i decided I need more data. So for now, here are some photos from last weekend's ride up on Donner Pass. I took both bikes up and... Continue Reading →
I took a short overnight trip to my original home of Larkspur in Marin County, CA to visit my mom (and ride my bike of course). This mountain is burned in my soul, Mt. Tam has always made me feel grounded even if the huge population around it scare me off a bit these days. ... Continue Reading →
I've always loved how bikes can take you to places you may not go otherwise. Backcountry skiing is much the same and it's a close second in my genetic makeup. Combining the two is something I've dabbled in before (spring peak skiing around Brainard Lake, Colorado) but never in winter. Fatbiking has exploded the possibilities... Continue Reading →
Ok...so I'm not sure who all's reading this here blog but you have an obligation to call out my crap when you see it. I'm surprised nobody cried foul on my "Combo Bikes Suck" post. I mean, look at my bikes. No, not THESE types of Combo bikes (although those would be pretty cool too)... Continue Reading →
I visited Truckee this weekend and got two rides in on the e-stay fatbike. It's only 1.5 hours max there from my house, i need to get up there more often. With around 1/3rd the snowpack of average, it's been a bad year to ski. But I attempted to go classic skiing at Royal Gorge.... Continue Reading →
I set a wildlife camera up at the last place I saw a lost dog to see if I could capture a photo of her. It's been over 2 weeks since she took off from her dad's campsite at Mumford Bar (this is not my dog). He's been up there a lot but hasn't found... Continue Reading →
I have lots more where these came from but I thought I'd spare you the mediocre pictures of my new fatbike in various hazy gray locations yesterday afternoon before the storm rolled in. (I know how sometimes the "bike resting against a tree" photos can get old. But not for me! heh heh.) Oh, and... Continue Reading →
The Missus and I and our 4 dogs I headed down to Santa Cruz for a few days to visit friends, see family, and kick back. I got out on a few rides, the FIRST outside ride since November 17th was on the beach on my 29+ bike. My knee's tendonitis is feeling better, I... Continue Reading →
I got out on my first ride around here since mid-November and rode my new cross bike to test it out. The difference in snowpack is just astounding. The first set is December, 2012 and January 2013. Today is at the bottom...this is what 12% of average looks like I guess.
In a recent conversation with a friend about fatbike trails I was bemoaning the fact that (in winter) fatbikes need a groomed trail to ride. And because of that we mostly rely on snowshoers, snowcats, and snowmobiles for getting out and about on the snow. We wait for them to pack down the trail after... Continue Reading →
MT, I think she's having a good time. Photo by Joe McManus.
Even though I haven't ridden a bike in almost FOUR weeks...I'm dreaming of riding this bike when my knees feel like they're not attached to an 90 year old man. Once i realized that I could fit the Knard 29x3" tire on a Rabbit Hole rim in my 7-year old Fox F29 fork I had... Continue Reading →
The plans for Heyride to visit didn't develop until Monday for his Friday arrival. It started with jokes of him coming out to join me on a local group cyclocross ride around the foothills and got solidified when we realized Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine were playing a short drive away. He... Continue Reading →
Sunday I rode a loop from the house to check out the western edge of the American fire on Deadwood Road. Up around 20 miles of pavement to the right turn on dirt on Deadwood. The fire had burned up to the road (or was backburned, hard to tell) at the upper reaches of the... Continue Reading →
Sean and I left last Tuesday morning for what we planned to be a 5-day tour around the northern Sierras. I got back 4 days later on Friday night after 100 miles in the saddle that day. I was more than tired, my body was done. I haven't felt that way since my last 24-hr... Continue Reading →