2018 Bear Springs Trap

I’m not exactly one for race reports and a blow by blow of the action.  What I do like to write about is how fun racing/riding is, going on new adventures and exploring new places. In this specific case I want to relate how fun racing my fat bike was.  This past Sunday was the Bear Springs…

Every Breath I Take, Every Move I Make…..

Every Breath I take, Every Move I Make……..my tweaked lyrics to the Police song that have been playing through my head all week. Why am I bastardizing the lyrics to this song?  Well because last Sunday at the Coast Hills Classic I crashed spectacularly towards the end of lap one.  To put it more concisely and…

N-1+1= Net Neutral

I took a bit of a social media and blogging break.  Just need to reset for a bit.  I’m sure my 3 adoring fans missed me greatly.  (ha ha ha) The super short mountain bike season has kicked off and so far I have done two of the series races.  Echo Red to Red and…

Timber Logjam V3

Call me what you will but spending over 7 hours in the saddle for a ride is a sure fire way to have a good day.  I’m also going to have to say that I am grateful for a wife who understands that I need to, every once in a while, go out on a…

Date Ride

Riding out in the Yamhill hills the other week with Mark was so much fun that I asked Mia if she wanted to go explore some of the area this weekend.  The weather forecast was looking killer after a little bit of snow and ice last week followed by a fair amount of rain this…

Yamhill Gravel Exploring

Presidents Day is one of those holidays that a lot of us government employees get off, but not necessarily everyone else.  I had tried to get a group of us together for a ride that Mark had planned out of Yamhill, OR.  Unfortunately injury, weather, children or weather made it so that just Mark (Bogie)…