Bad Brews = Bad Ideas

So my friend recommend that i try Blue Moons Seasonal ale the Harvest Moon, and i can proudly say that it sucks. Do not buy this beer, its like mixing blue moon with moldy pumpkins. The only good thing this beer acomplished was letting me know never to buy it again, and not to trust my friends opinion. Drinking this horrible beer, gave me an absolutely brilliant idea. what better way to use the worst thing in cycling, the side pull brake, than as a door stop for my door that will never stay open. It even has an attack probe to keep intruders at bay.

GrandmasTrail, Wells Minnesota part 3

Last Friday i was able to spend a few hours adding flow to Grandmas Trail in Wells Minnesota. I started off by reworking the rock drop in the entrance of the trail. its a really fun drop coming into the trail but coming out it was very tricky to get up, a little rework later and it should be ride able, however it was wet out and I didn't test any of the features i built. after that rework I spent the rest of my time building log rides over the down trees in the trail. every thing should flow nicely.

towards the end of the trail i build a little rock garden, but i only had a few rocks to work with so i tried to place them as strategically as possible. if i get the chance to do trail work this week, i have a little bit more bench cutting i would like to do, so as to finish off the trail. then if time allows Chris D has started some reroutes towards the beginning of the trail and i would like to start clearing brush if i have the time.

sorry no pictures this time, but hopefully ill get some of the reworks in my next post.

Grandmas Trail, Wells Minnesota, part 2

I went back down to wells today to help Chris D out with some bench cutting, and brush clearing on Grandmas Trail, the south west section of the trail is coming along quite nicely, and things are really starting to set up and flow well. I will be going back down on Friday to do some work, because lucky me i have the day off from school. Hopefully i will be finishing up the bench cutting and log rides and will be able to start taping out some by passes with Chris to get a legitimate 1 mile of trail . And if anyone has access to a chainsaw i can borrow, i have ideas for a super secret technical feature.

Project Banshee Sciroco part 1

I recently picked up a 2004 Banshee Scirocco frame set from Magic, over on MORC. This bike will be build up as a 1x9 4x and Dual Slalom Machine. Currently i have the frame, a long cage Sram X9 rear derailleur, WTB Momentum Headset, and a pair of Truvativ Firex cranks w/ bashgard and 32 tooth chain ring. i cant wait to get this bike built, as it will be a do anything trail bike.

Pneumatic for Pete

Pete Ryan wants me to put pneumatic disk brakes on the banshee, i personally think this is a horrible idea, mainly due to the increased weight, and the sudden on and off actuation of the brakes.

edit: So Pete Ryan of MORBID and MORC wasnt satisifed with version 1. so here is the lighter and better version 2, including laser cat so you never have to worry about eye pokers on the river bottoms again.

Grandmas Trail, Wells Minnesota

Went down to Wells today, with Justin, to help Chris D. out with his trail project, currently we are at about 3/4 of a mile of trail, but a lot is happening in that space. today we worked on bench cutting some of the key off camber areas, we even built a little berm into the entrance of one area. the trail's coming along nicely. the plan is to have about 3+ miles of trail when we are done, with a little of something for everyone. currently its very slow to ride, but that is because it is new.

26.2

this past sunday, i subjected my self to 4 hours, 12 minutes, and 26 seconds. Of rain, cold, and 26.2 miles of twin cities marathon. this was number one of many to come. despite the rain and the cold, it was a party. shout outs to Dani, Andy, and Mike for a great marathon.

naturally i celebrated with a liter of millstream brewing' s very fine pale ale.

from right to left: me, mike, dani, and andy