pic-less

Not a single pic from last week! Which isn't quite true because Marc took some good ones - and I'll have to post the ones of us (Rick, Joan, Marc and I)  riding the back-of-the-lake rock rides. Some of them are on the Big Dog Biking Facebook site. Quite scary, all rideable and super-cool. My last ride on Sir Ullrich von Lichtenstein was last week as well ... a very fun ride instigated by Craig from Simon's cycles with some people visiting the area.

Then some bike repairs (scheduled) and bike repairs (unscheduled...)   The scheduled one is the remaking of my Stumpjumper - alas Sir Ullrich, but he is being reincarnated. Geraldine is going to have half a bike while I take the other half and put it together with a Juliana frame and a shorter front shock to get a race bike. Marc has warned me I'm going to crash - ride better or die I think is the general concept. I will need help naming my new friend - so once she's together I'll get some pics and ask for some help!

The unscheduled repairs are always less fun. The Heckler had two great evenings on Mt Washington - pointy sticky-out rocks, soft floury sand, LOTS of dust, washboard and holes, some minor airtime and sneaking close to some wall rides, almost falling off the rollercoaster - all was fun except that my front shock doesn't actually work, and the rear derailler cable ripped off. When is the first Super D race anyway??? Now that I don't have a front fork anymore it might be difficult getting those downhill skills I was hoping for! Airtime did feel remarkably comfortable though  :o)

No bike yesterday so I had to go for a run. Uneventful other than Matilda and Pippa chasing a bear, which was good because it was RIGHT beside me and I didn't want to have to chase it myself (too out of breath) and because when I told them to "leave him alone" they both stopped and turned back. The poor bear stood there facing uphill deciding whether he really needed to keep running in the heat and we left him to his berries.

Back to work, see you next time!